Finance Business Partner – US General Medicines

Role Summary

The Finance Business Partner – US General Medicines will serve as the strategic financial advisor to the US Tzield and Transplant General Managers and their cross-functional leadership teams. This key leadership role is responsible for driving financial strategy, optimizing investment, enabling sustainable growth, and delivering financial commitments. The successful candidate will be a proactive, analytical, and business-minded finance leader who thrives in a matrixed environment and partners effectively across a broad range of key business functions including Marketing, Market Access, Global Finance, Supply Chain, Patient Services. The FBP is an AI champion who fully leverages Sanofi’s digital tools and platforms to drive efficiency and enhance capabilities, delivering faster and more impactful financial insight.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership
  • Serve as the primary finance partner for the US Tzield and Transplant franchises, guiding strategic business decisions to achieve Sales, Margin and BOI objectives.
  • Provide thought leadership and financial oversight across all commercial activities resulting in value optimization and strong risk management.
  • Align financial and business strategies by partnering with key stakeholders to evaluate investment trade-offs and performance drivers.

• Business Operations & Forecasting
  • Oversee routine financial operations of portfolio, including sales and margin delivery, resource deployment, inventory management, and general financial performance.
  • Lead forecasting cycles including budget and monthly rolling forecast, and support long range planning; champion full deployment of AI forecasting.
  • Anticipate and assess the financial impact of business decisions across the full P&L.

• Performance Management & Reporting
  • Develop and deliver timely and insightful financial reporting, variance analysis, and business performance commentary.
  • Drive monthly sales trend analysis in collaboration with Commercial, Forecasting, and Data Analytics teams.
  • Support Gross-to-Net management, including providing guidance and advise on contracting and pricing action, interpreting balance sheet provisions, conducting pricing risk assessments, and the impact of market and policy changes.
  • Own quarterly reporting, performance landing, and IR preparation for the franchises.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Process Excellence
  • Actively collaborate with Commercial, Market Access, Patient Services, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Hubs, and Global Franchises aligning key priorities and anticipating financial implications of key decisions.
  • Promote finance best practices in partnership with One-Finance, driving continuous improvement and process efficiency.
  • Support finance system enhancements and lead digital transformation initiatives to modernize financial planning and reporting.

Qualifications

Required

• 10 years of progressive business finance experience, with strong business partnership background
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or relevant discipline
• AI and Digital first mindset
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Exceptional communication skills capable of translating financial planning and performance information into actionable business insights

Preferred

• MBA, MS or relevant advanced degree
• CMA, CPA, CGMA, or relevant professional designation
• Pharma or Biotech industry, especially with gross to net management
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Patient oriented approach to financial and business management
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven leadership, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change
• Strong business acumen and commercial orientation
• Effective communicator with executive presence
• Results-driven with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement
• Ability to synthesize macroeconomic, industry, and internal data to shape franchise strategy

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 10% (as noted above under Preferred qualifications)