Job Description

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

This Finance Manager role is responsible for driving the financial health of Haleon’s innovation portfolio, through building robust business cases for new product launches and ensuring that the innovation pipeline is financially strong. This role partners closely with R&D, Marketing and Supply Chain teams to ensure that innovation initiatives are financially sound, strategically aligned and supported by clear business cases.

Key responsibilities

• Financial Modelling - Develop high-quality end-to-end business cases that support go/no go decisions, investment prioritisation, portfolio optimisation and lead to successful innovation launches. Financial modelling to include revenue forecasts, margin analysis, ROIs, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for better investment decisions, stronger launches, and a more profitable innovation portfolio.
• Target Setting - Review Innovation ABP submissions from markets and collaborate to ensure plans are robust and viable.
• Market & Competitor Analysis - Evaluate market size, pricing dynamics, competitive landscape, and customer economics to inform financial assumptions.
• Portfolio and Pipeline Management/Governance - Maintain a clear view of the innovation pipeline and strong portfolio performance management across financial and strategic metrics.
• Performance Tracking - Analyse ongoing performance of innovation initiatives to identify variances and recommend corrective actions to improve forecasting accuracy and ensure financial impact of the portfolio is optimised.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration - Partner with R&D, Marketing, and Supply Chain to validate assumptions, refine concepts, and ensure financial discipline and feasibility of new product ideas. Work with Operating Units (OU’s) and markets to ensure robust business cases as we move through product development to launch.
• Portfolio Optimisation - Lead innovation pipeline reviews with key stakeholders for each Brand/Category. Support strategic decisions on resource allocation, prioritisation, and long‑term value creation across the innovation pipeline.
• Executive Reporting & Insights - Prepare clear presentations and reports for senior leadership, looking at pipeline health and offering insights into how we can optimise and drive our portfolio.
• Drive Technical Capability - Partner with Technical Team to close out system issues and work on longer-term solutions to drive innovation reporting capabilities.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, and/or finance business partnering, ideally within FMCG or similarly complex industries.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders, adjusting style to suit
• Solid technical finance capability, including forecasting, ROI evaluation, and strategic analysis.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to challenge constructively, simplify complexity, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and across multiple functions
• Experience operating in complex, matrixed and global environments, ideally within FMCG; collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working independently in fast‑paced settings.
• Exposure to auditing, controlling, statutory accounting, and commercial spend management is an advantage
• Strong financial expertise across analysis, evaluation, forecasting, strategic planning, modelling, and senior‑level decision support.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

Job Posting End Date

2026-07-15

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.