HR Risk Management and Data Privacy Manager

1 Month ago • All levels • Risk Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The HR Risk Management and Data Privacy Manager will lead all global HR Risk initiatives, including conducting annual HR risk assessments, designing and implementing controls, and managing global HR Internal and External Audits. This role will also participate in the People Services function, providing advice and support, and overseeing a team of two direct reports. The role is based in London. Key responsibilities include leading the HR Risk Management and Data Privacy function, managing audits, developing risk mitigation plans, and providing risk expertise to strategic HR projects.
Must have:
  • Significant experience in Risk Management and Compliance.
  • Ability to analyze complex processes and assess risks.
  • Knowledge of key risks in HR, such as data privacy.
  • Experience in leading teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficient in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Data Privacy knowledge.
Good to have:
  • Qualification in a HR, finance, or accounting subject.
  • Experience in establishing a Risk Management Framework.
  • Knowledge of Human Resources processes.
  • Understanding of Haleon regulatory landscape.
  • Big4 experience.

Job Details

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, Voltaren and Centrum, 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.

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.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

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.

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About The Company

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