Finance Director Haleon Strategy

GSK Group of Companies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Finance Strategy Director to own all strategic communications regarding business performance. This role involves partnering with business leaders, crafting narratives for the Board, and analyzing complex data to drive insights. The ideal candidate will have experience in M&A and financial planning within the consumer packaged goods sector, along with strong analytical and communication skills. Join our team to make a significant impact in the healthcare industry.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in M&A, strategy/consulting, and financial planning is preferred.
• Understanding of the global CPG market is valuable.
• Ability to distil complex information into compelling narratives.

Responsibilities

• Own strategic communications regarding Haleon business performance.
• Partner with business leaders to craft narratives for the Board.
• Lead initiatives supporting Haleon's strategic ambitions.

Skills

Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills

Expertise in complex financial modelling

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Job description

The purpose of this role is to proactively and effectively own all strategic communications regarding Haleon business performance, whether to the Haleon Executive Team (HET) or the Board of Directors. The Finance Strategy Director is an integral part of the Group FP&A team, supporting the translation of financial performance into insightful communications for the HET, while ensuring that the CEO & CFO are adequately equipped to engage with Haleon’s Board of Directors to make the best available choices as aligned with our Win as One strategy. You will play a critical role in driving Haleon towards our ambitions of reaching 1 billion more consumers by 2030 while generating industry‑leading shareholder returns, while always delivering on our commitment to being a responsible business.

Strategic Drivers

• Health in more hands: Helping many people solve more of their everyday health needs.
• Build superior brands: Trusted and preferred by consumers, customers and experts.
• Wired for excellence: Creating capability advantage across the value chain – powered by data, digital and analytics, and operational excellence.
• Full potential people: Unleash the full potential of our people to be at their best.

Key measures of success include:

• Analysing and understand business performance in support of developing clear communications (both written and presentation form) on business performance insights, strategic choices and implications.
• Partner with business leaders in crafting clear narratives and high‑quality papers and presentations for the Board, and where required, external stakeholders in partnership with Investor Relations.
• Work with the BU / Functions and Categories to clearly articulate the strategic narrative and choices made (e.g. key strategic drivers, trends and competitive insights) as it relates to the financial planning processes, in particular Annual Business Plan (ABP) and Long‑Range Plan (LRP).
• Bring finance capability, governance and financial acumen to the continual evolution of the Haleon value‑creation framework to build organisation capability in short & long‑term decision making.
• Work across internal and external groups to bring peer & competitor benchmarks and intelligence to Haleon, in order to determine focus areas and to inform strategic choices for Haleon in context of prevailing investor expectations.
• As necessary, lead and co‑lead strategic initiatives that support Haleon’s ambition and execution of strategic drivers, focusing within the Finance function.
• Work as a key additional finance member to support the Strategy function to deliver and govern a range of high‑value‑at‑stake strategic projects, e.g. new growth opportunity evaluations, M&A, geographic expansion, penetration. This includes extensive support throughout the long‑range planning process to ensure the strategic choices and options are considered properly.

Why you?

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Basic Qualifications

• Prior experience in M&A, strategy/consulting, financial planning with a CPG context is highly advantageous.
• Understanding of the global CPG market, how external factors influence equity‑related investment strategies will be highly valuable.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with an ability to synthesize complex data, pulling out key insights & translating into concise communications.
• Ability to distil down complex information and strategic concepts into simple and compelling narratives to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Expertise in complex financial modelling, and capability to run various “what if” scenario's.
• Ability to operate autonomously and proactively, managing multiple projects at a single time in a fast‑paced, results‑oriented environment.
• Proven self‑starter with ability to balance conflicting priorities and work on multiple activities in parallel. The role can cover daily operational deliverables and longer‑term strategic projects requiring the management of multiple streams of work to deliver results.
• Encourages a culture of innovation, actively engaging the business to brainstorm and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
• Energetic, results driven, team player with well‑developed analytical skills and a track record of exceeding expectations.
• Challenges conventional approaches and introduces fresh perspectives to enhance business outcomes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to influence through matrix organisation at all levels.

When applying for this role

Please use the “cover letter” of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

Why Join Us?

The future of everyday health is changing. And we’re the people changing it. In front of us is an incredible opportunity to go beyond what any of us have done before. And make everyday health more achievable, more inclusive and more sustainable. For more and more people. So, join us, as we build one of the world’s leading consumer healthcare companies. Join us to innovate our category‑leading brands. To better understand people’s everyday health needs. To tackle the biggest barriers that stand in their way. To change individual and societal behaviour. Join us to work with colleagues who share your restless energy. To explore your interests. To stretch yourself to do the best work of your career. And join us, as together we build a working experience that encourages us all to lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity for better. And we’re going all in to realize it.

Job Posting End Date

2025‑12‑20

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.