Enterprise Center of Excellence (eCoE) Team Member - FIRE OBC Tax Controlling

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

At Roche, our Finance Centers of Excellence have led the way in breaking down silos, removing hierarchies, and working in new ways. We’ve learned from our successes and from the things that haven’t gone so well. We’re better equipped to look at interfaces and synergies, and to understand the risks of creating new silos. The eCoE is focusing on three areas delivering a high-level of financial expertise, innovative insights, and an entrepreneurial mindset that enables agility and flexibility for stakeholders. The eCoE is a talent engine for Finance through capability and network building. There are three focus areas within eCoE:

• Financial Backbone

• Digital Innovation

• Analytics and Insights

As a member of the eCoE you will bring leadership and a strong technical expertise together with the ability to work in a self-aligning team with minimal hierarchy. You will be a catalyst for the Finance transformation and work effectively as an influencer, and leaning in as coach and catalyst to the Finance network as needed. You have a passion to pilot new approaches and constructively challenge the status quo. You can tolerate ambiguity.

In this role, you will join the FIRE (Finance Insights & Reporting for the Enterprise) OBC (outcome-based community) with focus on Corporate Income Tax Controlling. Your role will primarily focus on overseeing IFRS tax accounting and reporting across the Group (in the context of the consolidated Group financials), ensuring compliance with IFRS standards (specifically IAS12). You will analyse and validate tax positions and effective tax rates, prepare reports for senior leadership and actively participate in review meetings.

Collaborating closely with Group Tax, you will contribute to tax outlooks, forecasting, and strategic planning. You will prepare the Tax Note and related disclosures for Half Year and Annual Reports, supporting both external and internal audits during control testing. The role also involves implementing tax accounting changes and adapting to new reporting and compliance requirements. Additionally, you will provide expertise on ad hoc tax accounting and reporting matters, including M&A transactions, divestments, equity compensation plans, to name a few. This is a position that requires strong technical skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to navigate complex topics.

You are a highly independent, entrepreneurial and engaged finance professional that can lead and influence in a collaborative and inspiring way. You have a passion for creating a great working environment, growing others and achieving impact and results that serve our customers, stakeholders and Roche mission.

To be effective and successful in this new role you possess the following skills and experiences:

• 3-5 years experience in tax, accounting, preferably in a large public accounting firm or multi-national corporate environment

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance is required, and an ACCA/CPA or other relevant professional qualification would be preferred

• Strong understanding of IFRS (with a special focus on IAS12), being familiar with BEPS Pillar 2 would be advantageous

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, informal, often ambiguous and rapidly changing environment

• Ability to extract, analyse and review data and make appropriate recommendations

• Experience with internal controls and external audit is preferred

• Detail-oriented individual who is self-motivated and takes ownership

• Ability to work independently and lead as well as part of a team and partner well with people at all levels within an organisation

• Ability to navigate through a complex, broad and diverse organisation

• Ability to deal with multiple priorities and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders

The role is located in Basel.

We are looking forward to your application to join the eCoE journey and make an impact on patients through this role in our FIRE OBC.

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Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more .

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.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.