Senior Financial Analyst at Sanofi in Bogotá, Bogota D.C., Colombia

Senior Financial Analyst Location: Bogota Job title: Senior Financial Analyst Location: Bogotá About the job: Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and enabling the transformation of our Finance organization. As part of our Finance Operations and Transformation team, this role contributes directly to our ambition of becoming a best‑in‑class Finance organization. The Senior Financial Cost Analyst provides end‑to‑end controlling support to local Business Units, covering cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. The role combines strong operational excellence with a transformation mindset, supporting new ways of working and continuous improvement in how Sanofi controls Opex, Capex and Costing. At Sanofi, we are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We offer an environment where you can grow, make an impact, and collaborate across a truly global organization. Main responsibilities Provide operational controlling support for costing and/or operating expenses, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and compliance. Ensure accurate and timely monthly closings, including COGS and expense reviews, and share results with Finance Business Partners and Budget Owners. Support budgeting and forecasting processes, including Annual Budget, Rolling Forecasts, Quarterly Landings, and other planning cycles. Perform cost control activities, monitoring production costs, materials, labor, inventory, and operating expenses against budget and objectives. Prepare financial reports and scorecards, delivering variance analysis, clear explanations, and actionable recommendations. Identify root causes of cost variances and partner with relevant departments to define and implement corrective actions. Monitor inventory levels and support procurement‑related activities to ensure cost efficiency and financial discipline. Ensure compliance with SOX requirements, internal controls, and Sanofi financial policies. Partner closely with Finance Business Partners across GBUs, providing seamless, cohesive financial support to business leaders. Contribute to Finance transformation initiatives by identifying process improvement opportunities, promoting standardization, automation, and simplification. Support the adoption and effective use of Sanofi finance systems, platforms, and tools (including SAGA, SAP, TM1). Promote best practice sharing and improved ways of working across the designated region. Support key Finance initiatives and deliver ad hoc analyses and projects as required. About you Experience: Minimum 3+ years of experience in financial controlling, cost management, or financial planning & analysis, experience working in complex, matrixed, or international environments is highly valued, background in shared services, hubs, or transformation environments is a plus. Soft skills & Technical Skills: Strong ability to build effective partnerships with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels, proven capability to influence and support business decision‑making through financial insight, high attention to detail and quality, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and competing priorities, strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, ability to lead through influence and act as a change agent, adaptable, proactive, and comfortable working in a dynamic, evolving environment, clear and effective written and verbal communication skills. Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, macros, and data analysis techniques, strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a strategic mindset, comfortable working across multiple finance systems and tools, solid understanding of Sanofi finance platforms, controls, and processes, including SAGA. Technology‑savvy with strong learning agility and proven ethical judgment and professionalism. Education & Languages: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related fields (required) and Advanced English level. Why choose us? Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. You’ll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions. You’ll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact. Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work. Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave Colombia is one of Sanofi’s key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation. Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants. PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary. 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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together. 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 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, ability or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!