Internal Auditor

About The Job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. As Internal Auditor within our Sanofi Internal Audit Team, you’ll provide independent and objective reasonable assurance regarding the group’s ability to control its operations according to the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) international standards.

You will have a strong focus on integrity, objectivity, confidentiality, and the competency of our people.

Main Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with audit teams to perform planned operational, compliance, and integrated‑IT audits across different functions and sites
• Conduct planning activities to identify relevant risks and develop appropriate risk‑based audit procedures
• Interview key personnel to assess business processes and the strength of their control environments
• Lead meetings involving various levels of management
• Prepare audit reports, including clearly written recommendations that effectively communicate identified issues and their related corrective actions to help auditees and senior management strengthen and improve operations
• Demonstrate and maintain working knowledge and stay current on developments in audit literature, including those specific to our industry

About You

• Significant prior public accounting or internal/external audit experience, internal control, business support Finance, or alternatively, significant working experience in a pharma company in a commercial, marketing, business operations and support, manufacturing, supply chain, medical or R&D role and willingness to discover internal audit

Soft and Technical Skills

• Ability to work transversally and within a highly matrix environment and to interact with and influence senior level stakeholders
• Self‑driven and proactive with a willing attitude to learn and patient to guide inexperienced team
• Acute attention to detail with strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
• Ability to take large volumes of complex data and/or information and present it in a clear and concise manner
• Strong analytics skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Inquisitive and persuasive with a global mindset and able to recognize and respond to diverse thinking styles, learning styles and cultural sensitivities

Education

• Pharmacist, or Engineering, or Master’s in Business, Accounting, Finance, Biology

Languages

• Fluent English

Why Join Us?

• Learn the different activities of Sanofi and the pharmaceutical business environment
• Gain exposure to diverse audit assignments, ranging from Commercial Operations, Manufacturing and Supply to specific thematic audits (i.e., 3rd party management, R&D, Digital, Sales Force Management, Culture Review, etc.)
• Work in a multi‑cultural team environment and identify value‑added recommendations to drive business process change

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.