Roche Financial Controller (East Africa) Job opportunity

Financial Controller – East Africa

The position

Key responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Corporate compliance and risk management;
• Contribute towards the development and effective implementation of all local financial policies;
• Provide financial process best practices guidance and leadership;
• Optimal and timeous management of all financial processes and transactions with on-going compliance to national and international best practices;
• Completion of all financial reporting (group, statutory, and tax ) correctly within stipulated deadlines;
• Ensure financial records, and processes are in place for audits;
• Ensure smooth running of Finance related process in support of all internal customers (including representative offices);
• Establish relationships with all Roche stakeholders in support of Roche business processes success;
• Regional travel vital for Financial processes support within the Sub-Sahara Management Centre.

The successful candidate should be in possession of:

• Professional Accounting qualification or equivalent Bachelors Degree. An MBA would be advantageous
• 4 to 6 years work experience within finance.
• SAP knowledge.
• International experience or experience within a multinational organisation in the pharmaceutical or FMCG industry.

The following special skill are key to this role:

• Proven skills in strategic thinking.
• Good interpersonal skills and self motivated with a demonstration of initiative.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team within and beyond the finance team when needed.
• Computer literacy in MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint.
• The successful candidate must be fluent in English.

Who you are

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. 

You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you
are, but the starting point.

The next step is yours. 

To apply forward your detailed CV for the attention of: 

Simplicity Paneng, on simplicity.paneng@roche.com, by 25 January 2012.

Late applications will not be considered.

If you have not heard from us in two weeks after the closing date, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful.