Finance Internship

Job description

  Job facts

The position

As an intern at Roche, you can participate in the important work that is helping to change patients' lives all over the world. Our internship programme is being expanded to include opportunities for financially-minded individuals who want to gain insight into the working environment and help towards transforming financial reporting, ready for the future. This is an excellent opportunity for enrolled Bachelor and Masters students looking to gain experience in Financial Controlling, Reporting, Planning & Analysis.

You will be part of both the Commercial Finance and Financial Control teams located in Burgess Hill. In this internship you will get a financial perspective on a globally leading diagnostics company and a better understanding of a wide-range of financial approaches.

Your main tasks will be:

·  Supporting the Commercial Finance team in their customer-facing reporting process: consolidation and reconciliation of reporting data (actuals & forecasting)
·  To analyse and interpret actual results and forecast to assess the financial performance of our customer base and provide insight into areas for improvement for both Roche and the customer
·  Support the Financial Control team with existing internal and external reporting. Review and implement key control measures required to be reported on a monthly basis. Identify and implement process improvements.
·  Participate in projects to enhance systems and processes, particularly around efficiency analysis and customer insight reporting

Who we are

Our UK Diagnostics business, headquartered in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, employs approximately 560 highly skilled individuals. We provide the industry's broadest range of diagnostics and monitoring products & services, spanning all sectors of the market: from small hand held devices used directly by patients or healthcare professionals, to large diagnostic instruments found in hospital laboratories.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Healthcare is personal and it's about YOU as an individual in your application that will make the difference.

Application closing date: January 6th 2019

Assessment Centre date: Early 2019

To apply, please upload your CV and covering letter to your online application . In addition, we kindly request that you provide a concise answer to the following list of screening questions; please insert your responses within the body of your cover letter. Your overall covering letter should not exceed 2 pages.

Question 1 : What was your decision making process in selecting your current course/degree discipline?

Question 2 : Why are you interested in a 12-month internship at Roche?

Question 3 : What skills and experiences do you feel have prepared you for this placement at Roche?

Question 4 : What personal qualities will you bring to this placement?

Question 5 : What are your main objectives for this placement?

Question 6 : What skills or abilities do you hope to develop through our Procurement Internship?

Question 7 : Tell me about the interests and activities you undertake when you are not working or studying?

Question 8 : If you have a LinkedIn profile, please indicate your LinkedIn public profile address (optional).

Investing in you

Roche is a company that not only invests in its business – over £6.5 billion in R&D worldwide, including £460 million in the UK alone last year – but equally importantly in its people.

Roche has gained 2017 Top Employer status in the UK and Europe.

·  Who we are

Our UK Diagnostics business, headquartered in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, employs approximately 560 highly skilled individuals. We provide the industry's broadest range of diagnostics and monitoring products & services, spanning all sectors of the market: from small hand held devices used directly by patients or healthcare professionals, to large diagnostic instruments found in hospital laboratories.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Desired profile

Who you are

You are an enrolled Bachelor or Masters student in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related field. You are enthusiastic about finance, new technologies and you easily show engagement with people.

Moreover you are/have:

·  Self-starter attitude and independent working style
·  Strong analytical skills
·  Extremely motivated and willingness to continuously learn
·  Open mind-set with a high degree of curiosity associated with a structured, financially-thinking mind
·  Strong technical skills in business applications (Excel, PowerPoint)
·  Good communication and networking skills with a dedicated approach

The preferred start date of the internship is September 2018. Please clearly indicate your earliest availability and preferred duration of internship on your motivation letter. Applications need to include a CV, a certificate of enrolment and a motivation letter.