Finance Manager - East Africa at Roche Kenya

The Position

• A healthier future. It’s 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’s what makes us Roche. 

• Roche Diagnostics in Nairobi, Kenya has an opening for a Finance Manager for Kenya and the East Africa Network.
• You as our successful candidate will lead and manage financial health, compliance and finance processes across the whole of the East Africa Network. You will also be tasked to lead all aspects of  Supply Chain operations & procurement to optimize customer experience & value. 
• The role reports to the Country Manager and Network Lead of Diagnostics Kenya and the East Africa Network lead with a functional reporting line to the Finance Manager for the Diagnostics Subregion Africa. 

Key Challenges:

• Act as a strategic Business Partner for the Country Manager of Diagnostics Kenya and the East 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 for the East Africa Network.
• Leading the financial operations out of Diagnostics Kenya, covering all 7 markets of the East Africa Network.
• Be responsible for leading the company’s P&L and Net Operating Assets.
• Be accountable for implementing the internal control framework and ensures overall financial compliance with local laws and Roche guidelines.
• Drive cross functional process standardization, automation and integration in collaboration with all relevant collaborators in the local organization by demonstrating your regional and global expertise and experience.
• Be a key contributor to the development of the Africa Finance & Supply Chain Chapter, Ambassador for Future of Finance Transformation on the African Continent and beyond.

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

• Adopt 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 and passionately coach and mentor your colleagues and team members and improve our feedback culture through leadership
• Demonstrate learning agility and the ability to align, unify, and lead diverse and virtual teams
• Role model inclusive leadership and emphasize increasing diversity at all level
• Lead the team by empowering them through agile ways of working and efficient decision-making 
• Manage the performance, development & succession plans of the team

Who you are as our ideal candidate:

Required Qualification and experience 

• At minimum a Bachelor's degree. MA/MBA is preferred .
• At least 10 years experience as a Finance Professional with broad Business Partnering knowledge in a similar industry or environment.
• At least 2 years experience as a proven VACC  leader and people manager who prioritizes enterprise-wide impact and focuses on high-impact work.

Characteristics & Skills required:

• 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.
• You are 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
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and inspiring curiosity that motivates others
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to influence at all levels and to position ideas and manage expectations in line with an agreed portfolio
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a must, any other language is an asset