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Sanofi Group Financial Analyst in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
About the Job
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The role is part of a high performing team centered on Finance transformation and becoming the best-in-class Finance organization. As part of the Controlling Operations team, there will be many opportunities to improve processes and improve collaboration with your Finance partners and business partners to grow and demonstrate your analytical and interpersonal abilities. This person will help to identify and implement new ways of working as we transform the way Sanofi Controls Sales, Industrial Costing, Opex & CAPEX.
Main Responsibilities:
SAP (I-shift) implementation project – responsible for workshops, performing GAP analysis and UAT testing, acts as a liaison between the project team and the Hub team.
Analyze results, including trends, to extract potential risks and opportunities to present to management for review.
Assist in preparing reports and presentations for management on project status, action plans, and issues.
Participate in governance meetings with tool/solution service owners.
Assist in maintaining documentation and contribute to the team's knowledge base.
Support the month-end and quarter-end closing activities – prepare accruals and journal entries to be posted in SAP/Blackline, manage and correct master data (as part of the process owner) in financial systems (SAP and TM1). This will include supporting sales and/or industrial costing and/or opex/capex and/or areas with complexities which require additional technical knowledge (i.e., Gross to Net, Fringe, CAPEX, etc.)
Prepare analysis to substantiate appropriate balance sheet accruals, prepaids or reserves.
Partner with A2R (Account to Report) to ensure a timely and accurate close process.
Support the financial reporting process, providing results directly to Controllers for monthly commentary.
Provide commitments tracking to help FBPs and Controllers understand year-to-date and year-to-go actuals as well as support monthly commentary for variance analysis.
Support Business Partners to analyze spend activities and prepare monthly accruals vsforecast as needed.
Ensure Standard Cost are calculated, POV analyses are followed, and manufacturing performance monitored.
Ensure compliance with all Sox & internal control processes and responsible for monthly controlling checklist activities.
Initial point of contact for Financial Controller to provide technical expertise and guidance as needed.
Utilize continuous improvement in daily activities, challenge legacy ways of working, identify gaps, recommend new ways of working and ensure best practice sharing across teams.
Ad hoc projects as required.
About You
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
Minimum 3-years of working experience as a financial analyst or doing Industrial Costing, preferably within pharmaceutical industry.
Able to work with multiple systems & tools, preference on those who has the exposure to SAP.
Must have high attention to detail, quality and proven ability to operate effectively under pressure and strict deadlines.
Strong organization skills - able to track and manage a high volume of projects at a detailed level. Experience in project management is a bonus.
Adaptable and able to work in complex matrix environment.
Change agent who can propose, lead, and drive changes. Strong analytical capabilities with attention to detail and strategic thinking.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
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 health insurance, out-patient benefits along with a range of family friendly policies such as maternity, paternity, and solo parent leaves to name a few.
Pursue progress , discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But 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. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)
As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
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