Irma Delibasic

Operations task and responsibilities

• Organization and monitoring of all processes within the finance department, review and approve journal entries, adjustments, and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and adherence to accounting standards.
• Manage and process journal entries, ensuring that all business transactions (including accruals, intercompany transactions, and payroll) are accurately recorded in the SAP system
• Collaborate with colleagues from SSC Budapest to provide monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to the Roche global team, including P&L, balance sheets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, tax reports, CAPEX, intercompany reconciliations, cost center reporting, and inventory analysis
• Preparing statutory annual financial reports, and all other reports to local authorities includes VAT, Withholding tax, direct taxes, and various statistical reports
• Analyze and identify opportunities for process improvements in accounting, providing enhanced tools to business colleagues to increase transparency and understanding of financials across the organization
• Manage SAP master data related to accounting, inventory, fixed assets, cost centers, and logistics modules
• Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and other regulations, including Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR), to ensure all financial transactions meet the latest accounting standards and statutory requirements
• Keep up-to-date with accounting standards, regulations, and best practices to ensure compliance and foster continuous improvement in financial management processes
• Facilitate timely bank payments through SAP and e-banking systems
• Primary contact and support for Procurement department.
• Coordinate and communicate with internal and external auditors, including KPMG, tax authorities, and regulatory agencies, to facilitate audits, tax filings, and compliance requirements
• Team lead for transfer pricing documentation and reporting, communication with Deloitte
• Collaborated with SSC Budapest to optimize working methods for both affiliates, resulting in improved operational efficiency
• Lead and develop direct reports, providing necessary training to keep the teamʼs skills and knowledge current

Projects and new initiatives within my role

• Assist HR in the selection and onboarding process for new employees in the finance department
• Cost Reports for business- together with IT colleague develop and implement cost reporting tool for business needs. We collect information from business about their need and made a reports which has been recognized in region, sharing best practices with other affiliates and support them in further development and coaching
• Transformation process within Roche global and affiliates, implementing agile principles in the finance department, educating and practicing new ways of working, simplifying processes in finance for business needs, changing mindset and accepting new things and tools.

Additional projects and new initiatives outside my role

• Social media co‐leader‐ together with several colleagues from other departments (medical, marketing and administration) established Roche Social media presence, created content for pages, sharing best practices with other affiliates in Roche, presented several times on regional meetings how finance people can be involved in projects outside finance department. My primary goal in joining this team is to create content that raises awareness about various diseases and emphasizes the importance of self-care. By educating the public, I tried to contribute to better health outcomes and informed decision-making.
• Blog 'My side of the story' - together with six colleagues from other departments, we implemented this amazing story. Patients, families of the patients, doctors, and other people who have experience with some disease are telling their stories and publishing them on the affiliate's webpage and social media channels.
• Team lead for Roche children's walk for two years, designing and implementing this project with three other colleagues.

Operations task and responsibilities

• processing all invoices and other relevant documents in old system SUN and SAP system
• Resolve all accounting discrepancies in order to get accurate and reliable financial data
• Monthly reporting to Roche global team, P&L, BS, AP, AR, CAPEX
• Prepare balance sheets, income statements and other reports for global and local
• Ensure compliance with accounting practices and internal policies
• Assisting to external accounting agency for Statutory tax reporting and public reporting to local authorities
• Assisting Finance Manager in preparing data and communication with auditors KPMG
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Ensure timely bank payments and responsible for cash management
• Preparing and tracking payments to internal and external stakeholders
• Review, controlling and validation of employee advances and credit card expenses
• Assisting to Finance Controller and Finance Manager in budget preparation and rolling forecasts
• Controlling responsibilities- one year assignment during maternity leave of controller
• Preparing cost and sales reports to business, and interpretation data to Product Specialist and other business colleagues

Projects and new initiatives within my role

• had an active role in the transition from the old SUN system to the new SAP system
• SAP implementation, working with SAP global implementation team about local requirements for templates, taxes, general ledger, testing system and preparing for go live, testing system after go live and resolving bags
• Team Lead for implementation I2P (Invoice to pay) and R2R (Requisition to receipt) project within our affiliate, giving relevant data to global development team and SSC Budapest and testing system before go live, after go live being responsible for training all affiliates employees.

• This was my first job where I gained a deep understanding of how the company operates and how the finance department functions
• I also acquired valuable insights into the public sector and companies that utilize similar budgeting practices
• To build a strong foundation for my work in finance, I spent several months rotating through all departments, allowing me to understand the company comprehensively and contribute effectively to my role
• My Contributions, Learnings, and Achievements: Organizing and supervision off all administrative activities that facilitate the smooth running of finance department
• Cooperation and daily business with banks
• Preparing and booking outgoing invoices
• Responding to customer enquiries and complaints.