Finance Business Partner - Vaccines

Reference no. R2848321

Position title: Finance Business Partner - Vaccines

Department: Finance IO CA

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

About Sanofi 

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. 

About the job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.  

We are seeking a highly motivated and energetic Finance Business Partner (FBP) to support our Toronto vaccines manufacturing operations. This role will act as a strategic advisor to key leads in our manufacturing and supply leadership team, providing financial insight, driving performance, and ensuring alignment of manufacturing operations with the site’s broader financial objectives.

The Finance Business Partner will play a critical role in delivering accurate financial planning, analysis and decision support across multiple areas in the manufacturing environment, ensuring cost efficiency, compliance and value creation in line with the site’s objectives.

Main Responsibilities:

• Partner with site leadership, supply chain, and operational teams to provide financial insight and strategic decision support

• Influence key stakeholders to drive operational efficiency, cost optimization, and value creation

• Lead manufacturing finance planning cycles (budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning)

• Deliver clear variance analysis with clear drivers and action-oriented recommendations

• Monitor, analyze and challenge site-level cost performance, including COGS, inventory, overhead and productivity initiatives

• Provide timely and accurate financial data, analysis and reporting to both local and global finance and operations teams

• Respond to global finance requests, support ad-hoc requests while ensuring consistency and accuracy of data and information

• Develop financial models to support strategic decision-making and long-term planning

• Support continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing cost transparency and efficiency

• Conduct in-depth cost analysis and lead cost optimization initiatives across manufacturing operations

• Ensure adherence to internal controls, SOX compliance and global accounting policies

• Support external and internal audits as required

• Support global financial strategies and initiatives

• Contribute financial expertise to cross-functional initiatives

About you

Key Competencies:

• Strong business acumen with the ability to link financial outcomes to operational drivers

• excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly

• proactive, results oriented, and comfortable managing ambiguity and competing deliverables

• strong stakeholder management and ability to build trusted partnerships

• High integrity, resilience, and commitment to compliance in a regulated environment

Education and Experience:

• Professional accounting/finance qualification (CPA or equivalent) strongly preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; advanced degree or MBA a plus

• 5+ years experience in finance roles, ideally in manufacturing finance with pharma, biotech or highly regulated industries

• SAP Working Knowledge

• Advanced Excel Skills

• IFRS working Knowledge

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 

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées ici.