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Roche

Global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company

Lead Controls & Finance Enablement

Internal Audit & ControlsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMeylan, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree with a specialization in Finance, such as Finance and Accounting, Control and Auditing, and/or DSCG.
  • Significant experience, with a minimum of 3 years in Finance Business Partnering, Accounting, Auditing, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of Corporate Finance, IFRS, and French GAAP.
  • Prior internal control experience, including writing procedures.
  • Fluency in both French and English at a minimum C1 level.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Finance Excellence Partners team by coaching team members, creating an empowering work environment, and fostering psychological safety and innovation.
  • Develop the team into impactful and trusted business partners whose expertise and business acumen help internal stakeholders make business decisions.
  • Ensure the team acts as a gatekeeper to help realize the affiliate's financial ambitions.
  • Oversee the end-to-end Sapin 2 controls framework, maintain its smooth operation, and monitor changes in the external regulatory environment.
  • Maintain and adapt control mechanisms to reflect regulatory requirements, system changes, and other changed circumstances.
  • Perform dedicated controls within the overall controls framework.
  • Coach key stakeholders involved in the controls framework to help them perform high-quality controls and promote accurate control mechanisms.
  • Regularly provide local senior leadership, including the Leadership Team and Compliance Committee, with transparency on key risks.
  • Advise local commercial teams on operational activities, including M&A cases, product launches, and business model implementations.
  • Increase organizational awareness of key finance activities and the importance of following them by coaching stakeholders and providing training where necessary.
  • Identify organizational process inefficiencies observed while performing internal controls.
  • Collaborate with local stakeholders to define and implement countermeasures that improve organizational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with the Country Chief Accountant and Roche Shared Service Center teams, connecting local accounting cases with overall accounting entries to support the closing of financial statements.
  • Contribute to management reporting, including preparing the shareholder meeting in cooperation with Legal and coordinating internal and external stakeholders such as the Country Chief Accountant, Legal, Group Treasury, KPMG, and the workers council.

Desired Qualifications

  • A background in the healthcare industry.
  • An interest in information systems, especially skills in managing FI-CO modules on SAP.

About the Company

Roche

Global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company

Roche is a global leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. It develops medicines and diagnostic tools that help detect, monitor, and treat diseases, using research and biotechnology to drive new therapies and tests. Roche combines drug development with in-house diagnostic products to support personalized medicine, where treatments are tailored to individual patients based on test results. Its approach differs from many peers by integrating drug discovery with diagnostic capabilities and by expanding its research through strategic acquisitions (like Genentech) to strengthen its biotechnology and R&D capabilities. The company’s goal is to improve patient outcomes and healthcare worldwide by delivering reliable medicines, accurate diagnostic tests, and data-driven care.

Company size
1-10
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Basel, Switzerland
Founded
1896

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