Role at a glance
- Job function
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Accounting, Tax & Corporate Finance Corporate Finance, FP&A & Treasury
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Budapest
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3+ years of diversified financial controlling experience
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
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Role Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst supports operational controlling for an industrial perimeter and assigned business units within the Controlling Operations M&S Costing team. The role prepares budgets and forecasts, supports monthly closing, and helps improve ways of working.
What You'll Do
- Calculate Industrial Standard Cost, review bills of materials and routings, and monitor manufacturing performance such as PPV and Yield...
- Manage inventory provisions and destructions.
- Prepare budgets and forecasts, including C1/C2 and rolling forecasts, and track assumptions and actuals.
- Support accurate, timely monthly closing, share monthly results, and prepare commentary explaining variances.
- Partner with Finance Business Partners and neighboring functions, including supply chain, procurement, and Production, to support...
- Ensure compliance with SOX and internal controls, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend new ways of working.
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View full postingQualifications
Required qualifications include partnership-building and stakeholder credibility, influencing and facilitation skills, attention to detail and working effectively under pressure, strong organization and change-management skills, advanced MS Excel (including pivot tables, X-look ups, and macros), excellent written and verbal communication, analytical capability, experience with internal stakeholders and multiple systems, and familiarity with Sanofi technology platforms, processes, and controls including SAGA. Technology savvy, business orientation, agile learning, and demonstrated ethical behavior in challenging situations are also described as required.
Required
- Partnership-building across business levels and credibility with key stakeholders
- Ability to influence business decisions and facilitate
- High attention to detail and quality; ability to work under pressure against strict deadlines
- Strong organization skills, including managing detailed projects across international work streams
- Ability to propose, lead, and drive changes
- Advanced MS Excel skills, including pivot tables, X-look ups, and macros
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical capabilities, attention to detail, and strategic thinking
Preferred
- MBA and/or CPA
- Pharmaceutical and public accounting experience
- Commercial Finance and Gross to Net
- TM1 and SAP experience
Original job description
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Original job description
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Location: Budapest – Sanofi Business Services, Váci Greens
Flexible working: Hybrid 60%-40+
Job type: Permanent, Full time
About the job:
The role is part of a high-performing finance operation & transformation team; all to become a best-in-class finance organization.
The Senior Financial Analyst in Controlling Operations M&S Costing team, provides controlling support to assigned Business Units, prepares budgets and forecasts (Budget / C1 / C2 / Quarterly Landings / Rolling Forecast), monthly closings. The role also identifies, proposes and implements new ways of working as we transform Sanofi.
Main responsibilities:
- be responsible for operational controlling activities for industrial perimeter
- calculate Industrial Standard Cost, review BOMs and routings, and monitor manufacturing performance such as PPV and Yield & Substitution
- inventory management with provision and destructions
- partner closely with Finance Business Partners across GBUs, and provide cohesive and seamless support to Business Leaders, track all assumptions in budget/forecasts
- ensure accurate and timely monthly closing and share monthly results
- prepare monthly commentary to explain variances between actual results and/or budget and forecasts
- Build in close collaboration with neighboring functions (supply chain, procurement, Production) all forecast requirement such as Budget, C1/C2 & rolling forecast ensure business owners execute the budgeted plan, track actuals
- Ensure compliance with pertinent SOX & internal controls identify risks and opportunities that affect the achievements
- Work effectively across multiple systems (SAP, Boost, Power BI, etc.)
- Continuously challenge legacy ways of working, status quo; identify gaps, and recommend new ways of working
Required job-related skills:
- Demonstrated results building partnerships with multi-levels across businesses, ability to develop a rapport and credibility with key stakeholders
- An ability to influence and shape business decisions by leading through influence; demonstrated facilitator skills
- High attention to detail, quality, ability to work effectively under pressure against strict deadlines
- Strong organization skills: ability to track and manage a high volume of projects at a detailed level and across international work streams
- Change agent who can propose, lead, and drive changes
Technical skills:
- Advanced MS Excel skills, pivot tables, X-look ups, macros, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical capabilities with attention to detail and strategic thinking
- Proven experience working across multiple internal stakeholders
- Capable of working in multiple systems and tools
- Solid grasp of evolving Sanofi technology platforms, processes, and controls including SAGA
Experience and Education:
- 3+ years of diversified financial controlling experience with Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
Preferred:
- Technology savvy, business orientation, and agile learning abilities required
- Demonstrated experience modeling ethical behavior in challenging situations required
- MBA and/or CPA
- Pharmaceutical and public accounting experience
- Commercial Finance and Gross to Net
- TM1 and SAP experience
Why choose us?
- Work at a company delivering life-changing treatments to millions—with genuine commitment to patients, communities, and our planet,
- Drive Progress from within: help make our operations simpler, faster, and more sustainable with smarter solutions,
- Build your career in flexible roles, explore new areas, and grow in alignment with your ambitions,
- Collaborate with leaders and colleagues worldwide, creating effective solutions to complex challenges,
- Be part of inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice contributes,
- Enjoy comprehensive benefits supporting your wellbeing, development, and sense of belonging.
If this opportunity aligns with your experience and career aspirations, click Apply and let’s start the conversation!
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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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
The salary range for this position is :Ft10 944 000,00 - Ft16 416 000,00Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.
About the company
Sanofi
Large Enterprise
Sanofi is a global healthcare leader committed to promoting health and well-being through the development of innovative medicines, vaccines, and therapeutic solutions. With a diverse portfolio that spans multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, and immunology, Sanofi is dedicated to addressing pressing health challenges and improving patient outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in France, the company employs over 100,000 individuals across more than 100 countries, fostering a culture of collaboration and scientific excellence to drive advancements in healthcare.