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The opportunity
We offer an exciting opportunity to an experienced and qualified finance professional who would like to gain more insights and exposure to Roche’s Group financial consolidation and reporting.
As a Consolidation System & Process Specialist in Group Consolidation, based at the Corporate Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, you will be part of an agile and highly skilled team working in an innovative, dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Your main activities and responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to and supporting the regular system and process changes of the Roche Group consolidation and reporting application
  
• Supporting the maintenance of the consolidation and reporting environment and contribute to system change processes resulting from projects and initiatives in the areas of accounting, consolidation and external reporting, such as the financial reporting processes for newly acquired companies, IFRS changes, regular business-driven reporting change cycles, compliance initiatives, etc.
  
• Preparing and executing tasks related to the Group monthly financial consolidation process, e.g. close preparation activities and system environment setup, controls and validations, data analysis, foreign exchange effects, intercompany transactions and relationships, preparation and processing of consolidation journals, maintenance of process automation tools
  
• Supporting Group Finance teams, Roche Service & Solutions operations centers and local Finance teams with process and system aspects of financial reporting to Group, including helpdesk shifts
  
• Supporting the transition phase of the enterprise-wide migration to SAP S/4HANA and the subsequent implementation of a new consolidation and reporting system and related reporting and disclosure processes
  

Who you are
You bring a minimum of 8 years of practical experience in consolidation and reporting for a global corporation, especially experience in crafting and implementing consolidation and reporting-related changes.
You have a degree in finance and accounting or a professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or similar). Project management experience is highly valued.

In addition, you bring the following skills and experience:

• An agile mindset, end-to-end thinking, impact-focused, proactive, entrepreneurial spirit, curious, and a continuous learner, problem-solving, and analytical skills; eager to further improve and develop existing consolidation and reporting processes
  
• Strong communication skills, with proficient spoken and written business English (German and other language skills would be an advantage)
  
• Strong collaboration skills, having worked in diverse teams, but also independently, with a proven ability to navigate and collaborate closely and effectively across networks with partners at different levels in a large organization
  
• Excellent MS Office skills, familiarity with the Google suite, and the ability to utilise query, analytics, and visualization tools
  
• Attention to detail; ability to work and deliver under time pressure
  

Have we raised your interest? Then we are looking forward to your application until 22 September 2024.

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Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

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