Head of RSS Collaboration & Process Governance

This position serves as a senior leadership anchor within the Controller’s Group, responsible for the end-to-end integrity, stability, and evolution of the Finance operating model. Bridges the interface between local Genentech Finance, Shared Service Centers (RSS), and other Global partners to foster a culture of continuous improvement and rigorous accountability.

The Opportunity:

This role includes high-level strategic elements, such as defining the long-term vision for the Finance operating model, and tactical oversight of orchestrating month-end close activities. Primary custodian of the Finance "Responsible/Accountable (RACI)" framework and driver of the transition to a "Strategic Co-pilot" model, including migration to standardized Straight-Line Accruals (SLA).

RSS Collaboration and People Leadership:

• Strategic Partnership: Primary Lead between local Genentech finance leadership and international Shared Service Centers (RSS) to ensure a cohesive partnership and sound accounting practices.

• Operational Excellence: Oversee the evolution of the RSS support model, driving the roadmap to address systemic challenges in day-to-day operational processes.

• Talent Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of five Finance Managers, ensuring their professional growth aligns with the broader Finance Evolution objectives.

• Capability Uplift: Champion digital fluency and the adoption of AI/advanced analytics tools within the team to deliver forward-looking insights. 

Process Governance:

• Strategic Ownership: Serve as the primary architect and owner of the Finance "Responsible/Accountable (RACI)" framework, defining and executing the long-term vision for the Finance operating model; act as a "Strategic Guardian" to safeguard financial integrity while transitioning the organization from reporting on the past to shaping future business outcomes.

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive seamless integration among local Finance, enterprise centers of excellence (eCOE), and Digital teams to ensure aggressive application of "Right Work, Right Place" principles.

• Framework Excellence: Establish robust RACI matrices that clearly define structured ownership for every component of planning events and actual month-end close cycles to prevent process gaps, while ensuring that the teams closest to the business own the relationship and the numbers.

• Standardization: Lead the local finance organization’s transition from manual, milestone-based accruals to a standardized Straight-Line Accrual (SLA) approach, facilitating migration from local, customized tools to standardized global platforms to maintain global alignment and realize significant capacity savings.

• Scalability: Identify and transition "shadow" transactional activities from local Finance to RSS, implementing scalable solutions that free up local capacity for strategic partnering.

Incident Management Leadership:

• Executive Leadership: Oversee the Incident Management Program, serving as the senior escalation point for financial operational disruptions and transformation governance/change management.

• Resilience Protocols:  Oversee the development of advanced protocols for identifying, reporting, and remediating systemic process failures, ensuring financial stability and strict discipline.

• Root Cause Mastery:  Lead comprehensive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to permanently resolve systemic issues, moving the organization from reactive troubleshooting to proactive process improvements.

• Leadership Insights: Report on the integrity and stability of the Finance operating model to executive leadership to guide informed enterprise-wide decision-making.  

Genentech Patient Foundation (GPF) Accounting Oversight:

• Compliance & Integrity: Partner with the Director of Financial Compliance/ICFR to ensure that all GPF accounting activities uphold the highest standards of financial integrity and maintain rigorous control standards.

• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate across multiple functions and sites to navigate complex process standards and safeguard the foundation's mission.    

• Fiduciary Oversight: Oversee month-end close (MEC) accrual activities related to GPF to ensure a unified "single source of truth" and audit-ready documentation.

Tax Filings Oversight:

• Compliance & Leadership: Provide oversight of RSS Accounts Payable tax filings, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Review Process: Ensure that all process optimizations related to tax filings maintain audit-ready documentation and comply with recognized accounting standards.

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