Finance Manager at Roche

The Position

• The Finance Manager Diagnostics Nigeria & Anglophone West Africa plays a key role in the establishment of the new Diagnostics Operations in Nigeria.
• They will closely collaborate with their peer in the Pharma division and leads and manages financial health, compliance and finance processes across the Diagnostics organization.
• The role reports to the Anglophone West Africa Network lead with a functional reporting line to the Finance Manager Africa Network.
• The position is located in Lagos, Nigeria

Key responsibilities

• Implementation phase of the new organization:
• Acting as a key contributor for setting up all finance and &supply chain processes in close collaboration with Supply Chain lead and the local deployment project team in general
• Defining transfer prices
• Defining local end user pricing strategy in collaboration with the local commercial team
• After go-live of the new organization
• Act as a strategic Business Partner for the Anglophone West Africa Network lead
• Provide strategic recommendations and directions to the Local Leadership team
• Advising on mid-/long term business and financial planning, formulating financial targets and budgets
• Leading the financial operations out of Diagnostics Nigeria, covering all countries of the Anglophone West Africa Network
• Is responsible for managing the Network’s P&L and Net Operating Assets
• Is accountable for implementing the internal control framework and ensures overall financial compliance with local laws and Roche guidelines
• Drives cross functional process standardization, automation and integration in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in the local organization by leveraging his/her regional and global expertise and experience
• Key contributor to the development of the Subregion Africa Finance & Supply Chain Chapter and the Finance Transformation on the African Continent and beyond

As a member of the local Leadership team and as a people leader you will:

• Embrace the leadership capabilities of being visionary for the impact on patient’s lives, architect processes, catalyze team thinking and coach your talented team members for success.
• Continuously coach and mentor your colleagues and team members and improve our feedback culture through leadership
• Lead the team by empowering them through agile ways of working
• Manage the performance, development & succession plans of the team

Who you are:

• Self-driven and open-minded person of high integrity, with excellent interpersonal skills, paired with a strong analytical mindset and a solution & result oriented attitude.
• Impact on society and patients’ lives matter to you and “doing now what patients need next” has a personal meaning to you.
• Passionate about finance, people development and business partnering, while having a customer-centric approach.
• Positive mindset; you are focused on value adding activities along the customer journey
• Lead change in a collaborative manner, you engage your audience well in times of change.
• Bringing global approaches to local solutions - you have personal experience in working within new cultures, close collaboration in cross-country initiatives

Qualification and experience:

• Proven track record as Finance Professional with 5-10 years professional experience
• Leadership abilities and people management experience is necessary, as well as experience in leading teams in a matrix / agile organization.
• Knowledge of Africa, the Health Care industry and previous experience in a similar role are an asset
• Preferably a Master Degree with major in Finance
• Strong technical Finance experience as well as strong commercial acumen.
• In-depth understanding of cash flow management and hands-on experience with budgeting and risk management, excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting models.
• SAP experience is considered an asset
• Fluency in English is a must; any other language spoken in the markets is a plus