Brand Financial Business Partner / Parque da Cidade - São Paulo - SP

Job title: Brand Financial Business Partner

• Location: São Paulo – Parque da Cidade – São Paulo – SP
• Job type: Permanent
• Work type: Hybrid mode.

About the job:

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market.  

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet.

That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core. 

Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands.  

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. 

We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification. 

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

Job Purpose:

• Be accountable for the brands financial performance and be a key partner to Category Growth teams;
• Be part of a cross functional team that drives positive business outcomes for brands and categories managed;
• Be exposed to a very dynamic environment, working in close partnership with Local Business team members.

Key Results / Accountabilities:

Act as a Business Partner for Category Growth teams:

• Provide category growth teams with analysis and evaluation of business costs and opportunities for improvements,
• Partner with brands teams on product changes including product launch, line extension and range deletion.
• Promote strategic decision making within the Product Management Review forum to ensure aligned financial projections with clear risk and opportunities to be acted upon.

Focus on A&P performance:

• Manage P&L per brand: follow up the evolution of the brand P&L to support the business performance and ensure the right return on investments;
• Carry responsibility for efficient cost allocation and optimization by providing financial input on Return on Investments;
• Evaluate brand & category performance in terms of Sales, Pricing, Operating expenses, Headcount, thereby providing financial assessments allowing management to make informed business decisions;
• Undertake analysis on performance vs. budget and market trends including share of voice/share of spend and provide recommended actions to stakeholders.

Lead budget & forecast:

• Lead the financial processes in actual and forecast/budget periods with the CHC BU for A&P costs;
• Lead Strategic Planning process, assessing the long-term strategy of the business, considering all relevant internal and external driving factors;
• Challenge Business assumptions and ensure consistency of the forecasts from a finance standpoint;
• Monitor against forecasts and identify risks and opportunities;
• Participate actively and lead BUs in forecast and budget preparation;
• Identify assumptions underlying the Business plan (such as market, inflation, remuneration, prices, organization, projects, and costs) and challenge to ensure consistency across the company;
• Perform effective cost-controlling and ensure quality of information communicated to the various Business managers.

Perform other finance tasks:

• Ensure a comprehensive compliance with all internal control and financial/accounting principles within his/her perimeter;
• Identify and request or perform Masterdata management in systems;
• Lead ad hoc projects.

Key Working Relationships:

• Finance teams: Head of Financial Performance, other Financial Performance leads, Local BA&C, GBS, regional Financial Performance team;
• Category growth teams, Growth Performance teams, Supply Chain.

About you:

Experience:

• Degree qualified in finance and accounting and comprehensive experience in a financial leadership role;
• Strong rigor and ability to multi-task and to organize, manage and prioritize deadlines;
• Ability to take ownership and ensuring the integrity of the financial operations through an impeccable understanding of the finance drivers;
• A well-developed business acumen and intellectual curiosity;
• Strong analytical and presentation skills with the ability to combine and present complex information in a simple manner;
• Collaborative and highly proactive attitude and ability to interact and communicate appropriately with numerous stakeholders;
• Languages: Fluent English.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary:

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

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