About the Job:

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As an FP&A , you will help to identify and implement new ways of working as we transform the way Sanofi controls Sales & Opex by supporting your local finance operations team in various responsibilities such as budget and forecasting, project tracking analysis, month-end and quarter-end closing activities (journal entries, reconciliations, etc.) to help ensure the completeness and accuracy of the financials to meet targets and drive results.

As part of the Controlling Operations team, there will be many opportunities to improve processes and improve collaboration with your Finance partners and business partners to grow and demonstrate your analytical and interpersonal abilities.

Main responsibilities:

• Support the month-end and quarter-end closing activities - prepare accruals and journal entries to be posted in SAP and manage and correct master data in financial systems (SAP and TM1). This will include supporting sales and/or opex and/or areas with complexities which require additional technical knowledge (i.e., Gross to Net, Fringe, CAPEX, etc.).

• As part of the closing process, understand and apply allocation methods, where applicable.

• Manage Personnel Costs controlling, including STI (Bonus) Accrual and True-Up Process.

• Prepare analysis to substantiate appropriate balance sheet accruals, prepaids or reserves (gross to net).

• Partner with A2R (Account to Report) to ensure a timely and accurate close process.

• Support the identification of new ways of working with Finance Business Partners (FBP) across Business Units and within Controlling Operations to provide cohesive and seamless support to Business Leaders.

• Support the financial reporting process, providing results directly to Controllers for monthly commentary.

• Analyze results, including trends, in order to extract potential risks and opportunities to present to management for review.

• Prepare monthly account reconciliations and provide a clear explanation of balance fluctuations as well as itemization of balance components.

• Prepare specialized reporting (AI schedules) for off balance-sheet reporting.

• Provide commitments tracking to help FBPs and Controllers understand year-to-date and year-to-go actuals as well as support monthly commentary for variance analysis.

• Support Business Partners to analyze spend activities and prepare monthly accruals vs forecast as needed.

• Opportunities for business partnering responsibilities and activities.

• Process owner for all master data maintenance and updates and system related activity.

• Ensure compliance with all SOX & internal control processes and responsible for monthly controlling checklist activities.

• Utilize continuous improvement in daily activities to identify process simplification opportunities and enhance tools improvements.

• Initial point of contact for Financial Controller to provide technical expertise and guidance as needed.

• Continuously challenge legacy ways of working, status quo; identify gaps, and recommend new ways of working.

• Increase Financial and business acumen.

• Promote efficiencies and improved ways of working across designated region and ensure best practice sharing.

• Educate client groups on all aspects of financial policies and processes to ensure compliance.

• Working on the preparation of the personal cost and HC for all the financial exercises.

• Work on the standard cost calculation (for commercial products) and collaborate with different departments.

• Work on the improvement and standardization of the monthly reporting.

About You

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.

• Experience: 3 to 5 years of diversified financial controlling experience.

• Languages: English & Mandarin are mandatory.

• Soft skills: Analytical, problem solving, and creativity abilities, and good interpersonal and communication skill.

• Technical skills: Knowledge of SAP, MS Office (advance in Excel)

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Collaborate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on continuous learning and professional development.

• Drive process improvement and innovation in partnership with a motivated and supportive team.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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