Job Description
Please note: To be eligible for internship positions, candidates must be able to fulfill the term of the contract (12 Months) and must have graduated within the past 2 years. Expected start date: September 2024
Please note: Please note that visa sponsorship or relocation will not be offered for this position.
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.
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A career in Finance where none of us stand still.
Global Finance is one of the key Functions which form the common core of Haleon's operating model and approach.
We provide the partnership, strategic counsel and support services the business units need to operate efficiently and effectively. This enables them to focus on developing, manufacturing and delivering products to the consumers who need them. This role will add value to the Canadian organization through Sales Finance business support, supporting a strong accounting and internal control environment and acting as an "internal" consultant via special projects.
We are looking a student or new grad to join us for a 12-month internship in our Finance team. If you are looking for an opportunity to sharpen your skills and gain valuable experience in the CPG industry, this role might be just what you've been looking for.
Job Purpose:
This role will assist with ensuring revenues and expenses are properly recorded and liabilities adequately anticipated and perform a critical support role with ensuring trade agreements and promotions are accurately managed using the trade management system. You will help to improve Canada's financial management reporting environment and will play a critical role in project work to deliver on Canada's business strategy.
Why Join Haleon?
- Competitive compensation;
- Inclusive, diverse, and collaborative culture;
- Commitment to development and career progression;
- Hybrid model in a modern office located in Mississauga;
- Fitness centre and bistro onsite.
Key Responsibilities:
This role will provide YOU with the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR Finance career. These responsibilities include some of the following...
Business Support (30%)
- Ensure all financial processes for the Customer Account Teams are compliant with Haleon policies, International Financial Reporting Standards, and government regulations
- Provide financial support and business partnering to assigned customer team, which will include the opportunity identification process and enable decision making on Account Teams' go-to-market approach.
- Review spend and analyze customer net sales performance, variance to budget. Proactively identify risk and opportunity and propose mitigation plan
- Decision support on Net Revenue Management initiatives assessment and complete Return on Investment analysis
- Support a consistent monthly Customer profitability model that links Customer P&L, Brand P&L and Company P&L views.
- Assist Sales Finance Manager in data gathering and analysis
Accounting and Controls (30%)
- Ensure that revenues and expenses are properly recorded, and liabilities properly anticipated
- Contribute to Trade Spend reporting and forecasting for sales teams
- Support Finance Manager, Sales Business Partnering with planning, processing and audit of Trade Agreements
- Support internal and external audit preparation/process
Project Work (40%)
- Assist Sales Finance Manager on team initiatives
- Assess effectiveness of internal processes and propose improvement opportunities
- Report design and development within PowerBI to improve KPI visibility
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Must be available for the total duration of the 12-month contract
- Enrolled (or graduated within last two years) (business, accounting/finance focus)
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel is preferred
- Solid understanding of finance fundamentals
- Financial acumen and understanding of CPG industry
- Ability to work with multiple levels within the organization effectively and across multiple functions (e.g. Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Administration)
- Role requires a professional self-starter with strong organizational and trouble shooting skills
- Creative and problem-solving thinking
- Strategic/big-picture thinking
- Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
- Strong prioritization and analytical skills
- Personal accountability
- Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
- Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
- A desire to learn and have meaningful impact
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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.
As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.
Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr