Intern - Finance

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.

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

Job Purpose:

Responsible for certain specific Finance activities:

• Support pricing administration and understanding of how price structure for consumer goods are set and reviewed.
• Manage Database Management system through the administration and understanding of COGNOS
• Support and assist the Sales Finance Partner in Trade Spends Management, including understanding trade spends invested for Sales in Business as well as data and document review
• Support in Finance and Administration for Business Partners
• Involve in Ad-hoc projects for business related initiatives

Title of Hiring Manager: Commercial Finance Manager, MSB

Number of internship positions: 1

Preferred Period of Internship Required: January 2027 - June/July 2027

Preferred School/Course of Intern: Undergraduates with accounting / finance background and knowledge

Key Responsibilities:

You will be required to support and assist Finance Manager in the following activities:

1)   Pricing

• Pricing structures – Check before allowing circulation for signatures; maintain database & update relevant parties as well as proper filing
• Pricing maintenance – update ZPRO/ZMIN/ZITP; update NSP/TP; update ZP, update pricing database
• Pricing corrections – investigate & resolve source of pricing issues wrongly maintained in CERPS/ZP/Customers
• Pricing follow-ups – pricing requests; pricing issues

2)   Database Management system – administration and understanding of COGNOS.

• Daily sales report
• Data gathering ad-hoc requests from Cognos
• Raise remedy tickets for issues & ensure follow-up to closure

3)   TSM – Trade Spends Management

• Understanding trade spends invested for Sales in business
• System/TSM viewer access to pick up reports, data, documents for review
• Assisting Sales Finance Partner on TIMF work

4)   Reporting

• Assist in preparation of monthly management reporting
• Understanding business

5)   Finance and Admin support for Business partners.

• Assist to raise and follow up on tickets/incidents raised.
• Assist to follow up with compliance check list
• Following up with Sales admin and Marketing admin, to ensure issues and problems are resolved- examples will be payment, Purchase Orders, sample requests.

6)    Ad-hoc projects for Business related initiatives

• Assisting on ROI assessment, SLOB assessment (Slow and Obsolete stocks review, process, and reduction)
• Possible initiatives which will enhance the business performance and the result.

Learning Outcome:

You will be able to:

• Develop problem-solving skills by investigating and resolving issues.
• Learn to handle ad-hoc data requests efficiently.
• Develop a profound understanding of business operations for effective reporting.
• Participate business's financial decision-making.

Key Requirements:

• Preferred educational background – Accounting and / or Finance
• Proficient in use of IT and software/systems, ideally document management and database systems.
• Basic PowerPoint and Excel Skills
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Proactive attitude to process improvement.
• Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think and work independently, problem-solve, work in teams, and focus on delivering assigned work.
• A keen interest in the consumer healthcare industry, and a passion for learning and knowledge.
• Able to commit for a period of a 6 Month internship.
• Applicants are requested to specify their internship start and end dates in their application.

Interested?

Upon submission of applications, we will be contacting shortlisted candidates for an initial conversation to share more about Haleon and our recruitment process. We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

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.

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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.

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.