Trade Spend Analyst

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.

We Offer:

• Career development
• Opportunities for hybrid working.
• An additional 5 wellness days per year
• Health and Wellbeing benefits and program
• Strong parent leave policy
• Bonus 

Hi. We’re Haleon. A world-leading consumer healthcare company with exceptional category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Centrum, Panadol, Otrivin. We have a clear purpose: to deliver better everyday health with humanity. For billions of people around the globe.

The role:

We are currently recruiting for a Trade Spend Analyst, an exciting opportunity within a large global organisation. This role is ideal for a recent graduate with a degree in Commerce, Business or Accounting who is eager to start their career, or for an experienced professional seeking growth. As a Trade Spend Analyst, you will manage the end-to-end trade spend process, monitor outstanding claims, proactively review monthly accruals, conduct financial variance analysis (actuals versus forecast), and prepare insightful commentary on overspend and key trends. This position offers the chance to develop your analytical and financial skills in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

About you:

You will demonstrate the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and alignment. In this role, you will identify opportunities, risks, and issues along with their financial implications, propose effective solutions, and actively contribute to their implementation. You will also drive continuous improvement in promotional spend analysis, decision-making, and business processes, ensuring greater efficiency and value for the organisation.

A day in the life:

• Perform monthly Net Sales reconciliation between Trade Spend Management with SAP, TSM accrual and Rebates Payable Actively monitors the trade claims report to ensure claims are validated on timely basis and participate with internal and external stakeholders in dealing with and influencing the accounts receivable collection and deduction resolution process.
• Responsible for accurate and timely completion of trade spend reviews.
• Validate customers on invoice and off invoice claims against approved Sales Agreement and agreed Promotional Tracker to ensure authorized promotional spending.
• Support Sales Finance Partner, National Business Managers in some investigation and variance analysis.
• Assist on Audits and Finance management monitoring tasks.
• Assist Sales channel head with slides preparation as well as other Ad hoc projects as request by Sales Channel head and Sales Finance Manager

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

• Relevant Degree or experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• High level of Excel Skills
• High computer skills and the ability to learn quickly and learn new systems and processes.

Diversity & 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.

Please note to be eligible for this position you must have Australian work rights

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2025-12-11

 

 

 

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.