HR Risk Manager (FTC)

Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve 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 its 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.

Job location - London Bankside

Fixed Term Contract- 13 months initially

Job Purpose

The HR Risk Manager plays a critical role in strengthening the risk and control environment across the global HR function. This role is responsible for identifying assessing and managing people-related risks ensuring alignment with enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations.

Operating within a complex global and regulated environment the role will support the embedding of a proactive risk culture across HR ensuring risks are understood controlled and transparently reported to senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Framework & Governance

• Support the development and continuous improvement of the HR Risk & Controls Framework in alignment with enterprise risk standards

• Maintain the global HR risk register ensuring risks are clearly defined assessed and regularly reviewed

• Drive consistency in risk identification assessment and documentation across global HR teams

• Facilitate risk workshops with key stakeholders across HR

Controls & Assurance

• Design and oversee key HR controls across the different areas of HR e.g. payroll employee relations recruitment and HR data privacy

• Assess control effectiveness and support remediation of identified gaps

• Partner with Internal/External Audit and Compliance to support audit activity and action tracking

• Monitor and report on Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)

Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

• Ensure HR practices comply with employment legislation and relevant regulatory requirements e.g. data privacy

• Support interpretation of regulatory changes impacting HR

Risk Reporting & Governance Forums

• Produce high-quality risk reporting for senior stakeholders

• Support HR Risk Forums including agenda reporting packs and action tracking

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with HR teams and Risk stakeholders to embed risk management practices

• Develop relationships with key stakeholders in the wider Haleon team e.g. Finance Internal Audit and Compliance

• Provide guidance and constructive challenge

Projects & Transformation

• Provide risk input into HR transformation initiatives

• Embed risk considerations into change programmes

Skills & Experience

• Worked in a Risk Compliance or Audit function

• Experience in HR Risk Operational Risk or HR Governance

• Strong understanding of HR processes

• Knowledge of key risks typically encountered by global companies for example privacy information security ABAC third party management payroll etc.

• Experience with risk frameworks and reporting

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence senior stakeholders and drive decisions across multiple geographies

• Experienced in working with internal and external auditors.

• Understanding of the regulatory landscape including Sarbox

Desirable

• Experience in a global regulated environment

• Knowledge of ISO 31000 or similar frameworks

• Relevant qualifications (IRM CIPD)

• Degree level qualification

Key Competencies

• Analytical thinking

• Attention to detail

• Communication and influencing

• Organised and proactive

Job Posting End Date

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. Its 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

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Note to candidates

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

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1