Finance Specialist - VIE Contract

Finance Specialist - VIE Contract

• Location: China, Shanghai

• Target start date: 01/11/2025

iMove, the Sanofi VIE Program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28. 

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship. 

PLEASE NOTE that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, only applications that are submitted in English will be considered. Please make sure to apply with your personal email address.  

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. As Finance Specialist VIE within our Finance team you’ll be involved in cooperation with CFO China, Corporate Finance BD, Finance Business Partners, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Strategy & BD team, Legal, R&D, M&S and other stakeholders.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main responsibilities:

• Support new growth opportunities exploration through Business Development (BD), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) as well as potential divestitures / out licensing deals (simplification).
• Build reliable Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Valuations & Deal Structuring: forecast modelling (Positively challenge business assumptions…).
• Financial impacts’ analysis (Net Present value - NPV share, Return on invested capital -ROIC, Internal Rate of Return - IRR, Payback, etc…).
• Accounting treatment in relation with corporate consolidation / accounting team (revenue recognition, milestones treatment…).
• Ensure sanity checks, build sensitivity analysis, build pricing modelling, ensure recommendation aligned with international flows department.

About you

Experience:

• At least 2 years' professional full-time experience relevant to the position, done after the date of obtaining minimum required diploma (excluding internships and work-study programs).

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering or Business school, with specialization or strong interest in finance.

Technical and soft skills:

• Business minded finance professional with transversal approach.
• Flexible and able to quickly adapt to various situations.
• Excellent analytical and synthetic skills, ability to step back and see the “big picture”.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• "Hands-on" and challenging mindset.
• Positive thinking, solution-orientation, showing initiatives to learn.

Languages:

• Fluent in English, knowledge of Mandarin is highly preferred.