Entity Controller CHC France

Context :

With the ambition to make the CHC GBU autonomous, some new entities have been created:  

• Opella Healthcare Group which is the new Entrepreneur of the CHC organization supporting risks, supporting central costs and remunerating IPO ,
• Opella Healthcare International is which Opella Healthcare RDC : Pharmaceutical Establishment manufacturer, Importer, Distributor, Depositary.
• Opella Healthcare France which is the France distributor of CHC products.

Entity controller main responsibilities:  

• Analyze the financial statement of French CHC entities and provide qualitative analyze to the Head of Finance on monthly basis before package submission .
• Review, validate and provide expertise on accounting treatment for complex flows, contracts

• French statutory account : support the process and do consistency checks

• Support Standard cost process for Opella Healthcare International .
• Ensure compliance of processes, transactions and reports with Sanofi accounting policies, internal control guidelines and audit / SOX requirements  

• Manage the relationship with key stakeholders
  • Work closely with GBS stream lead ( A2R , S2V and CI2C ) in order to have a global view of financial statement .
  • Implement strong collaboration with GBS streams (A2R, CI2C and S2V) ,with Head of Finance Performance, with Supply chain and customer service, with Commercial operations….

• Support the Head of finance on flows activity by leading projects (divertissement, continuous process improvement ….)

Continuous improvement:

• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities and potential automation

Main professional relationships:

Ensure strong and efficient transversal relationships with other stakeholders, mainly:

• Tax and TP Corporate, regional or country tax managers
• IFSA team
• GBS, SBS Accounting
• Supply Chain
• Treasury
• ITS
• Internal Control
• Ethics & Business Integrity
• Finance performance team
• Procurement
• BPO partner

Skills

• Technical expertise in finance , Strong analytical skills and strength of proposal
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills to resolve issues in a manner that is customer oriented. Focused on business-value, with a flexible and versatile approach that takes into account and adjusts to develop recommendations that reflect shifting business priorities.
• Strong process knowledge with ability to redefine processes from end to end to support Business needs
• Transversal mindset and ability to work across processes, geographies, languages, cultures, business maturity levels
• Strong Knowledge in project management, including overall IT system aspects, demonstrate ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution
• High level of Interpersonal/ communication skills with an ability to communicate and present at different levels of the organization
• Team management: Strong leadership, autonomy and management skills: management of resources required ensuring timely availability of resources that have right skills, experience and capability.
• Fluent in English and French

Background

• Finance equivalent or Master Degree in Business Administration.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in project leadership or support functions roles and more than 5 years direct work experience in a project management capacity (including process development/execution).
• Must have experience of working with key stakeholders across functions up to Executive level.
• International background with exposure to multicultural environments.