Africa Finance Business Partner - Immunology & Rare Disease BU

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

A strategic finance role responsible for providing financial leadership and business partnership to the Immunology and Rare Disease business units in Africa. The position drives financial performance management, strategic decision-making, and resource optimization while ensuring sustainable growth of the rare disease and Immunology portfolio

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 scale 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) .

• Develops robust business cases with scenario modeling, ROI analysis, and risk assessment to support strategic decision-making and resource allocation

• Support launch excellence for new products and indications in the specialty care portfolio

• Provide financial insights for Dupixent and other immunology franchise products

• Analyze profitability of specialty care portfolio and recommend optimization strategies

• Partner with Medical Affairs to optimize investment in medical education programs and to leverage Patient support programs from a financial perspective

• Support innovation tender processes for specialty care products

• 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 to identify risks and opportunities to dynamically re-allocate resources in the assigned market/region.

• 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 resources allocation through the appropriate use of KPIs, prioritization measures and operational analysis.

• Is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the Controlling processes within his/her perimeter and ensuring that Internal Control requirements are met.

• 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 the pharma 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 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

About you

Work Experience:

• BA or master’s degree in finance, Economics, Business Administration or similar

• +10  years of relevant experience with a deep business and finance acumen and detailed market knowledge, other business experience is a Plus.

• Experience as Finance Business Partner is a must

• Multicultural/ Multicounty experience and exposure from the international environment

Professional Knowledge and Skills

• Strong Business acumen with experience within Pharma industry

• Great ability to Multi-tasking, Result orientation and agility.

• Strategic thinking: Anticipate future trends, “what if scenarios”, deal with complexity, 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 environment.

• 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

Skills and Competencies:

People Leadership:

• Leading without authority

• Leadership of diverse and remote teams

• Teambuilding, teamwork, transversal lead

Strategic Thinking:

• Business and financial acumen

• Analytical skills

• Decision making

• Challenge the 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 on execution, is comfortable with ambiguity, and adapts with agility.

Take the Lead Values

• Aim Higher: Focus on what matters, set high standards and move with urgency, learning from setbacks as we go to achieve higher performance.

• Act for Patients: Never compromise on integrity, eliminate barriers and partner with others to go faster and further for patients.

• Be Bold: Take thoughtful risks, seize opportunities and think beyond what's possible to accelerate our science and drive compelling growth.

• Lead Together: Build trust and collaborate openly on our shared goals, celebrate collective wins and foster a sense of belonging.

Why choose us?

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.

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.

• Drive Progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.

• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.

• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.

• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.

• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.