Sales Finance Graduate (2-year FTC)

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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.

A career in Finance where none of us stand still. 

Our commitment to you is to provide a strong beginning to your career. While you are helping people with better health and wellness, you will be gaining valuable work experience in a top multi-national company and building foundational leadership and business skills. At the end of this 24-month programme you will have a strong career foundation to build a remarkable career.

As a Sales Finance Graduate for the South African commercial and sales teams you will be providing financial analysis, insights, and decision support to drive profitable growth. The role focuses on sales performance, pricing, promotions, trade spend, customer profitability and customer account health in a fast-paced FMCH environment.

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?  

1. Sales & performance analysis
* Analyse daily, weekly, and monthly sales performance versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
* Prepare sales and margin reports by customer, channel, and product.
* Investigate and explain variances in volume, price, mix, and margin.
* Support preparation of commercial performance packs for management reviews.

2. Pricing, promotions & deal support
* Support evaluation of pricing changes, discounts, and promotional mechanics.
* Build and maintain deal and promotion profitability models.
* Track promotional performance versus forecasts and budgets.
* Assist in monitoring trade spend and ensuring spend is within approved limits.
* Highlight risks and margin leakage in proposed commercial deals.

3. Customer & channel profitability
* Analyse customer and channel profitability.
* Support decision-making around customer terms, rebates, and discounts.
* Assist in identifying underperforming or unprofitable customers or products.

4. Forecasting & budgeting
* Support monthly sales forecasting processes.
* Work closely with sales teams to understand pipeline assumptions.
* Assist with annual budgeting and periodic re-forecasts.
* Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis where required.

5. Month-end & reporting
* Assist with month-end close activities related to sales and revenue.
* Reconcile sales, rebates, discounts, and trade spend.
* Support variance analysis and reporting to senior stakeholders.

6. Business partnering & stakeholder engagement
* Work closely with sales, marketing, and supply chain teams.
* Translate financial information into clear commercial insights.
* Support ad-hoc commercial analysis and decision support requests.
* Develop strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders.

7. Overall customer account health
* Support account managers in consolidating supporting documentation to support in the validation of claims.
* Highlight any risks on customer accounts.

8. Learning and Development
* Stay updated on industry trends, financial regulations, and best practices.
* Actively participate in training programs and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
* Seek mentorship and develop technical and soft skills required for business partnering.

9. Sales Finance Graduate Program
* Participation in Haleon South Africa Graduate Program.
 
To recognise your dedication, energy and effort, benefits include:  
* A competitive base salary.
* An annual bonus linked to performance.
* Employee recognition through our global scheme which rewards exceptional achievements.
* On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes.
* Health and wellbeing programmes to take care of your physical and mental health.
  
We're the people changing the future of everyday health. So, you will be someone who has:  
* Strong analytical and commercial acumen with the ability to influence non-financial stakeholders.
* Proven experience supporting sales and marketing teams, with an understanding of channel dynamics (e.g., pharmacy, retail, online).
* Strong Excel skills.
* Excellent communication, collaboration and analytical skills.

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:  

Education required:
* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar.
* 0 - 2 years' experience.
Please note that you must provide your academic transcripts together with your CV when applying.

Experience Preferred:
* Vacation work / internships in:
* Finance
* Accounting
* Commercial roles
* Graduate rotations
* Case studies or simulations
* Tutoring or analytical project work
 
How to Apply:  
* Attach CV.
* Attach Transcripts.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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.

Job Posting End Date

2026-02-28

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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