Global HR Risk Manager

Haleon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer company in Greater London is seeking a Risk Management Lead to oversee HR initiatives and audit processes. This role involves conducting HR risk assessments, developing risk mitigation plans, and reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer. An ideal candidate will have significant experience in risk management and excellent communication skills. Join a dynamic team dedicated to fostering an agile, performance-oriented culture while ensuring compliance and mitigating risks across HR functions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, and/or Compliance.
• Ability to quickly understand and critically analyse complex processes.
• Knowledge of key HR risks such as payroll, data privacy, and third-party risk management.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate HR Risk Forums and report to CHRO.
• Perform annual HR Risk Assessments.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Manage Internal and External audits in HR.

Skills

Risk Management

Internal Audit

Compliance

Data Privacy

Analytical Skills

Communication

Team Leadership

MS Office Proficiency

Education

HR Business, Finance, or Risk Qualification

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

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

Our purpose in HR Risk Management is to support the HR function in effectively mitigating regulatory, strategic, and operational risks to enable the successful delivery of our HR Strategy.

The successful candidate will lead all global HR Risk initiatives, including conducting annual HR risk assessments with key stakeholders, designing and implementing controls (including Sarbanes-Oxley), also managing global HR Internal and External Audits, and new HR projects. They will act as the primary liaison with Enterprise Risk and other Risk and Control teams to ensure compliance with Haleon requirements.

This role is part of the Employee Relations Team, reporting to the Global Head of Employee Relations, leading a small team, and is based in London.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate quarterly HR Risk Forums, providing regular reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and the HR Leadership team on emerging risks, issues, audit outcomes, and remediation actions.
• Perform annual HR Risk Assessments to identify and assess HR risks as per Haleon Enterprise Risk Management Framework, including engaging with the HR Leadership team and Enterprise Risk.
• Develop controls and risk mitigation plans with risk owners, ensuring appropriate governance is in place.
• Advise on issue management, supporting the development of remediation plans when issues are identified in HR that could result in financial or reputational exposure to HR and Haleon.
• Manage Internal and External audits in HR, including training internal HR teams on audit processes (including SOX), discussing audit planning and findings with auditors, and defining remediation plans when gaps are identified.
• Partner with outsourced teams responsible for conducting Payroll SOX testing, including planning, managing, and reviewing testing outcomes and workpapers in line with agreed timelines, and defining remediation plans when gaps are identified.
• Review and update the HR Risk and Control framework annually, developing the control framework to cover all HR areas. Translating Haleon’s Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance requirements to the HR function, supporting HR colleagues to implement Enterprise Risk frameworks, including Resilience (Crisis Management and Business Continuity Plans).
• Provide risk expertise to strategic HR projects, ensuring risks and controls are considered (e.g. HR Transformation, new Payroll vendors, HR systems).
• Partner with colleagues from key functions such as Enterprise Risk, Financial Risk Management & Controls, Tech, Privacy, Compliance, Internal Audit, when required.
• Support the HR Function in Data Privacy activities including Privacy Assessments, Privacy Incidents, Data Subject Access Requests, Privacy Trainings, Third-Party Risk Management, and other privacy-related topics/projects.

Qualifications and Skills

Essential

• Significant experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, and/or Compliance.
• Ability to quickly understand and critically analyse complex processes, assess potential risks and controls.
• Knowledge of key risks typically encountered in HR, such as payroll, pre-employment screening, sanctions, right to work, data privacy, third-party risk management, system access, sustainability, DEI.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across multiple geographies.
• Proficient in MS Office, including Excel formulas and PowerPoint.

Preferred

• Qualification in a HR business, Finance, or Risk subject area.
• Experience in establishing a Risk Management Framework in an international setting.
• Knowledge of Human Resources processes.
• Data Privacy knowledge
• Understanding of Haleon’s regulatory landscape, including Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Big4 experience.

Job Posting End Date

2026-02-13

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

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