Financial and Commercial Modeler at Vodacom

Role Purpose
The Financial & Commercial Modeler role is based within Vodacom Business.

• The Financial & Commercial Modeler designs and implements digital business models for complex, digital transformation projects with our clients, starting with customer requirements that are solved with the best possible solutions from several parties. The successful candidate is able the reduce the complexity of very detailed and thought through models to the essentials that can be clearly visualized and communicated to internal and client management.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Own responsibility for all key financial and commercial modelling: create complex (digital) business and revenue models for customer projects involving solutions from multiple parties as well as implementing them
• Design digital business models that mirror the necessary complexity for digital transformation projects, sometimes influencing our client’s business models, which at same time are easy to communicate and visualize for our clients to understand
• Build financial models which shall be integrated models with clear input and output structures producing P&L, Cash Flow statement, Balance Sheet and Valuation
• Develop data analytics/ BI-based strategic modeling and reporting on results
• Understand compliance, regulatory and risk-related aspects of any project and ensure that any strategy, plan and model takes these into account
• Support Digital Co-X Lead with work related to identifying partnering opportunities with companies (engaged in the global start-up and innovation ecosystem)

The Ideal Candidate For The Role Will Have

• Matric
• 10 years + experience in management consulting/ strategic finance on Manager/ Associate Partner level
• Master degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics/ Science, Business Administration or similar
• Deep experience in building complex investment cases and financial models
• Exceptional ability to reduce the complexity of detailed business models to the key essentials and to translate into dynamic business cases/ financial models
• Good knowledge in principles of lean innovation, the digital value chain, i.e. cloud computing, big data and analytics, fintech technologies, (Industrial) IoT
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interact comfortably with a cross-section of management, including C-suite executives, at a global level
• Experience in agile ways of working is advantageous

Closing date for Applications: 28 August 2020
The base location for this role is Commercial Park, Vodacom Campus, Midrand