Head, NA Brand & Innovation Finance Performance

Head, NA Brand & Innovation Finance Performance

• Location: Bridgewater, NJ
• Hybrid with 5-10% of travel expected (domestic)
• Job type: Full time

About the job

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately,challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build a healthier future by helping people, help themselves, bringing "Health in Your Hands".

Our teams are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the "Best Fast-Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World".

We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees' mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.

To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. Our priority is working with integrity to improve the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.

Our Team:

The Head of Brand & Innovation Finance Performance oversees a $1.6 billion over-the-counter healthcare profit and loss (P&L) by leveraging data to generate actionable insights, interpreting financial trends, and optimizing brand P&Ls.

Main responsibilities:
Strategic Business Partner to Head of Brand & Innovation

• Drive strategic decision-making with sound judgment, finance expertise, and business acumen.
• Collaborate with the marketing department and brand finance performance leads to achieve financial targets.
• Act as a financial consultant, providing insights and guiding the decision-making process.
• Optimize investments to maximize brand profitability, with a focus on media performance.
• Understand industry trends and economic indicators to impact financial performance and identify risks.
• Manage by influence and cooperate with other functions such as HR, Supply Chain, and Sourcing for alignment and consistency of information and data.

Drive and Monitor Financial Performance and Forecasting

• Review business plans, identify risks and opportunities, and make investment recommendations.
• Lead the monthly integrated business planning (IBP) process, emphasizing brand volumes in the strategic plan.
• Align forecasts with Sales, fostering a consensus view.
• Challenge business assumptions, understand market dynamics, and make accurate financial predictions.
• Improve forecast accuracy by analyzing brand sales forecasts, tracking variances, and providing insights.

Manage Financial Closing and Sales Reporting

• Collaborate with GBS and Marketing teams to ensure accurate accruals for media, promotions, and operating expenses.
• Prepare and present clear financial performance reports with comprehensive brand analysis.
• Conduct variance analysis, communicating deviations to regional stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and financial principles.
• Build and lead high-performing, diverse teams.
• Fulfill additional responsibilities delegated by the CHC NA, Head of Financial Performance.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Directly manages one (1) direct report
• Partner with, and manage through influence:
  • Brand Finance Performance Leads
  • Commercial teams, including Brand Teams and Media Teams
  • Supply Chain teams
  • GBS Teams, including Account-to-Report and Source-to-Pay teams
• Country Business teams (HR, Procurement)
• Other FP&A stakeholders at zone, regional and global levels

KEY DIMENSIONS

Sales, Demand Forecasting, Advertising & Promotion, Brand P&L, Marketing expense

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or economics preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of finance experience, with at least 5 years in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and manage transversal work.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Extensive experience supporting CPG marketing teams.
• Competency in driving change and supporting business decisions through technical and analytical expertise.
• Autonomous, hands-on approach with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in financial analysis, business partnering, or similar roles.
• Proficient in financial and accounting software, Microsoft Excel; Power BI and database management skills are a plus.
• Excellent data interpretation and presentation skills.
• Fluency in 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, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.