Finance Business Partner at Sanofi

Minimum Skills/ Experience And Knowledge Required

• B-Com Finance / accounting (CIMA or CA preferred)
• 3-5 Years Financial / accounting / auditing experience
• Excel advanced
• SAP / COGNOS/ TM1 / HFM (preferred)
   

Behavioural Dimensions Required

• Good communication skills locally and with different levels at international office
• Making decisions & driving necessary changes for performance
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Must be proactive, enterprising and resourceful
• Assertive individual who will be able to challenge people and processes
• Developing innovative solutions and new ways of doing things
• Good planning and time management skills
   

Brief Description Of Key Performance Areas

• Provides commercial and financial decision support to local business unit teams whilst building and maintaining good relationships
• Trusted point of contact for business leaders, transforming financial and non-financial information into insight which influences decision making to improve the financial performance of the organization
• Develops accurate financials for the F1, F2 and 3YFF that reflect the business strategy
• Provide support to business on budget preparation and submission, critically reviewing the information provided to ensure their integrity and completing budget packs for submission to the global office
• Proactive identification of financial and commercial risks and opportunities, developing corrective actions where required
• Provides review, challenge and decision support to investment and operating decisions (e.g. business cases...)
• Supports the delivery of local projects
• Completing the gross margin submissions for budget and validating the COGS submitted for accuracy and completeness
• Monitoring and reporting on the affiliates / business units financial achievements versus budgets and forecasts to ensure successful achievement of objectives
• In charge of the monthly and budget margin and inventory reporting
• Managing the Transfer pricing process for the business and ensuring that TPs are requested and communicated to the relevant parties timeously
• Providing commentary on movements in destructions and provisions vs targets