Junior Business Analysis & Controlling Analyst

About the job

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market.

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet.

That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core. 

Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands. 

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers.

We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

Our Team:

BA&C Regional team monitors regional financial performance and trajectory, drives finance planning and forecasting processes, provides support to regional management on financial assessment of the business performance & making informed business decisions, as well as contributes / drives transversal initiatives to improve region’s profitability and promotes simplification, harmonization, and automation in Finance organization.

Job Purpose:

• Ensure accurate and timely closingof the structural & personnel costs and headcount.

• Support country/zone finance teams during forecasting process.

Main responsibilities:

Participate in Monthly closing activities

• Responsible for monthly closing activities on structural & personnel costs, including accruals review and booking, expenditure reclass, allocations, etc.

• Warranty that costs are correctly booked in local systems.

• Analyse on a monthly basis all country/zone central costs notably: structural cost, personnel costs and headcount.

Be a Business Partner for business teams

• Prepare monthly commentary to explain variances between actual results and/or budget and forecasts for structural & personnel costs.

• Track headcount on a monthly basis and compare to budgeted and forecasted vacancy rates, including trend analysis for key drivers of change.

• Manage Personnel Costs controlling, including STI & Sales Force Bonus Accrual.

• Ensure business owners are executing the budgeted plan, including tracking actuals, approval of projects & providing direction to business owners.

• Support stakeholders in sound understanding of structural costs, personnel costs and headcount trajectory.

Participate in budget & forecast

• Develop forecast related to structural & personnel cost: work in hand with local teams, run scenarios based on local guidelines and ambitions in order to deliver best estimate expenditure forecast (ensure data accuracy in a timely manner).

• Proactively identify related risks and opportunities that affect the achievement of this forecast.

Perform other finance tasks

• Identify and request or perform Master data management in systems.

• Participate in internal control and audit processes to ensure compliance within his/her perimeter.

About you

• Experience: 1+ years of financial controlling experience. Strong expertise in financial processes. Prior experience of working in a global environment.

• Soft skills: Strong rigor and ability to multi-task and to organize, manage and prioritize deadlines, Ability to take ownership and ensuring the integrity of the financial operations through an impeccable understanding of the finance drivers, A well-developed business acumen and intellectual curiosity, Strong analytical and presentation skills with the ability to combine and present complex information in a simple manner, Collaborative and highly proactive attitude and ability to interact and communicate appropriately with numerous stakeholders, Highly capable working in multiple systems and tools.

• Technical skills: Proficiency in Excel, ERP (e.g., SAP), reporting tools (e.g., TM1) and data visualization platforms (Power BI, Qlik sense, etc.)

• Education: Degree qualified in finance and/or accounting

• Languages: fluency in English is required, 2nd foreign language knowledge is preferred (French, German, Italian)