Senior Specialist: FPA Publicity at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role purpose:

Ensure that key business objectives are met with regards to marketing expenditure through end-to-end managing, reporting, forecasting and analysis of publicity for the entire VSA including the Budget, forecast process, and long-range plan together with the Brand and Comms managing executive and team.  Deliver reporting for tracking of strategic objectives, expenditure by category and segment, and key commercial initiatives. Full understanding of the Publicity, Brand, and Comms cost drivers.

Drive and manage the F4G savings program to deliver the targeted cost savings by Increasing visibility and performance tracking of Opex categories driving digital efficiency to address and deliver structural efficiencies, with clear monthly reporting on Digital initiatives. Leverage the F4G insights to feed into the Opex rolling forecasts and future cost-saving initiatives. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage interface, delivery, and reporting deadlines & requirements for month ends presentations and commentary
• Manage and consolidate Publicity inputs for all the forecast cycles
• Assure synchronization of the segment’s functional plans whilst maintaining the accurate phasing of the publicity budget to be in line with campaign rollouts
• Prepare and share Publicity reports monthly
• Interface with the business partnering teams on a monthly basis to identify the risks and opportunities across all lines on their ZBB details and overall building of the narrative for F4G 
• Stakeholders that receive these reports are EHODs, ME’s, Chiefs, FD, MD, and Vodafone

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12/Matric)
• B Comm Accounting or equivalent relevant qualifications 
• 5 - 8 years of experience (at least 3 years in Telecom industry)

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Good knowledge of cost management.
• Understanding of systems and integration thereof into ERP
• Business planning
• Understanding of accounting processes
• Data extraction, transformation & manipulation skills
• Strong stakeholder management
• Strong with numbers
• Ability to drive business cases independently
• Fast learner, adaptable, and agile
• Digital inclination