Senior Financial Analyst Costing NA

• Location: Bogotá, Colombia

About the job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As Senior Financial Analyst within our Finance Operations Team, you'll provide controlling support to their local Business Units, including preparation of budgets and forecasts (Budget / F1 / F2 / Quarterly Landings / Rolling Forecast), monthly closings (sales & expense reviews, scorecards), project approval and tracking, and other financial planning & analysis activities on a timely basis.

Main responsibilities:

• Position may be responsible for operational controlling activities for costing or operating expenses
• Partner closely with Finance Business Partners across GBUs, to provide cohesive and seamless support to Business Leaders
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly closing and share monthly results with Finance Business Partners as well as Budget Owners
• Prepare monthly commentary to explain variances between actual results and/or budget and forecasts
• Ensure business owners are executing the budgeted plan, including tracking actuals, approval of projects & providing direction to business owners
• Develop Opex and headcount forecasts for designated areas, in partnership with FBPs and Budget Owners
• Identify risks and opportunities that affect the achievement of these forecasts
• Track headcount on a monthly basis and compare to budgeted and forecasted vacancy rates, including trend analysis for key drivers of change
• Track all assumptions built into budget and forecasts
• Approve project spend and ensuring projects are budgeted properly, challenging where necessary
• Continuously challenge legacy ways of working, status quo; identify gaps, and recommend new ways of working
• Increase Financial and business acumen
• Ensure compliance with pertinent SOX controls
• Ensure compliance with all internal control requirements
• 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
• Support all key Finance initiatives
• Ad hoc projects and analyses as required

About you

• Experience: 3+ years of diversified financial controlling experience
• Soft and technical skills:Demonstrated results building partnerships with multi-levels across businesses, ability to influence and shape business decisions, high attention to detail, quality and proven ability to operate effectively under pressure and strict deadlinesand ability to lead through influence including demonstrated facilitator skills. Advanced excel skills and Proven experience working across multiple internal stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required
• Languages:Advanced English level

Why choose us?

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• You'll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions.
• You'll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact.
• Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work.
• Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Colombia is one of Sanofi's key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation.
• Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let's pursue progress. And let's discover extraordinary together.

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