Financial Controller

Job description

·  Job facts

In an organisation with big ambition, there is opportunity to make meaningful change a reality. Our mission to enable truly personalised healthcare is one which can unlock new and life changing outcomes for patients. It's worth our hard work and innovation.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Controller to join us for a maternity cover contract.

Purpose

To provide planning expertise, financial analysis and business acumen to support effective resource allocation and robust decision making across the organisation. The Financial Controller plays a key role linking the Finance function with the rest of the business and a critical role in providing internal business partners and stakeholders with vital insights and recommendations in financial matters that affect the strategic and operational direction of the business, together with guidance during the short and long term financial planning process. The role requires working cross functionally with a broad group of internal customers that include teams in Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs and various Support Functions.

The role can broadly be separated into two main areas; a business partnering role, which involves the provision of financial analysis and support to the business to help the business functions achieve their overall goals and a traditional financial role involving accounting and reporting as well as financial control.

Business Partnering Role

·  Business Partnering : You will proactively offer financial analysis, planning & management expertise and business acumen to support effective and robust business planning, forecasting, analysis, performance tracking and compliant and accurate month-/year-end financials, closing and reporting.
·  Quarterly Forecasting : Preparation of quarterly forecasts for the full P&L (sales, promotion, product medical activities, grants & donations, clinical trials, overheads) and Balance Sheet (as appropriate) in conjunction with the business.

Financial Role

·  Financial Reporting : Completion of month end/year end reporting requirements to Group in a timely manner. Ensuring that statutory reporting deadlines are met in conjunction with external auditors.
·  Maintenance & Development of Internal Controls : Completion of the annual review of Internal Controls in BWise; Ensuring the controls in place are operating effectively as documented; Constantly seeking to improve, and make more efficient, the current internal control environment.
·  Financial Accounting (Systems, Processes & Relationship with Shared Services Centre (SSC)): Completion of general financial accounting activities including the posting of journals; maintenance of G/L and control accounts; and the management of cash flow via the cashpool. Acting as finance liaison with the SSC in Budapest.

Additional Responsibilities

·  Take personal responsibility for maintaining high ethical standards and operating in compliance with local and global Roche policies and the IPHA Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
·  Identify simplification opportunities / efficiency gains by improving processes
·  Ensure compliance to rules and regulations. Review and preserve financial controls and procedures
·  Management of the inter-company process
·  Preparation and submission of returns to statutory bodies as required, e.g. C.S.O.
·  Liaise with external tax advisers as required
·  Act as Segregation of Duties champion and update INVOLVE accordingly
·  Super User for Forward finance processes (SAP system)
·  Involvement in cross-functional projects as a Finance representative

Person/Skills Profile

·  Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a minimum of 2-3 years PQE within industry is essential. Third level qualification (B. Comm. or equivalent).
·  Commercial experience with a Multi-national or from a “Big 4 “ background essential.
·  Exposure to the application, implementation and assessment of internal controls
·  Experience of developing finance processes
·  Excellent interpersonal skills
·  SAP experience beneficial
·  Experience working in an agile culture is advantageous
·  Team player
·  Demonstrates Roche Core Values

·  Who we are

Roche Products (Ireland) Limited was established as a full affiliate of F. Hoffman-La Roche. The company is based in Citywest in Dublin 24, and deals with the commercial aspects of our Irish business, including sales and marketing, finance, regulatory and medical affairs for the Pharmaceutical Division.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.