Accounts Payable Team Lead (Fixed-term)

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

Please note this is a fixed-term position until July 2027.

The opportunity:   

• Building, leading, coaching and managing a strong and collaborative Accounts Payable team covering end-to-end AP support
• Creating a safe and positive team environment and ensuring that the team demonstrates the right mindset and attitude
• Setting up clear, right, challenging expectations and goals, with desired behaviors for team members and role modelling these
• Through frequent check-ins, ensuring that ongoing dialog occurs on the topics of Career, Capabilities, Connections and Contributions; and developing the team members’ knowledge, skills, competency, etc. in order to retain and develop talented staff as well as building a team talent pipeline
• Setting and monitoring team working plan and resource allocations
• Developing and managing key stakeholder relationships, working with peers to develop future service portfolio in the area of P2P Services & Solutions
• Ensuring high quality knowledge transfers and smooth transitions in case of transferring work to own area. Liaising with other Service teams for cross-functional end-to-end service delivery and process improvement

Who you are:

• University degree in Finance or relevant professional experience. Experience in working with SAP.
• General understanding of finance processes and standards. 2-5 years of experience in a shared service center, with a proven track record of leading regional or global service delivery teams
• Proficiency in English
• A growth & continuous improvement mindset, coupled with strong business acumen and an understanding of servicing impact
• Customer centricity & accountability as well as excellent communication & problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership competencies and demonstrated success in cross-cultural collaboration, change & stakeholder management
• You bring a creative leadership style and a coaching mindset (empowering, facilitating accountability, collaboration, experimentation & continuous learning)

In exchange we provide you with:

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & trainings, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. 
• Excellent benefits: Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. 
• Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days/week on average). We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

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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.