Finance Manager

The Position

The Finance Manager Diagnostics Nigeria & Anglophone West Africa plays a key role in the establishment of the new Diagnostics Operations in Nigeria. They will closely collaborate with their peer in the Pharma division and leads and manages financial health, compliance and finance processes across the Diagnostics organization. The role reports to the Anglophone West Africa Network lead with a functional reporting line to the Finance Manager Africa Network.

The position is located in Lagos, Nigeria

Key responsibilities

Implementation phase of the new organization:

Acting as a key contributor for setting up all finance and &supply chain processes in close collaboration with Supply Chain lead and the local deployment project team in general

Defining transfer prices

Defining local end user pricing strategy in collaboration with the local commercial team

After go-live of the new organization

Act as a strategic Business Partner for the Anglophone West 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

Leading the financial operations out of Diagnostics Nigeria, covering all countries of the Anglophone West Africa Network

Is responsible for managing the Networkâs P&L and Net Operating Assets

Is accountable for implementing the internal control framework and ensures overall financial compliance with local laws and Roche guidelines

Drives cross functional process standardization, automation and integration in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in the local organization by leveraging his/her regional and global expertise and experience

Key contributor to the development of the Subregion Africa Finance & Supply Chain Chapter and the Finance Transformation on the African Continent and beyond

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

Embrace the leadership capabilities of being visionary for the impact on patientâs lives, architect processes, catalyze team thinking and coach your talented team members for success.

Continuously coach and mentor your colleagues and team members and improve our feedback culture through leadership

Lead the team by empowering them through agile ways of working

Manage the performance, development & succession plans of the team

Who you are:

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 patientsâ lives matter to you and âdoing now what patients need nextâ has a personal meaning to you.

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

Qualification and experience:

Proven track record as Finance Professional with 5-10 years professional experience

Leadership abilities and people management experience is necessary, as well as experience in leading teams in a matrix / agile organization.

Knowledge of Africa, the Health Care industry and previous experience in a similar role are an asset

Preferably a Master Degree with major in Finance

Strong technical Finance experience as well as strong commercial acumen.

In-depth understanding of cash flow management and hands-on experience with budgeting and risk management, excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting models.

SAP experience is considered an asset

Fluency in English is a must; any other language spoken in the markets is a plus

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