Job Description

The Audit & Risk team is made up of experts in risk management and internal audit, with specialized knowledge of different risk and business areas. Audit & Risk has an ongoing partnering relationship with the business which helps us to understand emerging risks and identify issues early, as well as conduct our audits in an effective way. There is a significant level of liaison with key business stakeholders across the organization to ensure that assurance is fit-for-purpose and responsive to changes in the business and risk environment.

It is critical that Haleon has the capability and resource in the right place to build confidence, internally and externally, to ensure that risks are managed effectively and holistically. The Senior Director of ERM will be accountable for the coherent implementation and development of our Global ERM roadmap. This role will be responsible for ensuring the continuous enhancement of the ERM framework and collaboration with senior management risk owners across the whole business to ensure that risk and respective opportunities are at the forefront of each strategic and business objective. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Setting strategy, cadence and framework for Enterprise, Risk Management and reporting at each hierarchy across the business.
• Engage, influence and mobilize Haleon Board and Senior Management to support key risk programmes and to influence employees’ approach to risk
• Support senior management in defining and regularly assessing risk appetite for each Principal Risk.
• Manage and develop the most appropriate periodic risk assessment process for the organization.
• Build and enhance risk identification, risk scoring and risk reporting infrastructure.
• Content ownership of the Company’s external risk reporting requirements, e.g. Risk report in the integrated annual report
• Responding to changing regulatory requirements regarding risk management.
• Integrate risk management into strategic planning and execution to make sure decision making is more informed by risk considerations, to increase the success rate of strategic projects.
• Support ERM special projects such as corporate risk training, expanding risk automation tools, and activities focusing on the advancement of risk accountability and culture globally.
• Ownership of key risk management policies.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Governance, Legal, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance)
• A proven background in Governance, Control or Risk management role
• Must have extensive experience in operating at enterprise level, ideally in a FTSE 100 organization
• Strong communication skills and command of English language (written and verbal) is essential for Board level and enterprise-wide communication and reporting.
• Must have the knowledge to manage the entire risk management process - this includes a continuous review of the existing risk universe as well as the identification of emerging risks, the prioritization of risks and the associated risk assessment.
• Must have the required knowledge to identify and assess exogenous influences on the company - as well as intrinsic influences on the net assets, financial position and results of operations resulting from Haleon's business model.
• A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Governance, Legal, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, Change Management, Organizational Excellence)