Haleon

Financial Planning & Forecast Analyst

Malaysia - Petaling Jaya Full time

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

This Planning & Forecast Analyst role is providing support to the Planning & Forecasting Director. This includes managing the preparation of in-market annual, monthly peak load management and improvement in Core Commercial Cycle (CCC). You will need to prepare monthly management reports for the Markets to evaluate performance. Also, be responsible to coordinate and consolidate financial forecasting information, ensuring that managerial financial reporting is performed, in time and in the formats required by corporate guidelines, facilitating managerial decision making.

  • Working with P&F Director to prepare Market budget (Annual & Long Team Plan) and communicate them to Markets and P&F Analyst

  • Provide support to the Planning & Finance Director with the preparation of plans to the Leadership Team.

  • Responsible for the preparation of the monthly Opex, A&P and cash flow forecast for the key Markets.

  • Accountable for creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the key Markets (CCC process)

  • Compare forecasts against budgets and prior month forecasts.

  • Performs variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward

  • Preparation of internal management reports (e.g. DRM, MPR, S&OP) for executive leadership & support decision making

  • Support in creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the market

  • Supporting ad-hoc reporting requests from Area / Markets e.g. trend analysis for a product type

  • Coordinate & Consolidate with Market P&F Analysts for Region to finalize plan/ forecasts/ management reports

Requirement

  • University degree in Business Administration or Finance, ACCA, CPA/ CIMA, MBA desirable

  • Demonstrable post qualification experience within a similar industry / MNC

  • Budgeting, forecasting and reporting experience require.

  • Preferred language literacy Mandarin.

Location – this role is based in: Plaza 33, Petaling Jaya - Selangor

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-06-05

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. 

 

 

 

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.