Trade Spend Manager

About the role

• The Trade Spend Manager is responsible for ensuring that the budget is produced timely and controlled throughout the financial cycle.
• This includes overseeing internal controls compliance, budget tracking & analysis, risk escalation and management reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Performs the monthly trade spend overview to accrual reconciliation and drives reporting across the organization
• Owns budget reviews and analysis by customer, consolidation at a cluster level
• Delivers management reporting on budget status, risks and opportunities
• Owns trade spend management process across system, governance and reporting
• Keeps track of trade spend accruals, claims received and processed as actuals and conducts monthly audits of system entries against the governance protocols
• Ensures training of related internal and external teams on the process, adherence to standard operating procedures applicable
• Owns price setup and maintenance process
• Overseas and governs the trade spend management system
• Super-user and local administrator for the system
• Local liaison to regional system admin teams for trouble shooting
• Master data maintenance for seamless running of the platform
• Annual budget maintenance – annual agreements, trade terms, fixed & variable spend allocations for all Cluster/Customer/Activity/Brand combinations

Qualifications and skills

Required

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university in the fields of Finance, Accounting, Business Administration
• Relevant certification/accreditations in Finance field e.g CPA, ACCA, CFA, CIFA are a plus
• Minimum 5 years in trade marketing, finance or sales function
• Written & verbal fluency in French and English is a plus
• Experience in trade spend management
• Ability to think analytically
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Experience in FMCG/Consumer Healthcare environment, working across complex organizational structures

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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.

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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.

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