Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Cash)

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 

The Group Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Cash) will deliver world class financial analysis, planning, forecasting and budgeting processes for Haleon and ensure robust and accurate cash projections for the group to drive performance and long-term value creation. The role is high-exposure with strong leadership opportunities to lead and transform Global Processes through a broad range of stakeholders ranging across the Operating Units (OU) and Other Key Group Functions.

Key responsibilities 

In-Year performance management, reporting & business partnering:

• Own and actively manage Group in-year cash flow performance, providing clear visibility of actuals, forecasts and full-year landing, identifying risks and opportunities and driving interventions to deliver cash commitments.
• Lead the Group cash actuals and forecasting cycle, including OU and functional engagement, consolidation, challenge, analysis and preparation for senior management sign-off.
• Deliver high-quality cash performance insight, identifying the underlying drivers of FCF and working-capital movements, distinguishing timing from structural performance and translating analysis into clear actions and forward-looking implications.
• Partner with Operating Units and key functions to challenge performance and drive delivery, using exception-based analysis to focus conversations on material variances, forecast risks and opportunities, and required management actions.
• Translate complex cash performance into clear Executive-level narratives and decision support, including CFO reporting, performance bridges, presentations and other materials for senior leadership
• Continuously improve Group cash performance management, strengthening reporting, analytics, processes and tools to create a more automated, insight-led and scalable cash performance capability.

Strategic Long-term Cashflow Planning including Global Business Partnering 

• Lead and support the Annual Business Plan (ABP) and Integrated Growth Plan (IGP) processes, including the strategic partnering throughout the organisation, target setting, preparation of guidance, modelling and process ownership, influencing & consolidations, and creation of Haleon Executive Team level presentational materials. 

• Lead the translation of long-term cashflow conversion for Haleon Executive Remuneration Targets, scenario modelling, and monitoring & communication against those & other targets
• Lead Group oversight of key capital expenditure performance, including spend tracking, forecast challenge, return-on-investment assessments and identification of risks and opportunities and lead the Capital Investment Review Board process.
• Support strategic working-capital optimisation programmes, partnering across Treasury, Commercial, GFS and other relevant functions to identify opportunities, establish initiatives and targets, track delivery and drive sustainable cash improvement.
• Lead and support other key global processes and organisational preparations 

• Act as a trusted & credible business partner to drive value such as benchmarking vs peers and other analysis impacting Group capital allocation decisions  

Qualifications and skills 

Essential 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (Finance or Business Development). 

• ACA / CIMA / MBA (Finance) / Similar accounting qualification. 

• Strong understanding of key financial statements and Cashflow Management

• Strong analytical capabilities and advanced excel & other systems skills, including managing large datasets and ability to turn complex concepts into financial models. 

• Strong communication skills, ability to articulate complex concepts to senior stakeholders in a clear manner. 

• Strong project management skills; ability to drive projects from inception to conclusion 

• Growth mindset, creative thinking and ability to work independently. 

Preferred 

• Performance management, full P&L and Cashflow management experience in a fast-moving business, with multiple iterations of forecast evolution. Strong business acumen. 

• Proven background in financial management and analysis experience, ideally including experience in Consumer Health or FMCG industries. 

• Experience in management reporting system SAP and other Analysis tools such as Excel and Thinkcell 

• Experience (or thirst for continuous improvement) leveraging AI to automate and reduce manual workloads in FP&A environment.  

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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.

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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.