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The Position

As part of the Roche Finance community, you will join a team dedicated to a healthier future. We are driven to innovate, continuously advance science, and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. At Roche, we are creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love, ensuring that every financial decision we make translates into meaningful healthcare outcomes for patients worldwide.

As the Finance Manager, you will serve as a visionary leader and a strategic architect of the affiliate’s success. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to ensure financial sustainability, operational excellence including the supply chain management to the end-customer, and a culture of integrity, while reporting through a solid line to the General Manager and a functional line to the Regional Finance Head.

The Opportunity

• Strategic Partnering: Act as a key member of the Affiliate Enabling Team, leveraging financial data and market trends to guide executive decisions, investment planning, and resource allocation.

• Financial Governance: Ensure the highest standards of accounting, financial control, and compliance with Internal Audit, Roche Accounting Standards, and local regulations.

• Operational Excellence: Manage the "license to operate" functions, Procurement, Supply Chain and Order-to-Pay process to the end-customers, while leading the local deployment of global infrastructure initiatives like ASPIRE. 

• Risk & Value Management: Navigate volatile macroeconomic environments to maintain P&L sustainability, mitigate financial risks, and identify emerging growth opportunities.

• VACC Leadership: Model VACC principles to lead and mentor a diverse team of leaders, identify and develop the next generation of leaders,  fostering capability building and psychological safety in an agile environment.

• Network Collaboration: Influence without authority by building strong cross-functional and geographical relationships to drive organizational stability and change management.

• Enterprise Thinking: Connects affiliate priorities with the regional and global ambition to ensure alignment with enterprise-wide priorities

• Lead across network and regional initiatives: Influences and leverages networks beyond the finance function to create value and drive impact.

• Digital Innovation: Champion digital transformation by integrating fintech advancements, AI, and predictive analytics to shift the finance function toward strategic advisory.

Who You Are

• Experienced Finance Leader: You hold a degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics with 10+ years of progressive experience, including a solid track record of senior leadership within a regulated commercial environment.

• Strong customer focus mindset, experience in contracting and commercial negotiations. 

• Qualified Professional: You possess a professional qualification (CPA, CA, ACA, CIMA, or Roche Accounting Diploma) and have a proven track record of managing a P&L.

• Agile Architect: You are a decisive leader who thrives in complexity, with experience leading other leaders and managing cross-functional squads in an agile, high-performance culture.

• System/Enterprise Thinker: You cultivate a deep curiosity regarding inter-functional impacts while maintaining a comprehensive grasp of the end-to-end value chain, from R&D through to commercial finance.

• Strategic Communicator: You are fluent in English and possess the ability to articulate complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders with clarity and influence.

• Tech-Savvy Visionary: You possess strong commercial acumen and a passion for leveraging technology and data to simplify workflows and challenge the status quo.

Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you. Apply now to discover this exciting opportunity!

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.