Internal Auditor - VIE Contract

About the role

As Internal Auditor VIE within our Audit and Risk Management team, you’ll work in a truly international environment, sharing your expertise with fellow Sanofians, and mastering the full spectrum of auditing activities, including culture check-up.

Main responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with audit teams to perform planned operational, compliance and integrated 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.
• Support the Team in meetings involving various levels of management to effectively communicate audit status, align on significant audit issues and coordinate the day-to-day activities of audits and auditees interactions, ensuring efficient information flow from your auditees to the audit team.
• Prepare clear, detailed audit documentation evidencing the results of actual testing procedures in accordance with Sanofi Internal Audit and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards.
• Support in preparing the 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, including opportunities (as appropriate) for cost savings or efficiency gains.
• Demonstrate and maintain working knowledge and staying current on developments in audit literature' including those specific to our industry.

About you

• Experience: 1+ year prior public accounting or internal/external audit experience, internal control, business support Finance, including experience in managing financial, operational or compliance audits preferably in a large, multinational publicly traded company.
• Soft and technical skills: Knowledge of IIA standards is preferred but not required. Strong knowledge of Excel/Word/PowerPoint. International exposure and/or experience working with a diverse team preferred. Ability to work transversally and within a highly matrix environment. Self-driven and proactive with a willing attitude to learn and patience to guide inexperienced team members. Maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity as well as respect for confidentiality of sensitive matters. Operate with a collaborative mindset. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time, including international travel for up to three weeks at a time.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Languages: Fluent English (written and verbal).

Why choose us

• Be part of a pioneering biopharma company where patient insights shape drug development.
• Work at the forefront of AI-powered science that accelerates discovery and improves outcomes.
• Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.
• Drive Progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.
• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.
• Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams.