Finance Director

Roche; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Finance Director for Pakistan to partner with the affiliate leadership on strategy, performance, and resource allocation. The role leads finance, supply chain, tenders, procurement and pricing, delivering financial governance and robust business plans while supporting strategic initiatives across the affiliate.

The successful candidate will guide commercial decisions, manage pricing for the portfolio, oversee procurement and accounting, and develop capabilities to deliver

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in finance with governance experience
• Strong leadership and strategic decision-making capabilities
• Experience influencing across strategy, operations and culture

Responsibilities

• Formulate local finance strategy balancing global and affiliate priorities
• Lead affiliate finance, supply chain, tenders, procurement, pricing and governance
• Act as advisor to Pakistan Enabling Team on commercial, access and financial performance
• Manage performance tracking, anomalies, and corrective actions
• Oversee pricing strategies and transfer pricing to ensure local profitability
• Oversee procurement, accounting, and supply chain to support timely drug delivery
• Coach and develop a high-performing finance team and ensure governance

Skills

Leadership

Financial acumen

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

CPA/CA/ACA/CIMA

MBA or Post-graduate degree

Job description

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 Position

We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love.

Healthcare is changing- radical innovation, increased openness to change, increasing patient empowerment, multiple sources of medical information, and pressure on public spending. As a result of all this, the needs of our stakeholders and how we engage them continue to evolve.
Roche is looking for a Finance Director, an enabling team member primarily responsible to be a strategic thought partner and advisor to the affiliate on strategy, performance, resource allocation, commercial decisions and strategic planning. As a natural leader, you are expected to leverage a strong entrepreneurial mindset with excellent business acumen with responsibility to deliver the tender contracting business targets, deliver financial governance, develop business plans and provide analytical insight and business judgment to support strategic and tactical initiatives across the affiliate. The Finance Director will lead key affiliate functions including finance, supply chain, tenders, procurement, operational pricing (including mature product portfolio).

Your Opportunity

• Formulate a local finance strategy balancing global /PI requirements with affiliate priorities;
• Foster a close business collaborating approach to address the needs of the business and its strategy whilst taking into account the broader implications from an enterprise perspective;
• Act as key advisor to Pakistan Enabling Team by reviewing overall commercial, access and medical activities and financial performance against targets, identifying opportunities, developing proposals on improvements, assessing proposals and making recommendations on strategies to be implemented as required;
• Manage operational performance by tracking performance against targets, identifying anomalies and implementing corrective action as and when required;
• Lead commercial tendering business across Pakistan ensuring close collaboration with therapy area teams ensuring collaboration and commercial excellence;
• Lead pricing strategies for the complete portfolio including any new launches; managing the transfer pricing every year ensuring local profitability while adhering to the transfer pricing guidelines.
• Develop financial strategies that ensure compliance, and enable the delivery of more medicines to patients faster;
• Oversee the affiliate procurement process, with focus on value delivery for Roche, balancing costs, service quality, compliance and strategic partnerships;
• Oversee the local finance & accounting function, ensuring adherence to Roche Group Accounting, local accounting standards, tax and customs;
• Oversee the supply chain process ensuring a timely and efficient delivery of our drugs;
• Cultivate a focus on personal development whilst creating and nurturing a winning team through coaching and leadership;
• Oversee operations and governance of Patient Support programs
• Be an active member of the Finance Network and contribute to enterprise outcomes beyond Pakistan
• Ensure compliance of all Finance practices within the area of responsibility and beyond.
• Responsible to report incident / accident immediately to SHE department. Attend / complete all requisite on-line and F2F trainings (Role specific, Safety Responsibility and Compliance) within specified time limit.

Who you are:

• You have a minimum of 7 years of finance experience and (preferably) holds a professional accounting qualification (CPA, CA, ACA, CIMA) or a Post-graduate University Degree/MBA.
• Proven record of ensuring financial governance and project participation/lead with strong experience in impactful strategic decisions.
• Exhibit leadership competencies and has in-depth knowledge & broad experience in the finance world.
• Financial acumen for targeted and robust analysis, modelling, insights, strategic recommendations, reporting and monitoring of outcomes investment analysis.
• Experience and maturity to influence across strategy, operations and leadership / culture issues.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, communication, presentation, organizational & time management skills with proven abilities to manage multiple competing objectives, goals or other priorities to an effective & efficient conclusion.
• Displays integrity in everything he/she does (i.e. open, honest, ethical and genuine).

What we offer

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 impactsto our employees, customers and the community. We welcome applications from all people and encourageyou to advise of any individual circumstances that may require consideration.

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.