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.
Enterprise Risk & Audit purpose
Enterprise Risk & Audit (ERA) helps Haleon make sound risk management decisions and drive positive change across the business.
Our aim is to be a trusted, high-performing function known for objective assurance, strong business understanding, and clear, practical insight.
We provide independent assurance that supports Haleon’s purpose: to deliver better everyday health with humanity.
ERA brings together risk and internal control expertise with knowledge of key business areas. We work closely with stakeholders to understand emerging risks, identify issues early, and deliver assurance that is relevant, practical, and responsive to change.
Role purpose
This role is accountable for identifying, shaping and delivering data analytics and automation opportunities that help Internal Audit work more efficiently, expand audit coverage and generate deeper insight across Haleon’s risk and control environment.
The role will partner closely with audit teams to understand their priorities, translate audit questions into data-led approaches, and embed repeatable analytics and automation into planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up. It will also work with Haleon technology partners to access the right data, align with enterprise technology standards, and scale practical solutions across the audit lifecycle.
Key accountabilities
1. Data Innovation, Insight & Solution Development
- Identify and shape new data analytics, automation and insight opportunities that improve audit coverage, efficiency and impact.
- Shape and evolve the Internal Audit data landscape, including Power BI, data models and reporting platforms, defining standards for data quality, consistency and usability to support scalable analytics and deeper audit insight.
- Translate business, risk and audit questions into practical data-led solutions, working with audit teams, data owners and Haleon technology partners.
- Build a pipeline of analytics and automation opportunities, prioritising those that deliver the greatest value to audit quality, speed and stakeholder insight.
2. Embedded Audit Analytics Delivery & Audit Team Partnering
- Work as an embedded member of audit teams to design, deliver and interpret analytics throughout planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up.
- Partner with auditors to identify where analytics can strengthen scope, testing strategy, evidence quality, issue identification and assurance conclusions.
- Shape data requests, assess data availability and quality, perform analysis, and convert outputs into clear observations, themes and actionable audit insight.
- Coach and support audit teams to use analytics more confidently and consistently as part of the audit methodology.
3. Automation, AI & Scalable Audit Solutions
- Design, prototype and implement automation solutions that reduce manual audit activity, streamline workflows and improve audit team productivity.
- Identify and develop practical AI and automation use cases across the audit lifecycle, including planning, testing, reporting, follow-up and knowledge reuse.
- Test, refine and scale successful solutions into repeatable tools, templates, dashboards or workflows that can be reused across multiple audits.
- Evaluate automation and AI outputs for accuracy, control integrity, data protection and responsible adoption within an assurance environment.
4. Knowledge Management & Operational Sustainability
- Centralise documentation for analytics, dashboards, and audit processes to ensure consistency and knowledge retention
- Support onboarding, handovers, and evolving delivery models to reduce key-person dependency and build operational resilience
- Embed structured, repeatable, and scalable ways of working, applying a problem-solving mindset to continuously improve long-term effectiveness
5. Technology Lead Backup & Core ERA Process Awareness
- Act as backup to the Technology Lead where required, maintaining sufficient awareness of core ERA technology-enabled processes and operational dependencies.
- Understand the purpose, data flows and key touchpoints across MAPs, Aligned Assurance Mapping, Finance & Co-source processes, Knowledge Management and related audit operations.
- Provide continuity support, informed challenge and escalation when these processes intersect with analytics delivery, automation opportunities, reporting outputs or audit team requirements.
Key performance indicators (financial and non-financial)
- ERA technology supports and enables Haleon’s Core Audit Methodology.
- Reduces the volume of substantive work performed by the Internal Audit Team.
- Supports delivery of audit assignments to the required quality, time, and budget.
- Builds effective stakeholder relationships.
Stakeholder Management & Strategic Influence
- Proven track record in building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior stakeholders, including Directors and VPs, building credibility through expertise within ERA, and outside of ERA.
- Deliver clear, insight-driven outputs such as dashboards, summaries, and assurance views to support decision-making
- Demonstrate strong communication and influencing skills across complex, cross-functional environments, including influencing without direct authority
Skills & Experience
- Background – Experienced working in dynamic Internal Audit, risk, control or technology-enabled assurance environments, with the confidence to operate through ambiguity, build credibility quickly, and work effectively with senior stakeholders in a flat organisational structure. Able to adapt approach as priorities evolve while maintaining focus on quality, governance and practical delivery.
- Audit Lifecycle – Familiarity with the end-to-end audit lifecycle, with hands-on experience supporting or performing audit work across areas such as Finance, Commercial, Technology, and Supply Chain.
- Commercial Focus – Pragmatic and commercially aware, with the judgement to balance risk, value, cost, effort and stakeholder need. Able to prioritise effectively, challenge constructively, and translate technical or assurance considerations into clear, business-relevant recommendations
- Problem Solving and Analytical Skills – Strong structured thinker with curiosity, professional scepticism and the ability to simplify complex issues. Able to connect data, process, risk and control perspectives, identify root causes, and guide others towards practical, proportionate solutions
- Data Governance & Preservation – Proficient in areas such as Data Archiving (ARMS), Data Classification, Data Privacy and Data Preservation, acting as the department lead to support consistent application of requirements, good governance and effective information management practices.
Qualifications & Technical Capabilities
- Educated to degree level or above (bachelors or masters) in a Technology, Accounting, Finance or Business related subject.
- Microsoft 365 / Office 365: Use Teams, SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps and other Office apps as an integrated workflow and knowledge-management ecosystem
- Power BI: Develop and oversee dashboards, reports and apps; understand data models, DAX, refresh logic, performance and reporting standards
- Advanced Excel: Advanced data handling, modelling, validation, reconciliation and root-cause analysis for audits and finance
- Power Automate: Design, review and manage flows, with awareness of governance, dependencies and operational risk
- SQL: Write, understand, validate and challenge SQL queries used to extract, reconcile and analyse data
- Python: Working knowledge for data analysis, automation and analytics use cases, including interpreting scripts for audit suitability
- AI Tools & Agents: Use and configure AI tools and agents; evaluate outputs for accuracy, control, audit suitability, responsible AI, data governance and security.
Others
- Travel opportunities across Haleon. Candidate should be able to travel up to 10%.
- Flexible and remote working.
Job Posting End Date
2026-09-16
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
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