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A healthier future. It is what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That is what makes us Roche.
An exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance (internally titled Chapter Lead Business Partnering) has arisen to take a leadership role in Roche Products New Zealand (RPNZ). Based in Auckland and reporting to the General Manager of RPNZ, you will be a key member of the affiliate Enabling Team. You will be jointly accountable for co-creating and embedding the New Zealand long-term vision and strategy, fostering an environment that promotes trust, transparency, and a customer centricity that inspires and motivates teams to develop and adopt an agile way of working.
In this position, you'll lead the Business Partnering Chapter managing and overseeing the financial results of the affiliate and ensuring seamless operations of the Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, and Business Support Partner teams.
Key responsibilities include:
Business Partnership: Collaborating with business leaders on strategic direction, overseeing local finance and procurement, ensuring compliance, and managing external stakeholder relationships.
Insights Generation: Translating data into actionable insights, identifying challenges, opportunities, and industry trends to ensure long-term sustainability.
Long-term Portfolio Planning and Resourcing Strategy: Driving business planning, formulating local finance strategy, and guiding the business with relevant financial information.
Financial Governance & Compliance Officer Role: Leading the Compliance Board, acting as legal contact, monitoring procedures, and fostering a culture of compliance.
Supply Chain & Operations: Ensuring uninterrupted supply of medicines, managing stock, and overseeing third-party distributor performance.
Who You Are:
As a natural leader and coach with a strong entrepreneurial mindset who can influence and enable decisions, you will thrive in a fast-paced high-performing environment where you can and will challenge the status quo, and be challenged.
To be successful in this application, you will have a minimum 10 years of finance experience; a professional accounting qualification (CPA, CA, ACA, CIMA) or University Degree/MBA and a proven record of ensuring financial governance and a strong network with the internal and external financial communities. You are a curious leader that is comfortable to contribute also outside your core expertise.
Furthermore, you will demonstrate:
Values of Integrity, Courage & Passion;
an outstanding business acumen, strategic agility and ability to challenge status quo in a constructive way
strong entrepreneurial, influencing and negotiation skills, with a proven ability to get things done without authority and highly adept at identifying solutions that will meet the needs of all involved parties;
proven ability to effectively lead and enable change;
an outstanding financial acumen with a proven track record of P&L management;
a proven track record of building strong and sustainable relationships with internal and external partners and stakeholders;
Ability to travel interstate and internationally as required by the position.
In return, you will be provided with a rewarding and challenging role, a supportive work environment in which you can grow and develop your skills, the opportunity to work for a market leading organisation, and a competitive remuneration package.
This role is only open to candidates that have full eligibility to live and work in New Zealand.
We do not accept any unsolicited resumes or enquiries from recruitment agencies. Roche has a dedicated in-house Talent Acquisition team.
Roche offers rewarding growth opportunities, a competitive remuneration package and a collaborative culture where people are united in purpose and will stretch you to be brave, speak up and think differently. Feel empowered to deliver meaningful outcomes, supported by accessible and inspiring leaders.
Roche encourages a high-performance culture where you are empowered and trusted to make decisions. We strive for excellence and extraordinary results and take a genuine interest in our people and their well-being, and our patients.
Take pride in knowing you can make a difference to millions of patients worldwide in developing diagnostics and treatments for oncology, neuroscience, inflammation, immunology, ophthalmology, rare diseases, respiratory disease and diabetes.
We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, secure and healthy workplace, and to minimise any such impacts to our employees, customers and the community. We welcome applications from all people and encourage you to advise of any individual circumstances that may require consideration.
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 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.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.