Specialist: Real estate - Bryanston at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

To manage the Finance function surrounding the rental portfolios which entails base stations and office leases. Engaging with the regional property and key stakeholders daily, accountable for compliance and reporting of the transactional processing in a timely and accurate manner. The role will manage and monitor entries posted to these ledgers, month end closure and related reporting for Financial Year End. The ideal candidate will also possess excellent analytical and operational capabilities as well as strong financial technical skills

Your responsibilities will include:

Lease Accounting

• Monthly analysis of operational accounts to identify trends and anomalies 
• Journal recommendations based on above analysis to ensure complete and accurate accounting 
• Analysis and reporting of contracts and the Real Estate System

Reporting 

• Analyses of reported data for key trends and anomalies, exception reporting to be investigated and resolution of exceptions reported to management 
• Lease costs at a site level 
• Ensure that material risks and opportunities are identified and reported in a timely and accurate manner.

Month-End Closing (MEC) Daily,

• Weekly and monthly activities are performed by a shared services center. The MEC responsibility will include:
• Ensuring lease accounting is accurate and complete through review of monthly analysis 
• Ensuring depreciation and interest is complete and accurate 
• Ensuring additional journals and adjustments are posted to ensure accurate and complete records for example: 
• Reallocation journals 
• Intercompany journals 
• Providing supporting information to tax and provide support where required 
• Preparation of SOX controls 
• Reporting to Finance Business partners on general ledger accounts 
• Perform and assist with adhoc projects as required

Internal Control Environment 

• Support the implementation of a strong control environment, ensuring compliance to all relevant group policies. 
• Support the implementation of an appropriate SOX controls, internal controls and compliance requirements surrounding the month end close and reporting process.

The Ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional     

• Minimum of 2+ years’ relevant experience 
• Technology and Telco experience would be an advantage
• Working knowledge of Accounting principles 
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, especially Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• SAP ERP and HFM would be an advantage