Global HR Risk Manager

GSK Group of Companies; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer health company in London is seeking a candidate to lead HR Risk Management initiatives. The role involves managing audits, conducting risk assessments, and overseeing a small team. Candidates should have significant experience in risk management and compliance, along with excellent communication skills. This role supports the HR Strategy to mitigate risks effectively.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Risk Management, Internal Audit, and/or Compliance.
• Ability to quickly understand and critically analyze complex processes.
• Experience in leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR Risk Management and Data Privacy function.
• Manage Internal and External audits in HR.
• Perform annual HR Risk Assessments.

Skills

Risk Management

Internal Audit

Compliance

Data Privacy knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Qualification in HR business, finance, or accounting

Tools

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Overview

We are Haleon, a world-leading consumer health company. We aim to improve 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. We operate in a collaborative environment where we co-create our culture and drive trusted science and human understanding to deliver value for patients, customers, and the business.

About the Role

Our purpose in HR Risk Management and Data Privacy 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.

This role is part of the People Services Leadership Team, leading a small team with two direct reports, and is based in London.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the HR Risk Management and Data Privacy function, managing two direct reports.
• Actively participate in the People Services function, serving as an advisor and sounding board on all People Services priorities.
• 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.
• Collaborate 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.
• Perform annual HR Risk Assessments to identify and assess main HR risks as per Haleon Enterprise Risk Management Framework, including agreeing on HR Risk Assessment with HR Leadership Team and Enterprise Risk.
• Facilitate HR Risk Forums with HR Leadership Team, providing frequent updates to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) on emerging risks, issues, audit outcomes, and remediation actions.
• Develop risk mitigation plans with risk owners for each of the main HR risks identified in the annual risk assessment, ensuring appropriate governance is in place.
• Advise on issue management, providing remediation plans when issues are identified in HR that could result in financial or reputational exposure to HR and Haleon.
• Review and update the HR Risk and Control framework annually, expanding the control framework to cover HR areas where a full risk assessment is due.
• Provide risk expertise to strategic HR projects, ensuring risk and compliance are considered (e.g. HR Transformation, new Payroll vendors, HR systems).
• Translate Haleon's Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance requirements to the HR function, supporting HR colleagues in implementing new requirements.
• Partner with colleagues from key functions such as Finance Risk Management, Tech, Privacy, Compliance, Internal Audit, when required.
• Implement Enterprise Risk frameworks in HR, including Resilience (Crisis Management and Business Continuity Plans).
• Support the HR Data Privacy Manager (direct report) in conducting activities related to 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.
• Data Privacy knowledge

Preferred

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

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