Senior Specialist: Lease Management & Analytics at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Execute lease and electricity payments, ensuring accurate accounting and vendor onboarding.
• Focus on financial analysis, cost optimization, budgeting, and forecasting. Perform data analysis and reporting using tools like SQL, Excel, and PowerBI. Oversee vendor contracts and drive process improvements through digital transformation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Facilitate payment of rental and electricity in conjunction with Finops Shared Services
• Prepare and manage accrual accounting of BTS leases as well as electricity provisions
• Onboard new vendors/landlord on Supplier Onboarding Portal based on specific documentation requirements
• Create, modify and/or terminate vendor/landlord and lease related details on relevant systems, platforms and tools
• Prepare checklist related to leases in accordance with best practice, IFRS16 and Vodacom specific requirements
• Manage the BTS electricity provisions and payment for leased TowCo sites, Rooftop sites, DAS sites etc.
• Implement cost measures in the property portfolio to avoid back-billing claims, budget overspend from various landlords (i.e. TowerCos, MNOs, Private)
• Prepare financial cost models to guide and drive cost optimization initiatives across the entire portfolio
• Perform various financial analysis (i.e. Cash Flow Forecasting and Analysis) of leases, rental and electricity portfolios
• Prepare cash flow and forecast report pertaining to leases and electricity
• Prepare Opex budget and forecasting pertaining to leases and electricity as part of LRP in conjunction with FBP and FinOps
• Perform and data analysis and interactive dashboard across the entire property portfolio using different tools SQL, Excel, PowerBI to give insights to Senior Management
• Build one-stop shop database of sites, leases, electricity account with touchpoint from various technical systems
• Develop Site lease rental benchmark across various portfolios and regions and provide quantitative analysis to guide commercial negotiations
• Prepare and produce high quality reports tailored for Executive and Management
• Transform the digital management of leases, rentals and electricity to reduce the manual tasks through automation
• Identify inefficiencies and gaps in the existing Lease and Electricity Management process and develop a robust process improvement plan

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Degree/Diploma in Accounting /Finance/ real estate
• 5 – 8 years relevant experience
• 5 years working experience in a Financial and Contract administration environment (essential).
• Legal related tertiary qualification (advantageous)

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Regulations
• Finance
• Accounting
• Policies & Procedures
• Economic Principles
• Persuading and Influencing
• Following Instructions and
• Procedures
• Planning and Organizing
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Achieving Personal Work Goals and
• Objectives
• Adhering to Principles and Values