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The Position

A healthier future. Thats what motivates us to innovate. Continuously promote science and ensure that everyone has access to the health care they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. Thats what makes us Roche.

As the Area Finance Manager for LATAM you will be the strategic Finance Enterprise Partner for a dynamic and growing region. You will partner with the Regional Head and the regional Leadership Team acting as a key business partner to develop and drive strategy and lead the LATAM finance organization. This senior leadership role requires a deep financial background and the ability to translate business decisions into enterprise-wide financial impact while upholding the highest compliance standards. Your expertise will be crucial in guiding optimal resource allocation identifying new business opportunities and translating operational decisions into clear enterprise-wide financial impact.

As a situational leader with a passion for developing high-performing teams you will shape our financial future by leading coaching and developing the entire LATAM finance organization fostering a culture of inclusion collaboration and empowered decision-making. Your leadership will extend to Affiliate Finance Managers whom you will mentor and enable to drive impact both locally and within the wider finance community ensuring that your teams work directly supports our mission to bring our medicines to patients. You will drive success within your region while also playing a key role in the Pharma International Finance Network (FINET) and the broader finance community.

The Opportunity:

• Strategic business partnering support to the Regional Head and Regional Leadership Team providing clarity and direction in a complex and ambiguous environment to shape and deliver Pharma Internationals strategy/agenda/goals and long term business plan.

• Upholding the highest compliance standards in all financial processes to ensure transparency as well as accurate and reliable financial data.

• Applying an entrepreneurial mindset to steer business priorities with clear financial guidance to maximize value while also establishing and overseeing all financial governance and risk management processes.

• Driving transformation through leadership across Pharma International by embedding agile ways of working creative leadership mindsets and applying a rigorous focus on the highest impact and value work through collaboration

• Act as a strategic catalyst driving organizational excellence by coaching leaders and teams to simultaneously develop talent streamline operations and build a deeply collaborative networked culture.

• Actively engage in the global Finance network and connect insights across our global and local commercial organizations.

• Drive success within your region while also playing a key role in the Pharma International Finance Network (FINET) and the broader finance community.

Who you are:

• Extensive experience acting as a strategic business partner to senior and executive-level leaders and strong track record as a Finance leader with a demonstrated ability to architect and implement financial strategies that align with and accelerate enterprise-wide business goals built upon a foundation of extensive senior-level financial management experience

• You are a proven leader with an enterprise-wide focus skilled at unifying and guiding diverse virtual teams of both direct and indirect reports and you are passionate about coaching and developing others with a commitment to promoting diverse and inclusive environments.

• You think strategically and have exceptional stakeholder management skills which allows you to influence at all levels within a complex multicultural matrix organization.

• You possess an entrepreneurial mindset and a deep sense of curiosity that motivates and inspires your team you are a strategic thinker who champions agile ways of working empowered decision-making and a creative mindset and ou have a strong learning agility and a focus on prioritizing the right work for the highest impact.

• Masters degree in Economics/Finance required (or a Bachelors degree with extensive relevant experience).

• An MA/MBA is highly preferred.

• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Advanced Spanish is a strong advantage.

• Significant international experience demonstrated by having lived and worked in more than one country and/or direct affiliate-level experience.

• As this role covers the LATAM Area and works closely with the global network of Pharma International (PI) it requires an estimated 20% traveling.

• This role is preferably based in Brazil; however applications from other locations within Latin America will be considered.

Relocation benefits are available for this position.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 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.

Lets build a healthier future together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.