Department Description:

Opella Healthcare Participations BV (OHP) is a holding company based in The Netherlands.

OHP will operate as a sub-holding of the Consumer Healthcare subsidiaries with the goal to facilitate the financial management activities (e.g. manage the dividend-in and dividend pay-out process, etc.)

Core activities/Areas of result

Purpose of the job: Responsible for the accounting and controls for all financial transactions within Opella Healthcare Participations B.V.

Main responsibilities of the OHP Controller:

• Monitor the timely and accurate reporting for Group reporting by GBS A2R

• Ensure that Ways of Working & Governance are in accordance with the Dutch participation exemption Regime

• Ensure timely and accurate external reporting (e.g. to Central Bank)

• Manage and monitor the dividend in and dividend out process

• Manage and monitor the cash position and future cash needs together with Treasury

• Manage and monitor costs to be cross charged by Finance/GBS in & out to OHP

• Ensure that legal restructurings/acquisitions initiated by the Group are processed accurately in the books

• Statutory financial reporting: support the process and do consistency checks

• Manage periodical external reviews

• Maintain and ensure compliance with the Group Internal Control framework

In addition, OHP Controller will closely work on company secretary matters with the CHC Head of Legal Corporate & Finance in order to oversee company secretary matters, with external providers if needed, for OHP and OHP’s subsidiaries.

Operational management

• Support the monthly reporting, P&L, Balance sheet and Intercompany reporting performed by GBS teams

• Monitor the accuracy and completeness of the reporting in applicable Group reporting systems (e.g. SOLAR, TWIN, MyTax)

• Ensure that all contracts/transactions initiated are in compliance with the Dutch Legal & Tax requirements

• Review, validate and provide expertise on accounting treatment for complex transactions

• Responsible for financial analytics

• Responsible to prepare budgets and forecasts

• Responsible for external reporting requirements (Dutch Central bank, Bureau of Statistics)

• Provide support to GBS A2R in the audit and Account Committee preparations

• Provide support to CHC Head of Legal Corporate & Finance with legal matters for OHP and OHP’s subsidiaries

Interactions

Ensure strong, constructive transversal international relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, such as:

• Tax, GBS teams: A2R, S2V, Ci2C, Treasury, Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity, Consolidation, Internal Control, ITS, etc)

• Acts as a business partner to (senior) management

Background

• Finance equivalent or master’s degree in finance and/or accounting

• 5 years of relevant experience in an international working environment

• Experience in project management

• Strong financial skills, Tax knowledge is a pre

• Ability to work with and deal with confidential / sensitive data

• Experience with internal controls, compliance, audits

• Experience with financial applications, tools and spreadsheets is a must

IT Solutions

• Proven experience with ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA is a pre)

• Experience with reporting solutions

• Excellence skills with MS Office (Excel, Power point)

Competencies

• Organised and able to prioritise with good planning skills

• Punctual, reliable and responsible

• Fluent in English (both verbal and written)

• Strong knowledge of financial operations and structures

• Pro-active, able to take the initiative

• Excellent analytical skills

• Flexible team player, able to anticipate changes

• Ability to operate effectively in a complex matrix environment

• International background with exposure to multicultural environments

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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!