Position Title: Transversal Finance Lead
* Serve as the single transversal finance lead for Canada, ensuring a unified "One-Canada" financial view across all GBUs (Specialty Care, General Medicines, Vaccines)
* Coordinate legal entity oversight for all Canadian Sanofi entities, including statutory reporting, tax compliance coordination, and regulatory financial submissions.
* Lead corporate functions partnership (Legal, P&C;, Procurement, HSE, Business Operations, Communications, Market Access & Pricing etc) as the primary finance interface, ensuring alignment of financial planning with Sanofi priorities
* Coordinate consolidated Canada-wide financial reporting: monthly actuals, rolling forecasts, Strategic Plan, and Budget
* Act as CFO Canada deputy for transversal financial matters; prepare and present consolidated Canada financials and analytics to senior leadership including Country Council
* Drive internal control excellence across all transversal finance processes; ensure zero material deficiencies and full audit readiness
* Lead and arbitrate cross-functional financial governance, resolving conflicts and aligning priorities across GBUs and corporate functions
* Champion the "One Finance" culture across Canada, standardizing processes, tools, and ways of working
* Serve as the primary Canada finance liaison to the Bogotá Hub, ensuring effective collaboration, clear governance, and high-quality delivery of hub-supported finance activities
* Lead the transition of Gross-to-Net (GTN) processes to the Bogotá Hub, including scoping, knowledge transfer, process documentation, quality assurance, and stabilization
* Define and monitor service-level expectations with the Hub; establish KPIs and regular review cadences to ensure delivery quality and continuous improvement




* Partner with Hub leadership and Global Finance Operations to expand the scope of Hub-supported activities over time, identifying further opportunities for transversal finance tasks
* Ensure robust change management and communication for all Hub transition activities, maintaining team engagement and business continuity throughout
* Act as an escalation point for Hub-related issues impacting Canada finance operations
* Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, including roles in FP&A;, Corporate Finance, Finance Business Partnering, and/or Finance Operations
* Demonstrated experience leading finance transformation or digital/AI initiatives in a complex, multi-GBU or multinational environment
* Prior experience managing or collaborating with offshore/nearshore finance hubs (e.g., shared service centers, COEs)
* Proven track record of delivering through significant organizational change without direct authority
* Experience in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, or consumer health industry preferred
* Familiarity with GTN processes, legal entity management, and statutory reporting in Canada is a strong asset
* Visionary digital mindset: genuine passion for AI, automation, and data-driven finance; ability to translate technology potential into practical business value
* Strong transversal leadership: ability to influence, align, and mobilize stakeholders across GBUs, corporate functions, and global teams without direct authority
* Advanced financial acumen:



deep expertise in P&L; management, forecasting, budgeting, and financial modelling
* Exceptional communication and storytelling

skills:
ability to synthesize complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for senior executives
* High learning agility and comfort with ambiguity: thrives in a fast-changing environment and embraces new ways of working
* Solid project management

skills:
ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously with rigor and discipline
* Collaborative and inclusive leadership style: builds trust and fosters a culture of continuous improvement
* Results-oriented with a strategic mindset: balances short-term delivery with long-term capability building
* Demonstrate strong leadership and strategic thinking across all areas of responsibility
* Bilingual (English/French) an asset given the Canadian market context
* CFO Canada
* Direct manager; strategic alignment and reporting
* GBU General Managers (x3)
* Cross-GBU financial governance
* GBU Finance Business Partners
* Planning cycle coordination and transversal analytics
* North America CFO
* Regional alignment
* Bogotá Hub Finance Leadership
* Hub collaboration, GTN transition, service delivery
* Global Digital & Data Science Teams
* AI/digital finance tool design and deployment
* Corporate Finance (Global)
* Strategic financial alignment
* Legal Entity Controllers
* Statutory reporting and regulatory submissions
* Internal Control & External Auditors
* Audit readiness and internal control framework
* Legal, P&C;, Procurement, HSE, EBI, Business Operations, Communications, Market Access / Public Affairs
* Corporate functions finance partnership
* M&S; and R&D; Finance, Tax, Treasury
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📌 Transversal Finance Lead (Canada)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Canada