At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The PositionFinance Business Analyst
The Opportunity
As a member of the RSS Performance Management, Finance Expert Team, as our Finance Business Analyst, you will be the bridge between core finance operations and modern data analytics. You won’t just be crunching numbers; you will be challenging the status quo, automating legacy processes, and shaping how our global business functions make decisions. Embracing an agile mindset, you will directly influence the efficiency of our global Finance teams.
Drive Innovation & Automation: Lead continuous improvement initiatives to automate reporting, streamline workflows, and eliminate manual efficiencies across global sites.
Own the Data Narrative: Develop, maintain, and elevate our financial reporting systems and platforms to deliver high-quality, actionable standard and management reporting.
Ensure Data Integrity: Manage and oversee consistent master data and robust financial controls to ensure the absolute reliability of our financial statements.
Collaborate Globally: Partner closely with local and global Finance teams to provide rapid, high-impact support for urgent business needs and month-end processes.
Who You Are
The Experience: 3–5 years of experience in a global finance, accounting, or financial systems environment.
System & Tools: High proficiency in SAP environments. You are a power-user of Excel, capable of leveraging advanced formulas and data modeling to drive operational efficiency. You have a proven track record—or a strong aptitude—for developing and optimizing sustainable reporting platforms.
The Mindset: Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a passion for problem-solving and process optimization. You don't just find errors; you build the system that prevents them.
Education & Languages: Fluent English is essential. A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or a related field is required.
In exchange we provide you with
Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
Excellent benefits: Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party.
Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.
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Who we are
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.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years experience in a global finance, accounting, or financial systems environment
- High proficiency in SAP environments
- Power-user level Excel skills (advanced formulas and data modeling)
- Proven track record or strong aptitude for developing and optimizing sustainable reporting platforms
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a focus on process optimization
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or related field
- Fluent English
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
Roche Insights
What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
