Finance Business Partner – Global Medical

Job Title: Finance Business Partner – Global Medical

Location: Cambridge, MA; Morristown, NJ; Swiftwater, PA

About the Job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

The “Finance Business Partner – Global Medical” actively contributes to the strategy and execution of clinical studies and medical tactic spending in his/her perimeter by providing an end-to-end Finance support to the Global/US Project Teams and other team members, ensuring accurate costing and evaluation of risks & opportunities, while providing reliable input for Oncology, Neurology, and Medical Center of Excellences portfolio decisions. In addition, he/she will support Clinical Trials Consolidation/Financial Reporting, OneCASA Finance Admin and partner closely with the Head of Finance, Medical Affairs Specialty Care on Medical Transformation initiatives. This position reports to the Global Head of Finance, Medical Affairs Specialty Care (SPC).

The position offers both a Global and North America region overview of medical investment as well as opportunities to support strategic projects.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

MAIN RESPONSIBLITIES

He/she will have financial responsibilities for the strategic medical affairs Oncology, Neurology and Center of Excellences portfolios (US/HQ) which consists of operational expense costs of approximately 170M EUR annually and growing. For this, he/she will:

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Oversee forecast submission including headcount, clinical studies, and program related expenses (rolling forecast, C1, C2, Budget and Long-Range Plan (LRP))

• Communicate and distribute financial forecast to business partners

• Coordinate with Controlling Operations on financial targets, review/validate submission data, generate reports/presentations for senior leaders

• Assist the Global Medical Affairs team in the follow-up financials and optimization if/when needed

• Provide technical and analytical support for numerous projects and analyses to support achievement of SPC Medical Affairs financial goals and business objectives, including contributions to different work streams aiming at OPEX optimization and reporting solutions

• Support respective TAs in the critical steps of global reporting and consolidation, in coordination with the FP&A finance team of SPC for all major finance exercises (actuals variance analysis, rolling forecast, budget and long-range planning)

Month-End Close:

• Identify study/tactic risks and opportunities from Finance perspectives

• Partner with Controlling Operations CoE (Controlling Ops) on month end close reporting and analytic requirements (actuals vs budget, RF, C1 and C2). including operational expense and HC

• Provide stakeholders with clear explanation on drivers of their deviations from planned forecast

• Responsible for performing/overseeing key month-end close accounting activities and reporting requirements for TAs supported in compliance with all applicable accounting standards, statutory requirements and corporate reporting requirements and timelines.

• Responsible for overseeing/managing the day-to-day medical operations expenses, including review and approval of purchase orders of project related initiatives (until transition to Controlling Operations COE) and outsourced services according to Sanofi governance and compliance processes

Clinical Trial Consolidation/Reporting

• Responsible for working in close relationship with SPC Medical Finance Business Partners (FBPs) to consolidate clinical study forecasts. Coordination of consolidating clinical study forecasts and reconciling between systems

• Report generation to be shared with Global Head of SPC Medical Affairs and Senior Finance leadership

• Ad-hoc reporting as needed for discussions with senior leaders

Monitoring, Coordinating and Support of OneCasa for SPC Medical Affairs

• Responsible for oversight and perform the duties of financial admin for OneCASA for SPC Medical Affairs

• Monitoring new study/study change requests and coordinating with DSA (Decision Analytics and Support) team to add studies to OneCASA on a monthly basis

• Train new users on OneCASA and process required regionally for monthly accruals of clinical trials

• Liaison between Regional FinOps and Global Medical FBPs on major clinical study accrual deviations from projections

• Project lead for all OneCASA enhancements impacting SPC Medical Affairs

• Financial Admin for One CASA for SPC Medical Affairs

Business Partnering/Medical Transformation/Ad-Hoc Reporting:

• Support the Global Head of Finance, Medical Affairs Specialty Care on the transformation of Medical Finance. Key goals include evolution of OneCASA, World-Wide SPC Medical reporting, transition of activities to the Controlling Operations CoE, Med Hub utilization and other initiatives.

• Provide decision making support to the Global and US Medical Affairs TAs that you support, Medical Center of Excellence Teams, and Global Head of Finance, Specialty Care Medical Affairs

• Sanofi Medical Finance representative for partnerships, collaborations, and alliances with other companies in the respective areas that you support

• Have a thorough understanding of each clinical study/tactic category as well as major clinical studies within TAs supported

• Financial Support for ad-hoc projects

• Provide technical and analytical support for numerous projects and analyses to support achievement of SPC Medical Affairs financial goals and business objectives, including contributions to different work streams aiming at OPEX optimization and reporting solutions.

The ideal candidate is expected to provide valuable insight and recommendation to his/her business partners to reach financial targets, while being an active member of the SPC Medical Affairs finance team.

About You

REQUIREMENTS

Educational Background:

• BS in Accounting/Finance required; CPA or MBA a plus

Professional Experience:

• 5+ years Professional experience, with emphasis on financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and month end close 

• Industry related experience a plus and/or willingness to learn about the pharmaceutical industries and the therapeutic areas supported

Major Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge/experience in medical affairs and/or clinical trials preferred

• Proven experience in team coordination / crisp communication on key topics / business partnering and consultation

• Strategic thinking

• Strong working knowledge of Excel and Power-Point is critical

• Strong accounting skills; Internal controls preferred

• Experience with Plai, TM1 Cognos, CASA and SAP preferred

MAIN INTERACTIONS

• Global and US Medical Heads for respective TA(s) and Centers of Excellences

• SPC Medical Affairs Finance Team

• Global and US Commercial Finance Teams for respective TA(s)

• Medical Program Leads (MPLs) within Medical Operations & Effectiveness (MO&E) for respective TAs

• Other Finance departments: R&D, Controlling Ops, Commercial for other TAs

• R&D CSO for respective TAs

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.