Controlling Operations, M&S Senior Financial Analyst (Opex)

Sanofi US; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to strengthen operational expense governance. This role requires strong analytical skills to manage budgets, forecasts, and provide insights for decision-making. Key responsibilities include monitoring headcount and delivering accurate financial close activities. The ideal candidate has significant experience in finance controlling or operations and a degree in Finance or Accounting. Enjoy comprehensive health benefits and opportunities for career growth within the organization.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefits

Parental leave

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in finance controlling or finance operations in a complex environment.
• Background in Opex, personnel cost management, budgeting, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze monthly headcount against budget.
• Deliver accurate and timely month-end and quarter-end close activities.
• Develop and maintain standardized Opex dashboards.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Risk awareness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline

Tools

Oracle

iShift

Boost

SAGA

Job description

R2832025 Controlling Operations, M&S Senior Financial Analyst (Opex)

• Location: Petaling Jaya
• Job type: Permanent, Fulltime

About the Job

As a Controlling Operations, M&S Senior Financial Analyst (Opex), you will play a critical role in strengthening operational expense governance across Manufacturing & Supply. Part of the Opex Center of Excellence within Finance Operations & Transformation, this role drives standardization, accuracy, and transparency in personnel and project cost management, while supporting business leaders with reliable insights for decision‑making.

Our Finance Operations & Transformation teams are at the heart of how Sanofi improves performance at scale. By delivering lean processes, robust controls, and advanced analytics, we enable Finance Business Partners to focus on value creation, resource allocation, and long‑term performance across Industrial Affairs.

Main Responsibilities

Opex & Headcount Management

• Monitor and analyze monthly headcount against budget and forecast, including vacancy rates and key cost drivers.
• Manage country‑level personnel cost assumptions, including salary and fringe benefit impacts.
• Track and document all assumptions embedded in budgets and forecasts.

Financial Closing & Controls

• Deliver accurate and timely month‑end and quarter‑end close activities (accruals, journals, headcount tracking).
• Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks, including SOX requirements.
• Educate budget owners and stakeholders on financial policies, processes, and governance standards.

Analytics & Reporting

• Develop and maintain standardized Opex and headcount dashboards and scorecards.
• Provide trend analysis and insights to support forecasting accuracy and cost optimization initiatives.
• Work across multiple ERP and reporting tools (e.g., Oracle, iShift, Boost).

Transformation & Ways of Working

• Design and implement improved ways of working with GBU Controllers, Finance Business Partners, and transversal Opex teams.
• Challenge legacy processes, identify gaps, and drive best‑practice adoption across regions.
• Support key finance transformation initiatives, including SMART Spend and continuous improvement programs.
• Enhance the business partner experience by shifting focus from transactional support to value creation.

About You

Experience

• Significant experience in finance controlling or finance operations within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Proven background in Opex, personnel cost management, budgeting, and forecasting.

Core Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to translate data into insights.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and support business decision‑making.
• Effective change management skills, with experience operating in transformation environments.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.
• Confident communicator with the ability to work across international and cross‑functional teams.
• High level of integrity, risk awareness, and internal control mindset.

Technical & Digital

• Comfortable working across multiple finance systems and tools; agile learner of new platforms.
• Solid understanding of finance processes, controls, and enterprise systems (e.g., SAGA).

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.

Preferred

• MBA and/or CPA qualification.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, industrial, or public accounting environments.
• Exposure to Commercial Finance, Gross‑to‑Net, TM1, or SAP.

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 through promotion or lateral moves, locally 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.

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.

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