Managing Executive: Finance Operations and Controls at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Delivery of Finance Operations & Margin Assurance targets, including financial control, finance transformation, digital finance, quality targets for all accountabilities, and the delivery of related operational efficiencies in line with the Finance Operating Model (FOM).
• Ensure effective relationship and performance management at world-class leading operational excellence with Vodafone Finance and Shared Services by setting, steering and controlling dedicated KPIs, manage and support formal governance routes for escalation of issues and queries.
• This results in an effective and efficient risk, accounting and compliance management, including the fulfilment of all governance and statutory reporting requirements, the preparation of internal reporting, budgets and operating plans, development and application of detailed policies and operating procedures to ensure compliance with Group standards and tax/legal/statutory requirements.
• Proactively driving optimisation of accounting treatment and month-end close deadlines, working through a large, dedicated team and shared services team responsible for the various aspects of financial operations
• Ensure an effective organisational structure and lead the team to a proactive continuous improvement of processes, systems and people, leverage our insight in the engagement with the business and provide a platform for our people, to develop their career and employability

Your responsibilities will include:

• Takes responsibility for the output of Finance Operations and Controls processes for Vodacom South Africa
• Lead the Finance Operations, financial accounting processes and procedures ensuring the integrity and reporting of all actuals
• Aggregates and provides relevant, accurate and timely financial and management information
• Direct effective partner relations and performance management with SSC and Finance BP’s
• Takes responsibility for the sign-off of SOX for Financial Operations processes
• Create a culture of proactive continuous improvement of processes, systems and people and provide a platform for the people to develop their career and employability
• Develop a robust pool/pipe of talents

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• CA or BCom. Accounting Honours and/or equivalent
• Minimum of 10 -15 years’ experience (with 3 years in a senior management role) in finance.
• Telecommunications sector experience is desirable

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Leadership skills and experience in managing teams in a complex and changing/dynamic operating environment
• Strong team leader/interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills to ensure a transparent representation of the results, processes and procedures and to influence multiple stakeholders
• Able to manage through competing or conflicting targets
• Can Do’ mindset with focus on customer satisfaction beyond expectations
• Analytical mind, able to work with detail and to see the ‘big picture’

Closing date for Applications: 22 July 2025.