About The Role

• The Trade Spend Controller 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 TSM to SAP actuals reconciliation and drives resolution to “true number” reporting across the organization
• Monthly budget reviews and analysis by customer; consolidation by channel
• Management reporting on budget status, risks and opportunities
• Owner of trade spend management process SOP
• Leads the weekly I&C meeting with all customers; driving customer Receivables and DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) targets
• Management reporting on I&C and DSO
• Owns the Invoices and claims process & SOP
• Monthly audits of TSM entries against the governance protocols of the tool
• Monthly sample audits of proof of performance against cleared claims
• Remediation clinics where the process, protocols or controls are violated
• Training related teams the process, SOP & related tools with the trade spend management area
• Provide & substantiate the above control checks to Haleon auditors when needed
• Oversight and governance of the trade spend management system (TSM)
• Super user of the TSM and local administrator
• Local liaison to regional system admin teams for trouble shooting
• Grants access to all other users in the LOC
• Master data maintenance for the seamless running of the platform
• Annual budget maintenance – annual agreements, trade terms, fixed & variable spend allocations for all customer/category combinations
• Monthly reviews of governance protocols within TSM and escalation of all violations

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university
• 3 years in a trade marketing, finance or sales function
• Demonstrated Sub-Sahara Africa Experience
• Experience in trade spend management
• Ability to think analytically
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Experience in FMCG/CH environment in a variety of sales/customer/marketing roles
• Proven Program management skills on large scale programs
• Proven analytical skills
• Experience in working across complex organization structures