About the job

Our Team

The Cross-Function Delivery Lead is a key contributor within Corporate Functions Controlling Operations, responsible for ensuring cross-functional alignment, process consistency and optimization, and operational excellence, with a particular focus on the France perimeter (~50% of Global costs).

This newly created position contributes to core delivery streams, including the design and deployment of closing & forecast instructions and templates, and the execution of global improvement initiatives (e.g., HC Smartsheet, PowerBI, iShift deployment, Accrual Engine, Commitment reports, etc.). Serving also as a key coordination point for interactions with France stakeholders (CFO and neighboring functions including A2R, P2P, People Services…), the role requires a strong combination of financial acumen, stakeholder management, and ability to enable change. Ready to make an impact?

Join our Corporate Functions team, where you'll play a vital role in driving company-wide performance while impacting millions of lives worldwide. In Finance, you'll help make our operations simpler, faster, and more sustainable—delivering smarter solutions as a global biopharmaceutical company.

About Sanofi

We are a research and development-driven, AI-powered biopharmaceutical company committed to improving people's lives and delivering sustainable growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system—and innovative development—enables us to create medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people worldwide. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Main responsibilities

• Forecasting & Planning Excellence

  • Design, deliver, and maintain forecast instructions and templates to ensure consistency and accuracy across Corporate Functions,

  • Align planning processes with FP&A, ensuring transparency and clear communication,

  • Coordinate cross-functional expense reviews and ensure P&L consistency, for France mainly,

  • Lead sanity checks at legal entity level for France, including personnel costs.

• Governance & Delivery Excellence

  • Ensure consistent application of the Corporate Functions ContOps core model,

  • Monitor delivery quality and highlight risks or inconsistencies,

  • Support definition and tracking of KPIs and performance indicators.

• Cross-Function Harmonization & Process Improvement

  • Contribute to harmonization initiatives across Corporate Functions ContOps (e.g. Headcount Smartsheet, Commentary consolidation tool),

  • Support the adoption of Group-level projects (e.g. AI Forecast, Accrual engine, Commitment reports) and ensure smooth integration into day-to-day operations,

  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives: process optimization, automation, and best-practice sharing,

  • Feed Global Process Owner (GPO) organization with insights on pain points and best practices.

• Stakeholder Engagement

  • Serve as a key coordination point for interactions with France stakeholders (CFO and neighboring functions including A2R, P2P, People Services…), ensuring effective communication and alignment on priorities,

  • Build strong working relationships with FP&A, Global FBPs, local finance teams, and global project owners,

  • Facilitate collaboration across hubs and function teams, ensuring seamless delivery of cross-function initiatives.

• Risk Management and Compliance

  • Ensure adherence to financial policies and procedures,

  • Support audit / internal control requirements and regulatory compliance,

  • Anticipate risks in cross-functional processes and propose mitigation measures.

About you

Experience:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in financial controlling, FP&A, or related finance roles,

• Background in pharmaceutical/healthcare or multinational corporate environment is an advantage,

• Experience managing compliance (SOX, statutory, audit),

• Exposure to France scope and fluency in French is a strong plus to effectively interact with local stakeholders.

​Soft skills:

• Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority,

• Ability to enable change and adoption of new processes and tools.

• Effective communication: Strong capability to engage and align diverse stakeholders, including senior finance leaders,

• Collaboration & influence: Skilled at working across functions, geographies, and cultures,

• Continuous improvement mindset: Ability to challenge the status quo and propose innovative solutions.

Technical skills:

• Expertise in forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning processes,

• Strong knowledge of ERP and planning systems (e.g., TM1, SAP),

• Strong knowledge of OPEX processes,

• Data analysis, reporting, and KPI monitoring skills.

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Main interactions:

• FP&A, Global FBPs, France CFO and neighboring functions: A2R, P2P, People Services,

• Corporate Functions Delivery team managers,

• Transversal controlling leadership,

• GPO/GPL/GPE,

• IC&P, Internal Audit, External Audit.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.

When joining our team, you will experience:

• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team,

• An attractive, market-oriented salary and cafeteria benefits,

• Flexible home office policy, with a possibility to work up to 60% of time from home / where you can easily schedule your office days,

• Work from an "Office of the Year 2020" finalist office,

• Collective life and accident insurance,

• Yearly medical check-up,

• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks,

• Your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully,

• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs).

PursueProgress. 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.

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

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Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Please ensure to have read this document, before applying.

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