Area Finance Head - Middle East

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In the role of Area Finance Manager for the Middle East , you will be part of the Area Leadership team and will act as a strategic advisor to the Area Head and the Regional Leadership Team. Reporting to the Head of Finance Pharma International, this senior leadership role requires a deep financial background and the ability to translate business decisions into enterprise-wide financial impact while upholding the highest compliance standards.

Your expertise will be crucial in guiding optimal resource allocation, identifying new business opportunities, and translating operational decisions into clear, enterprise-wide financial impact. You will act as a thought sparring partner as well as a business partner to the Area Head of Middle East.

As a situational leader with a passion for developing high-performing teams, you will shape our financial future by leading, coaching, and developing the entire Middle East finance organization, fostering a culture of inclusion, collaboration and empowered decision-making. Your leadership will extend to Affiliate Finance Managers, whom you will mentor and enable to drive impact, both locally and within the wider finance community, ensuring that your team's work directly supports our mission to bring our medicines to patients.

You will drive success within your region while also playing a key role in the Pharma International Finance Network (FINET) and the broader finance community.

• Strategic Enterprise Partnership:
  As a senior advisor and sparring partner to the Area Head Middle East, you will provide strategic business partnering to shape and deliver Pharma International’s long-term strategy, while influencing discussions beyond finance to identify cross-border resource allocation opportunities that maximize Roche's value.

• Business Strategy Delivery:
  Shape and deliver long-term business plans by applying deep market and commercial insights regarding pharmaceutical shifts and competitor actions, while connecting regional goals with the global strategic directions. Sensing and advising on organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

• Regional Financial Oversight:
  Provide guidance and steer decisions to ensure P&L sustainability, financial integrity, and robust risk management across multiple affiliates. Effectively deploying resources to where they create the maximum value to patients and the business

• Entrepreneurial Thinking :
  Applying an entrepreneurial mindset to steer business priorities with clear financial guidance to maximize value, while also establishing and overseeing all financial governance and risk management processes.

• Leadership &
  
  Coaching:
  
  Serve as a coach to affiliate Finance Managers (dotted line), clearing obstacles and modeling VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) leadership to drive an empowered culture.

• Agile & Digital Leadership :
  Champion the adoption of AI and financial technology to enhance predictive insights, simplify cross-border reporting, and increase transparency.

• Governance & Operational Excellence:
  Ensure high-quality compliance and robust governance of all Finance practices, maintaining a comprehensive view of the end-to-end value chain.

• Network & Diversity Advocacy:
  Foster an inclusive environment of belonging and influence the broader…