Planning & Performance Lead

• Location: Barcelona

Our Team

Our ambition: deliver best-in-class enterprise services enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Sanofi has been building the foundations of enterprise services over the past few years. With the creation of the global business unit Business Operations two years ago, we have elevated our commitment to innovation and excellence.

An expert leadership team, passionate about leading high performance. We are building for the long term. We bring people together – many of them in our four hub locations around the world - which simplify processes, break down barriers and modernize the way we work in Sanofi.

Our critical success factors:

We have identified three key drivers:

1.   Community - Building a vibrant team that will attract and engage talent, with four global hubs.

2.   Excellence - Simplifying, standardizing and continuously improving processes to capture synergies, scale effects and productivity improvements.

3.   Digitalisation - Enabling transparency, data-driven decision-making support, agility and rapid innovation across Sanofi's entire value chain.

About the job

The Planning & Performance Lead will drive planning and performance reporting activities across the organization, transforming complex financial and operational data into actionable insights. This role requires strong financial acumen, the ability to extract and manipulate data from multiple systems, expert ability to translate complex datasets into clear, intuitive dashboards and visual stories, and exceptional communication abilities to influence senior leaders. The ideal candidate is both detail‑oriented and strategically minded—someone who can dive deep into data while keeping sight of the broader business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Performance Management

• Support planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasting, monthly performance reviews).

• Consolidate and analyze financial and operational KPIs; prepare performance summaries for leadership teams.

• Deliver insights that drive operational excellence and resource optimization.

• Own performance review data reporting.

Data Analysis & Insights

• Extract, clean, and synthesize data from dashboards, financial systems, and enterprise tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SAP, Workday, or similar platforms).

• Conduct deep‑dive analysis to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and operational inefficiencies.

• Develop models and analytical frameworks to support strategic decision‑making.

• Translate complex findings into clear, compelling narratives for executive‑level audiences.

Dashboard & Reporting Development

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and automated reporting tools that improve transparency and data accessibility.

• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of all dashboards and analytics deliverables.

• Partner with IT, Finance, and Business Operations to integrate new data sources and enhance analytics architecture.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a strategic partner to Finance, Strategy, and Operational Excellence teams.

• Lead conversations with stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into analytics solutions.

• Present insights clearly to senior leadership, influencing decisions with data-backed recommendations.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve data quality, and enhance reporting capabilities.

• Promote data literacy across the organization.

About you

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Analytics, Economics, Data Science, or related field (MBA preferred).

Experience:

• 5+ of experience in years of experience in financial analysis, strategic planning, FP&A, or data analytics.

• Strong understanding of financial statements, planning cycles, and performance metrics.

• Ability to simplify complex datasets into executive‑ready insights.

• Excellent communication, storytelling, and senior stakeholder management skills.

Technical & Analytical Capabilities

• Advanced proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau), Excel, and data extraction techniques.

• Familiarity with SQL, Python, or other data manipulation languages.

• Strong aptitude in assessing data and delivering data driven insights in communications and presentations.

Communication and Leadership Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to lead stakeholder interaction, workshops, and executive-level briefings.

• Excellent knowledge of the English language (spoken and written).

• Experience in a global or matrixed organization.

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