At Roche, 94,000 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.
At Roche, we work with a purpose - developing innovative tests and medicines, and using data in new ways to help people to live longer, better lives. We have been writing scientific history for more than 120 years, and our work impacts millions of patients every day, now and in the future
Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
The Role
This position is responsible for the Roche Companies’ tax compliance, tax planning, and accounting for all applicable taxes. Reporting directly to Group Tax in the headquarters, the successful candidate will work with businesses and in daily activities he/she will mainly interact with local Finance colleagues, accounting shared services center, and other tax professionals in carrying out his or her responsibilities.
The ideal candidate is a team player who manages the tax team to greater performance, creates and implements tax plans, and works with the business and local Finance to identify opportunities and potential areas of risk. The Tax Manager will ensure both compliance and business partnership.Essential Job Duties
Supervise external tax consultants
Manage Local Tax Operations (Returns, Payments)
Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process
Provide instructions for Tax Accounting and Payments
Manage Transfer Pricing according to Group Policy
Implement Global Tax Policies
Interactions with local Tax Authorities and Tax Audits
Business support
Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with:
At least 5 years’ experience in a multinational company either in a tax function or finance areas with exposure to taxes - or from an accounting and tax services advisory company
Business support experience
Ability to contribute directly in fulfilling the essential duties linked to the position
Good understanding of Local Taxes, mainly corporate taxes and VAT
Professional qualification in Accounting, Finance or Tax expected (CPA)
Good accounting knowledge and familiarity to use of the business IT systems – Microsoft Office, SAP and Google being the main ones
Fluent in spoken and written English
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
Process oriented and problem solving mindset, attention to detail
Communication skills both providing information and gathering information, ability to create network inside and outside of the finance and taxes area
Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks and the tasks of other tax team members
Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives
Knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry of advantage (primarily pharma or diagnostics)
Why Roche?
Be part of a winning company
Working at Roche means working at the forefront of innovation.
Our cutting-edge technologies and healthcare solutions are occasionally developed with unconventional methods but always with the highest standard of quality in mind.
Our Diagnostic division is the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics.
Our Pharmaceutical Division is the No. 1 supplier of cancer medicines.
Our Performance Culture
As we keep reinventing ourselves, we depend on our people to take the initiative and push ahead.
We look at competencies across functions and geographies, you’ll certainly be able to align your interests with our business needs.
We believe in having our employees share in the success of the company and offer people the opportunity to take ownership with our employee share plan (currently available in 41 countries).
An inspiring work environment
We foster a culture of debate, mutual respect, and diversity to encourage open discussion and new ideas.
Feedback is one of the core elements of our culture, as sharing knowledge promotes the development of new ideas, a key competitive strength of ours.
Our focus is on natural, long-term growth, driven by the contributions of our talented and committed people.
We leave you the space you need to meet your personal goals, meet your family obligations, and pursue your professional development.
We have a variety of site-specific flexible working models.
Be inspired by who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Visit https://www.roche.com/careers.htm to learn more about Roche.
Roche is an equal opportunity employer.
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