FP&A Analyst/Finance Business Partner

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 Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst is responsible for providing accurate, timely, and comprehensive reporting, analysis, insights, financial modelling and forecasting to accurately depict our financial performance. The role reports directly to the Finance Director.

Your Responsibilities

• Management reporting; Provide regular reporting of key financial indicators

• Continuously improve/create new reporting to meet business needs

• Monthly/quarterly/yearly forecast and any long-term business plan

• Coordinate with all functions to collect input, model forecast data, and present to stakeholders

• Perform all required variance analysis (actuals vs budget/forecast/previous year, gap analysis among various forecast versions). Ensure timely, continuous, and exhaustive understanding of brand performance. Proactively track numbers to maintain a high level of data quality and understanding, anticipate and prioritize subjects of business importance

• Financial systems: Collaborate with Center of Excellence/shared service center teams and local businesses to ensure data quality

• Support other functions: provide support to other departments when needed (supply chain, pricing, Insights etc.) 

• Projects: In case of changes of process / new projects, be the key person representing the FP&A to design and deploy changes. Ensure effective change management

• Stay informed about industry best practices, including tools and processes, as they relate to data engineering, data science, and data analysis

Who You Are

• You hold a University degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. Post graduate degree and/or MBA are preferred, and Qualified CA/CPA or equivalent are desirable

• You built 5 – 7 years of professional work experience in FP&A roles in large and complex organizations (e.g. big 4, multinational companies, FMCG)

• You are logical thinker, have advanced analytical skills, are able to quickly grasp critical paths among numerous (ir)relevant factors, and are able to prioritize swiftly and correctly

• You bring advanced communication skills, are a team player, and are able to collaborate with various stakeholders (finance / non-finance teams, UAE Leadership team, HQ/region teams…)

• You built experience with financial information systems (SAP/BI etc.), and are an advanced Excel user

• You are proactive, have high level of energy, are a problem solver, result oriented, and adaptable to working in a changing environment

• You are fluent in English

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.