Finance Business Partner, Supply Chain - SEA & Taiwan (SEAT)

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

The Finance Business Partner (FBP), Supply Chain for Southeast Asia & Taiwan (SEAT), is responsible for providing financial performance management, planning, forecasting, and business partnering support across the SEAT QSC.

The role acts as a key finance partner to Quality & Supply Chain (QSC) leadership, Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), manufacturing sites, and End-to-End (E2E) Market CSC teams to drive financial performance, operational efficiency, productivity, inventory optimization, and strategic decision making across the region.

A day in the life

Financial Controllership & Month-End Close

• Lead and coordinate SEAT QSC month-end closing activities for HQ, CMO, and total QSC financial performance.
• Manage freight closing processes across 6 SEAT markets and 2 manufacturing sites, ensuring accurate accruals, validations, and journal postings.
• Review and validate total SEAT QSC P&L, operating profit, working capital, and inventory results.
• Partner with Controllership & Compliance (C&C) teams to ensure timely and compliant financial reporting.
• Support balance sheet reviews and monthly financial governance activities.
• Provide financial commentary and variance explanations for operating results and key financial metrics.

Planning, Forecasting & Financial Reporting

• Lead monthly CMF (Current Month Forecast) updates for SEAT Supply Chain HQ and CMO operations, consolidating forecasts from sites, CMOs, and E2E markets, ensuring robust assumptions, risk assessments, and opportunity identification
• Consolidate financial performance across manufacturing sites and end-to-end market operations.
• Support Annual Business Planning (ABP), Long Range Planning (LRP), and Standard Cost Setting (FLIP) processes.
• Perform target setting across key financial metrics including Operating Profit, COGS, Working Capital, Inventory, Productivity Savings
• Monitor forecast accuracy and drive financial alignment with stakeholders.
• Perform BISON and SIERA systems submissions and validations for financial forecasts.

SEAT QSC Finance Business Partnering

• Serve as finance partner to:
  • SEAT QSC leadership
  • End-to-End (E2E) market supply chain teams
• Support financial evaluations, business cases, and investment appraisals for SEAT Supply Chain initiatives.
• Provide financial analysis for:
  • Productivity programs
  • Inventory initiatives
  • New Product Introduction (NPI) COGs analysis
  • Sourcing decisions
• Conduct benchmarking and profitability analyses to identify operational improvement opportunities.

SEAT CMO Finance Business Partnering

• Finance Lead for SEAT CMO operations, partnering with Procurement and CMO teams to deliver productivity and cost-saving initiatives.
• Lead CMO financial planning cycles, including CMF, ABP, and LRP, ensuring delivery of financial targets and forecast accuracy.
• Lead financial evaluation and business cases for sourcing strategies, network optimization, and CMO investment decisions.
• Own annual standard cost setting and cost governance across the CMO portfolio.
• Provide financial insights on savings delivery, inflation management, and operational performance to support strategic decision-making

Performance Management & Productivity

• Consolidate and track SEAT QSC productivity, Value for Growth (V4G) savings, and cost improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and update SEAT QSC scorecards, Wider Asia KPIs, and Power BI performance dashboards.
• Support Supply Chain leadership with financial performance reporting and executive-level communications.
• Monitor productivity bridges and ensure delivery of savings commitments.

Inventory & Working Capital Management

• Lead annual inventory target setting, deploying DIO and inventory targets across SEAT markets and manufacturing sites and securing stakeholder sign-off.
• Monitor monthly inventory and working capital performance, analyze key movement drivers, and identify risks and opportunities versus Plan and Forecast
• Own inventory reporting and provide monthly updates, insights, and recommendations through the regional S&OP process.
• Develop and maintain inventory dashboards and analytical tools to enhance visibility, forecasting, and decision-making.

Systems, Data & Process Improvement

• Act as finance subject matter expert for QSC finance systems including BISON, Siera, and SAP.
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support financial data governance and reporting accuracy.
• Provide training and guidance to stakeholders on financial processes and reporting requirements.

Key Stakeholders

• SEAT QSC Leadership Team
• Regional and Local Market Supply Chain Teams
• Manufacturing Sites Finance Directors and FBPs
• CMO Leadership Teams
• SEAT Planning & Forecasting (P&F)
• SEAT Controllership & Compliance (C&C)
• APAC Procurement and Logistics
• Commercial and Marketing Teams (for NPI COGs benchmarking analysis)

Key Success Measures

• Deliver accurate and timely month-end close, forecasts, and financial planning submissions.
• Achieve Supply Chain and CMO financial targets across P&L, Working Capital, Inventory, and Cash Flow.
• Deliver committed productivity and savings targets through procurement, value engineering, sourcing, and network optimization initiatives.
• Drive forecast accuracy and proactive risk/opportunity management across markets, sites, and CMO operations.
• Improve inventory and working capital performance through target deployment and optimization programs.
• Provide high-quality financial insights that influence business decisions and strategic investments.
• Foster strong stakeholder partnerships across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Markets, Sites, and CMO partners.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, governance, reporting, and digital analytics capabilities.

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-10-08

 

 

 

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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