GenMed Finance Business Partner (FBP)

Portfolio: Egypt General Medicine (GenMed)

The Finance Business Partner (FBP) provides holistic financial support to Egypt GenMed portfolio and oversees financial business partnering, to ensure the achievement of business objectives, focusing on growth and transformation.

The FBP aims to maximize the growth and profitability of growth assets as well as cash generation (notably through flawless execution of divestments).

She / He ensures focus on bold new approaches (e.g. digital), promotes innovation, speed, and agility to reach these objectives. The FBP works in partnership with local and global teams to steer the business, leveraging best practices sharing and scaling up, giving opportunities for people to develop new skills and gain diversified experience. The FBP ensures that all the above is done in compliance with good internal control practices.

As part of her/his main responsibilities, the FBP:

• Contributes to the business value creation by working closely with Business heads. Challenges the status quo aiming at improving efficiency in the way we do business​ (e.g. new Go To Market, digital model) as a One Pharma and One Finance team.
• Provides commercial and financial decision support aligned with strategic priorities and contributing to the Pharma Africa strategy.
• Identifies proactively financial risks and opportunities, developing corrective actions to close gaps where they are required.
• Ensures the consistency of macro-economic hypothesis in the planning / budgeting / forecasting processes.
• Is accountable for the affiliate performance (beyond budget tracking) to identify risks and opportunities to dynamically re-allocate resources she/he oversees.
• Prepares forward-looking analyses, focusing not only on past performance but also foreseeing Risks & Opportunities in coming quarters/years with action plan proposals to ensure target achievements.
• Co-pilots and challenges the business investments and resource allocation through the appropriate use of KPIs, prioritization measures, and operational analysis.
• Is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the Controlling processes within its perimeter and ensuring that Internal Control requirements are met.
• Works with GenMed finance teams to deliver simplifications and BOI through global and local divestments initiatives.
• Develops accurate financials for the forecasts, budget, strategic plan processes that reflect the business strategy.
• Coordinates with key internal stakeholders across various disciplines and groups.
• Ensures the right level of financial communication within GenMed and alignment with Business / Financial Planning Performance

Supports the change management to drive transformation within Pharma for the respective markets within scope ,she/he oversees and is in charge of.

Maintain Compliance 

• Abide by the requirements of the code of Ethics including but not restricted to maintaining high professional standards of conduct in line with the Company procedure with a duty of care to the reputation of the Company 

Ethical Leadership

• Takes personal accountability to use personal experience and knowledge, as well as the training and tools provided by Sanofi, to maintain a good knowledge and understanding of all ethics and governance relevant to the role (including the Industry Code of Practice, Sanofi Policies and Procedures and any relevant legal requirements) and demonstrate personal leadership in applying these to all work undertaken.

Environmental and Safety Leadership

To care for his/her own safety and wellbeing and the safety of others, and to co-operate with the company to ensure a safe place of work. Employees are therefore expected to:

• Support and conform to Company safety rules and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy working environment
• Report any accident, incident or near miss, whether it be of personal injury or property damage
• Thoroughly read all safety documentation issues by the Company and comply with its requirements.

Health, Safety and Environment Responsibilities

• Comply with company procedures and current regulations on hygiene and safety.
• Properly use the work equipment, dangerous substances, and preparations as well as the supplied collective and personal protective equipment according to the instructions received.
• Promote and follow the HSE rules and ‘Act responsibly’ to protect yourself and others from an injury and ill health conditions while at the work locations and/or while using road e.g. traffic rules, emergency evacuation procedure, medical surveillance, healthy lifestyle etc.
• Engage the HSE department in the related activities (where applicable) and be sure that the work performed follows the local HSE regulations, Corporate HSE Policy and key requirements.
• Attend HSE training.
• Promptly report to your superior any dangerous conditions of which you become awar

Education and Experience

• BA or master’s degree in finance, Economics, Business Administration or similar
• +8  years of relevant experience with a deep business acumen and detailed market knowledge, other business experience is a Plus.

Professional Knowledge and Skills

• Strong Business acumen with experience within the Pharma industry
• Great ability to multi-task, Result orientation, and agility.
• Strategic thinking: Anticipate future trends, and “what if scenarios”, deal with complexity, and build a comprehensive business strategy.
• Strong communication skills to build commitment, create adherence, and interact efficiently with senior leaders and peers within Africa
• Excellent organizational skills as well as strong analytical skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects as well as work effectively with cross-functional partners and cross-cultural and environments.
• Ability to drive process improvement and change initiatives across the organization.
• Excellent team player, able to think and act as One Finance beyond the GBU boundaries, to connect.
• Very good analytical skills to challenge and detect risks, draw the big picture and propose remediation or improvement actions

Sanofi Leadership Framework Skills and Behaviors

Skills:

People Leadership:

• Leading without authority and influence others
• Teambuilding, teamwork, transversal lead

Strategic Thinking:

• Business and financial acumen
• Analytical skills
• Decision making
• Challenge status quo with innovation

Relationship and influence:

• Communication and consulting skills
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Inspires trust through empathy and authenticity.
• Coaching & facilitating skills
• Change management

Result Orientation:

• Strong in execution, comfortable with ambiguity, and adapts with agility.

PLAY TO WIN Behaviors:

Stretch to go beyond the level we have operated at up until now.

Take action instead of waiting to be told what to do.

Act in the interest of our patients and customers.

Think One Sanofi.