The Position

Utilizes, synthesizes and integrates data to form insights that guide our results and strategies, and helps decision makers understand the landscape we work in and identify additional financial value-adding opportunities. Provides analytics and insights, resource allocation models and financial modelling tools. Enables Stakeholders to focus on their key activities while identifying opportunities to provide the best experience to them. Ensures that technological advances are integrated in insights generation processes. Scales expertise for future efforts and constantly streamlining and/or upgrading processes. Establish and maintain robust financial reporting systems, processes and financial controls to ensure integrity and reliability of financial statements and information. Establish and maintain strong partnership with internal Finance colleagues as well as Business Partners as required. May lead planning activities and balance planning simplifications with robust, fit for purpose information. May lead or support financial closing activities. Understands and lives the Finance Framework, mindset and behaviours.

Our Mission

Roche is a global pioneer & leader in Personalized Healthcare. We provide breakthrough differentiated medicines and diagnostic tests using expertise in Science, Technology and Data so that people can live better lives. We believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. The rapid digitalization of healthcare fuels an accelerated transformation in our industry. This change requires leaders who are entrepreneurial, who foster innovation & inspire teams to take risks, learn and progress quickly.

The Opportunity: Early in Career Finance Program

Regional Finance Development Program identifies top early-in-career talent and accelerates their development across LatAm countries and across different parts of the business, enabling them to be key contributors to our company’s ambition and purpose, “Doing now what patients need next”. Recognizing the central importance of experiential learning and development, Regional Finance Development Program provides a platform to strengthen a broad regional network and to gain experience and skills in different areas that will be vital for a career in Finance. We want you to reach your full potential by stretch assignments, doing four to five rotations in different exciting roles. You will be part of transforming Finance and making it ready for the future.

What we offer you:

The opportunity to build skills and capabilities across Finance in a variety of functions in LATAM, roles, projects and locations during a 2 to 2.5 years time period. From Affiliate to Roche Services & Solutions (RSS), from Pharmaceuticals to Diagnostics. Post program, you are fully empowered to assess opportunities and decide on your further career with Roche. Mobility support is provided wherever that’s needed. Inspiring peers and thought leaders, and broad personal support by your Program Manager, a Rotation Manager, and a Senior Leader Mentor. Lifelong learning is part of our strategy; you will receive on-the-job training, formal leadership & self-directed learning, and will learn through targeted mentoring & coaching, and other networking resources.

Your Profile

You bring a diverse perspective and you are ready to collaborate for impact. You are intrigued to work at the confluence of Finance, Science and Technology. You thrive in a collaborative work environment which enables teams to achieve beyond the sum of their parts. You understand that everyone leads, irrespective of hierarchy. As a fast learner, you proactively drive outcomes, integrate well into different cultures, teams and business settings. As a member of the Roche Finance community, you will embrace entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration and continuous learning. You are keen to build capabilities as a Finance professional to generate business outcomes. To be a successful candidate, you fulfill all of the following requirements:

• Excellent academic profile: Bachelors in Business Administration, Finance, accounting or any other related degree which has a Finance major or speciality, CFA / MBA/ CIMA preferred

• Between 1 and 2 years of working experience with a focus in Finance, Healthcare Industry, consumer goods, Tech or Consulting with an exposure to projects related to innovation in digital or advanced analytics technologies

• Have a structured problem-solving and strategic analytical and agility skills

• Simplifying complex information into clear, synthesized insights as basis for decision making at all levels of the organization

• Excellent communication and influencing skills which enable collaboration in local and global networks

• Be passionate about financial modeling, investment valuation and trade-off analysis

• Be passionate about driving adoption of new technologies, including AI, machine learning and RPA to provide financial transparency, drive productivity and derive insights

• Be comfortable collaborating in self-managed, cross-functional teams

• Be a team player and your personal qualities match our values of integrity, passion and courage

• Have a global mindset and think beyond boundaries with a high degree of regional/global mobility during and after the program

• Good English level is necessary; a willingness to learn other languages would be an asset

• Show strong leadership potential and have the ambition to take on a leadership position in finance in the near future

• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and foster a culture of business innovation

Have we fueled your interest?

Please send us your complete application including your (1) CV and (2) Cover Letter with the answers to the following questions:

• Why do you want to participate in the Regional Finance Development Program at Roche?
• How would you contribute to the Finance community at Roche?

Timeline & Selection Process:

• Application open until March 27th

• Screenings March 28th - April 10th

• 1st round interview: April 11th- 2nd May

• Virtual panel interview (2nd round) in April 18th- 16th May

• Assessment center Mid June

• Start date: September 2023

Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.