Finance Director Southern Europe Milano

Finance Director Southern Europe
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

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.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Parodontax, Voltaren and Centrum, Polase, Be-Total and Rinazina built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we're uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future.

It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

Finance Director, Southern Europe

About the role:

The Finance Director Southern Europe BU of Haleon will be required to play a critical role in driving the establishment and growth of the company in the Southern Europe Business Unit.

Credibility in this role requires an experienced and proven financial leader who has already enjoyed a considerable and successful tenure as a Business Unit or market CFO.

This is a hugely compelling career opportunity for an experienced Finance professional to make a positive impact within a highly dynamic company.

Serving consumers worldwide to improve standards of health, the Finance Director Southern Europe of Haleon will have the chance to lead within a context that combines a powerful purpose, with iconic brands and a genuinely global landscape.

Key Resposabilities:

- The Finance Director SE is responsible for Italy, Spain and Portugal.

In this role you will be a member of both the SE BU Leadership Team and the Regional Finance Leadership Team.

Financial Analysis & Performance Management- Work closely with the business to drive financial performance. - Ensure full transparency to drive meaningful analysis and insights. - Develop a financial framework to generate value and translate the operational and financial metrics into key insights to support critical business decisions. - Challenge the business plans and ongoing financial performance with the business leaders, spotting trends early and interpreting information quickly to ensure that action is agreed and carried out effectively. - Identify innovative and creative opportunities for cost savings, and work with the business to deliver these. - Oversee the planning and budgeting process, collecting the inputs, and comparing the company's actual performance against the budgeted targets.

Financial Reporting & Control- Ensure the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of financial reporting and ensure compliance with any relevant reporting standards. - Maintain appropriate internal financial controls and risk management processes across all operations.

Tax, Treasury- manage working capital effectively and efficiently.

Deliver accurate cash flow forecasting and reporting. - Ensure adequate financial resources are available to fund the company's investment proposals within the constraints of sound financial management. - Ensure cash is optimally managed, taking appropriate investment and hedging decisions where necessary. - Optimise the regional tax policies and procedures while adopting a low-risk stance to successful challenge by the tax authorities.

Corporate Finance- Play a lead role in any regional M&A activity.

This could include identification of target assets, management of due diligence, negotiation of sale and purchase agreement, and post-merger integration.

Financial Relationships & External Relationships- Support the Regional Finance Vice President and BU GM in developing the external reputation and brand of the company with relevant external stakeholders. - Build strong relationships with other key stakeholders including audit partners, banks, key customers, advisors, and lawyers. - Act as a key leader driving the continued development of the company's ESG agenda.

Risk Management & Internal Audit- Ensure the management of risk to an optimum level. - Partner with the Internal Audit team ensuring standards of governance and reporting are adhered to globally, identifying risks, and taking the opportunity to share best practice. - Approve all regional agreements concerning financial obligations, such as commercial contracts, IT assets, and services, and other actions requiring a commitment of financial resources.

Strategy & Planning- Work in partnership with the GM SE BU, the Regional Finance Vice President and the executive team to drive the competitiveness, performance and long-term development of the business.

Contribute to the strategic direction of the overall business as a key member of the regional management team. - Take an active role in con