Job Summary:
Support strategic development projects. You will work closely with Global Project Teams to drive financial strategy, guide investment decisions, and ensure accurate project forecasting. This is a high-impact role where your insights help shape the future of Sanofi’s therapeutic pipeline and contribute to bringing life-changing therapies to patients.
Main Responsibilities:
- Financial responsibilities over the following perimeter: 3 strategic projects, and any additional I&I development collaborations.
- Manage early and late-stage development projects with multiple life-cycle management indications.
- Serve as the primary finance contact and provide financial insights and decision support to Global Project Heads (GPH), Global Projects Teams (GPTs) and Finance.
- Oversee governance preparation and deliverables across multiple global project teams, including Therapeutic Area Review Committee, Development Working Group, and Integrated Development Commercial Council.
- Drive comprehensive project valuations, including full cost tables, net present value (NPV) and productivity index (PI), investment analysis, commercial potential, competitive threats and risk assessments for governance decision-making.
- Prepare financial position papers and finance representation in governance meetings.
- Lead financial planning cycles (strategic plan, budget, forecasts, actuals) and translate
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and support cost optimization initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional finance teams to consolidate clinical and non-clinical cost.
- Ensure comprehensive compliance with internal control and financial/accounting principles.
- Lead alliance quarterly actual reporting and annual development budget and reforecast reporting in collaboration with Junior Project Finance Business Partners.
- Alliance Financial Development Working Group (FDWG) lead; participation in Joint Development Committee (JDC), Joint Finance Committee (JFC) and Joint Steering Committee (JSC).
- Identification and mitigation of contractual issues.
- Lead alliance development internal and external audit activities.
- Preparation and review of alliance quarterly actual reporting and related monthly accrual.
- Preparation and review of alliance development budget and reforecast reporting and related internal budget / strategic plan submissions.
About You
Educational Background:
- Master’s Degree / MBA or CPA Preferred, scientific background preferred
Professional Experience:
- 10 years of relevant professional experience in Finance/Accounting and R&D exposure
Major skills and competencies:
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex financial data into clear recommendations, influencing cross-functional teams.
- Excellent business partnering and communication skills; comfortable advising senior
- Proven ability to coordinate and lead financial planning processes.
- Comfortable working in a matrixed, global and fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and valuation techniques
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
Main Interactions:
- Global Project Head / Manager and Core team members
- R&D Portfolio Strategy team
- Commercial and New Product Planning teams
- R&D Governance committees (TARC, DWG, IDCC)
- Regeneron Finance counterparts
- Alliance Management and Alliance Finance teams
- Alliance Governance committees (JDC, FDWG, JFC and JSC)
- FP&A, Controlling Operations and Technical Accounting finance teams
- Internal and external auditors
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.
