Finance Excellence Partner

The Position

PURPOSE

The Finance Excellence Partner (FxP) is instrumental in transforming E-L finance into a more efficient, effective, and networked organization that maximizes impact on the business and customer journey. 

As FxP you collaborate with Dia Commercial Finance colleagues across countries in a networked team, to streamline finance operations by simplifying, standardizing, and utilizing insights for better decision-making. You also collaborate closely with Finance Enterprise Partners, as well as other finance colleagues across the global Roche finance environment. You contribute to fostering a culture of innovation & experimentation (explore digital finance, AI) and drive automation and digitalization across finance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Drive the transition of affiliate focused finance operations towards an above country-cluster level,

Identify and analyze opportunities for efficiency gains, promoting continuous improvement through standardized processes and tasks in order to be brilliant at the basic,

Identify and implement best and efficient processes within the relevant cluster

Proactive support in cleaning and aligning of master data in collaboration with master data owners (eg. Supply Chain)

Be the liaison to various stakeholders across the global Roche finance environment eCoE, RSS) 

Leverage technology & automation to drive digitalization

Embrace & champion networked ways of working 

Participate in squads and cross-chapter teams to address high-priority projects with end-to-end responsibility.

Work closely with Finance Enterprise Partners to enable better customer experience and business impact along the customer journey

Explore and apply new technologies in the fields of automation and AI

Is the finance systems and processes expert for the affiliate,

Is responsible to report, analyze and monitor the operating profit for the affiliate,

Monitor operating expenses in close collaboration with one or several FxP colleagues,

Provide complete and relevant financial information, monthly and ad hoc, for both actual and forecast, including P&L and B/S items, in order to give a full transparency on risk and opportunities,

Lead the preparation and submission of the budget and the three-year business plan for the affiliate (full P&L) in close collaboration with all the Finance team, both local, regional and global; translate the Group guidance into action and propose continuous improvement to radically simplify the planning process,

Analyze the budget and explain the key growth drivers for the operating profit,

Is the affiliate key finance point of