Finance Enterprise Partner Performance Lead

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.

Our responsibility extends beyond innovation. You'll contribute to solutions that improve healthcare by addressing the most pressing health challenges and diseases with the highest social burden, while reducing our impact on the planet. Together, we create a healthier workplace, society, and future for generations to come.

The FEP Performance Lead serves as a strategic enterprise leader, business partner, and functional co-pilot, reporting to PEC Finance Manager and leading a team of 2 FEP Performance. By combining financial controlling and performance management with strong business partnering and stakeholder engagement, this role accelerates key strategic initiatives, drives operational impact, and maximizes sustainability and financial excellence in the affiliate.

The FEP Performance Lead embodies the leadership framework of Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, and Coach (VACC). Beyond controlling financial closed loops and optimizing resource allocation, the FEP Performance Lead empowers team members, fosters an inclusive and psychologically safe culture, and leads cross-functional network building across local, regional, and global finance communities.

• VACC Model & Team Empowerment: Lead as a Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, and Coach to cultivate an inclusive, psychologically safe environment that empowers decentralized decision-making and continuous talent development across commercial and finance functions.
• Strategic Enterprise Partnering: Act as a trusted thought partner to executive stakeholders across the value chain, ensuring business objectives and financial strategies are seamlessly integrated.

• Collaborative Resource Optimization: Partner with cross-functional leadership, Regional Shared Service Centers, and Finance Excellence networks to drive optimal resource allocation, co-create scalable solutions, and balance risk mitigation with agile, customer-centric value creation.

• Performance Monitoring & P&L Optimization: Oversee the tracking of key financial metrics (Sales, Operating Profit, Working Capital) and proactively drive continuous P&L enhancements by optimizing margins, eliminating operational waste, and guiding variance corrective actions.

• Multi-Year Financial Planning: Direct the affiliate’s 1-to-4-year budgeting and strategic business planning cycles, aligning operational investments with the highest-impact commercial priorities.

• Financial Compliance & Controlling: Oversee local finance execution, accounting controls, and timely month-end close cycles in full adherence to IFRS, internal corporate governance, and local statutory regulations.

• Agile Simplification & Analytics: Champion continuous improvement initiatives alongside the LATAM Finance Excellence Chapter by standardizing, automating, and simplifying financial dashboards and reporting structures to maximize operational agility.

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline. 
• Fluency in English and Spanish (written and spoken) is essential for effective local and regional leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive business and financial strategies across local and regional teams through a VACC leadership model (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach), combining a growth mindset that fosters experimentation and self-organization, advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Proven people leadership experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, fostering diversity and inclusion, and driving organizational impact within matrixed environments.
• Comprehensive track record in FP&A, commercial financial control, or business partnering within multinational enterprise settings (e.g., healthcare, diagnostics, or pharmaceuticals).
• Expertise in SAP ERP systems, advanced analytics platform, financial reporting tools, and Microsoft Office Suite.

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.