Finance Controlling Principal

Site Name: Bengaluru Luxor North Tower

Posted Date: May 23 2023

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new, world-leading, and fast-moving consumer healthcare 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 Crocin, Eno, Iodex, Otrivin and Centrum in India – 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 and help shape the future of the world’s newest and largest consumer healthcare company, that’s 100% focussed on everyday health. Come and be part of something special.

Our Haleon Global Capability Centre (GCC), located in Bengaluru, India is rapidly expanding with exciting new positions being created in multiple functions.

At Haleon GCC we bring global value to our organisation, delivering complex enterprise solutions while driving digital transformation and innovation. The Finance, Digital & Technology, HR and Procurement functions are co-located, and work with colleagues and partners around the world. The increasing range of activities and roles based in the GCC will offer you great potential for career progression and take part in shaping the future of the GCC.

Why you in this role?

Are you looking for a global role to accelerate your growth and development? We have an exciting opportunity for you to explore.

You’ll be part of the Global Financial Services team and primarily focused on managing and optimising reporting and data processes across the organization. You will identify a vision, and prioritize objectives that support our Haleon finance function on our journey to World Class.

You’ll enjoy the challenge of a fast-paced, problem-solving environment that requires you to think and act quickly to address strategic and day-to-day business priorities. Trading Partner Finance (TPF) is a high professional, high performing Global team, enabling the Haleon supply chain to get products to customers on-time and improve everyday heath for billions of people, through strong partnership across the business.

As an FMCG business, Haleon operates in a highly dynamic environment and our activities, at the heart of the global supply chain, are fundamental to getting ahead of our competitors as we react quickly to market opportunities and support strategic business change.

This is a high-profile role with a global remit that requires the ability to effectively manage and influence teams and stakeholders across different countries and levels.

Why join Trading Partner Finance?

Our activities support ca. 95% of Haleon’s trade as it routes through a series of specifically designed trading entities which principally cover the procurement, supply, import and export of product for intercompany and 3rd party cross border transactions.

On a daily basis we are required to react rapidly to emerging issues that require swift resolution to keep the supply chain moving, whilst ensuring compliance with global trade, financial, legal & fiscal requirements.

As a team, we strive to stay in front and improve our stakeholder experience by being proactive, agile & curious, setting ourselves stretching targets, actively partnering, and continuously improving while keeping the fundamentals right.

The TPF Close and Control team is responsible for:

• delivering the financial reporting, compliance and control services across 3 entities. Covering a wide scope of supply chain activity, mainly focused on intercompany transactions with some direct 3rd party sales, these entities have a combined turnover of ca. £5bn pa and inventory of >£0.2bn.
• We engage with a wide range of finance and non-finance stakeholders across multiple geographies & functions to deliver right first-time group & statutory financial reporting and support the business in excellent decision making

TPF is building a new team at the Haleon GCC, Bengaluru. This team will receive activities migrating from Poland. You will initially play a key part in ensuring the success of this project.

Your post-transition responsibilities will include – but non-exhaustively

• Building and leading a team of 18+ members, plus oversight of BPO partner
• Accountable for the reporting of financial results for your entity with commentary including P&L, balance sheet and Trial Balance which is accurate, complete and:
• Fully compliant with all relevant accounting standards, current best practices and any other regulations
• Consistently applies accounting policies which are appropriate to the current business environment
• Compliant with all aspects of the internal / external financial control environment
• Delivers insight to the business in key areas of risk, growth and performance making recommendations for continuous improvements and remedial action as required
• You will own your entity’s Trial Balance
• Provide oversight & direction for all aspects of the financial month end review process, including co-ordination of activities across internal stakeholders, BPO partner and any other third parties.
• Accountable for delivery of trading partner invoicing and data activities for your entities, via the Data & Invoicing Team.
• Providing strategic direction and objectives for your team
• Being accountable to drive forward objectives, plans & projects
• Overseeing & driving performance of outsourced BPO team (Genpact)
• Being an ambassador for Global Finance Services (GFS) and TPF
• Managing senior stakeholders, dealing with escalations and gathering feedback
• Continuously identifying & driving improvements in end-to-end processes, ensuring sustainability & suitability for an FMCG company
• Establishing a strong compliance mindset within your team, including adherence to Sox controls, GxP etc
• Ensuring audit queries are answered by the team in a timely manner
• Ownership of team budget and resource planning
• Supporting the TPF Tower Lead with ad-hoc requests, activities & projects

Requirements/Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• MBA or Accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)

Basic Requirements

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  At least 12 years of financial management experience
• Strong team management experience; 15+ staff
• Finance Controller experience
• Financial acumen and understanding
• Significant experience working with global / corporate level financial reporting in a large global organization
• Experience of managing enterprise level financial processes and / or systems
• Understanding of risk management, controls & compliance, including Sarbanes Oxley
• Demonstrated process improvement and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills at all levels across the organization
• Experience working with client groups with ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at various levels
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and across a matrix environment
• Strong team building skills
• Ability to establish a high level of credibility and forge strong working relationships with senior internal and third-party stakeholders
• Time management and attention to detail

Preferred Requirements

• Supply Chain and / or FMCG industry experience
• Experience of working with and delivering results with outsourced BPO providers
• Experience with SAP
• Enjoy permanent changes and demonstrate great agility and resilience
• Calm under pressure and able to manage competing demands.
• Able to see the big picture and think beyond immediate area of responsibility.

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