Job title: Head of finance performance manifacturing

• Location : Megrine
• Job type: Permanent

JOB PURPOSE

• The Head of Financial Performance monitors the overall financial operational performance at Site including warehouse. Contributes to strategic/business development by providing accurate, effective & reliable financial information & controls. He/she ensures compliance with Group controlling guidelines and procedures.
• Contributes to strategic/business development by providing accurate, effective & reliable financial information & controls.
• Ensures compliance with Group controlling guidelines and procedures.
• The incumbent acts as a business partner and advises senior management on relevant actions to put in place to improve performance & meet financial objectives
• He/She is accountable for providing an accurate vision of CHC GBU Inventories & Distributions costs for the current and future periods.

KEY RESULTS/ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Is a member of site leadership team meetings / daily +QDCI meetings / S&OP meetings
• Support and challenge the Operations (including Distribution Center) in achieving their performance targets by providing adequate financial performance measures and better understanding of financial variances.
• Present financial forecast F0/F1/F2/Budget+2/Quarter Landing/Strat Plan
• Train and develop his team members and insure appropriate information cascading.
• Participate and provide information to business reviews with platform/region
• Interact with GBUs (S&OP, inventories, COGS competitiveness) and other platforms sites
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of SPEs with specific focus on those above site thresholds.
• Challenge volumes assumptions provided by Supply Chain (site & Global)
• Lead Financial & Compliance training, drive financial communication to site operations teams.
• Ensure reliable reporting according to IFRS and Sanofi policies
• Coordinate internal control activities and ensure site readiness for Audits
• Approve proposed Cogm related to sourcing cases
• 3rd party contract management (financial aspects + coordination of admin process), Contract Authorization Form CAF
• Set up validation flows for E-Delegation/E-Buy/Workday/etc. –
• Back up to Manufacturing Business partner

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Country Business Finance team
• IA Finance teams
• Country Business team
• Other FP&A stakeholders at zone, regional and global levels
• Global, Regional and Local Supply Chain teams
• Internal and External Auditors

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of combined professional experience within finance and/or accounting is required. Industrial Controlling and curiosity in that space is required to succeed on the position

• Soft skills:

• Strong analytical capabilities, problem-solver and proven experience working collaboratively and effectively across multiple internal/external stakeholders
• Proven experience in partnering, counselling, and interacting with Senior Executive Leaders is required.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience leading business/operations transformations.
• Experience is formally leading and/or leading a team is preferred

• Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required / MBA and CPA and related professional certifications are strongly preferred.

• Languages:

• Fluent in French and English

Key Dimensions

• Location is in the country
• Site Financial Added Value / CoGM / Distribution Centre and Supply Chain activities
• Reports to the AMEA region Head of IA CHC Financial Performance
• There is a direct report in this function

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