Financial Analyst

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Job type: Permanent, full time, hybrid

About the job

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?

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. As a Financial Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial performance by identifying innovative ways to manage financial reporting tasks effectively. Joining a team dedicated to transformation, you will have the opportunity to enhance processes, implement best-in-class practices, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Main responsibilities:

• Month-End & Quarter-End Closing: Prepare accruals, journal entries, and manage financial master data in SAP and TM1, supporting complex areas. like Gross to Net, CAPEX, and Fringe.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Prepare and analyse balance sheet accruals, prepaids, and reserves, providing insights for risk and opportunity assessment.
• Personnel Cost Controlling: Manage STI (Bonus) accruals, true-up processes, and personnel cost tracking.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with Finance Business Partners (FBP), Controllers, and A2R teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and decision-making support.
• Variance & Forecast Analysis: Track commitments, analyse spend activities, and provide variance analysis to support financial planning.
• Compliance & Process Improvement: Ensure adherence to SOX and internal controls while driving process simplifications and tool enhancements.
• Financial Advisory & Education: Act as a point of contact for Financial Controllers, offering technical expertise and educating stakeholders on financial policies.
• Ad Hoc Projects & Best Practices: Support key finance initiatives, contribute to continuous improvement efforts, and promote best practices across the region.

About you

Expected skills and experience:

• 2+ years of financial analyst/controlling experience.
   

Soft skills:  

• Build partnerships across business levels, influencing and shaping decisions.
• High attention to detail, quality, and ability to operate under pressure and strict deadlines.
• Lead through influence with strong organization skills to manage multiple projects.
• Develop rapport and credibility with stakeholders, working effectively across international work streams.
• Adaptable in a complex matrix environment and act as a change agent to propose and drive changes.

Technical skills:

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, V-lookups, macros, and data downloads.
• Demonstrated ethical behaviour in challenging situations and strong analytical capabilities with attention to detail and strategic thinking.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with proven experience working across multiple internal stakeholders.
• Technology savvy, business-oriented, and agile learner, capable of working in multiple systems and tools.
• Solid grasp of evolving Sanofi technology platforms, processes, and controls, including SAGA.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or any related field is required.

Preferred:

• MBA and/or CPA.
• Pharmaceutical and public accounting experience. 
• Commercial Finance and Gross to Net.
• TM1 and SAP experience.

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.

If the description fits your experience and sparks your interest, please apply so we can get in contact with you!

Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Please ensure to have read this document, before applying.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
 

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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!