Job Opportunities at Vodacom

Role purpose:

• Vodacom is on a journey to become the South Africa’s leading data company, moving from a handset retailer & network provider into a true marketing led business. We will achieve this and deliver on our brand purpose by providing the best voice and data experience in the industry. Central to our aspirations will be the ability to offer an unmatched, operationally efficient and commercially viable Vodacom experience across all media touch points.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced hydrid media accountant responsible allocation of key media functions such as payment allocations, raising PO’s, reconciliations and vendor management

 Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing PO’s
• Reconciliation of media spends
• Vendor management
• Assist with media planning
• Internal stakeholder management.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications:

• 3-year Business related Degree or National Diploma

Provides financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data;

• Assist with media and financial reports
• Assist the media strategists with buying and planning of media placements.
• Loading of Media PO’s
• Ensuring vendors such as Facebook, Google, Twitter etc.. are paid on time each month.
• Assist with the management of media stakeholders
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.

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Role purpose:

• To ensure that key financial and business objectives of the Lending business within Vodacom Payment Services are met with regards to financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, analysis, control and regulatory requirements and various ad-hoc projects, including business cases.
• Provide support to the business, manage the financial reporting, forecast process, related regulatory requirements and long range plan together with FinOps, commercial and marketing teams.  
• Deliver reporting for tracking of strategic objectives, expenditure by category and segment and key commercial initiatives.
• Full understanding of the short-term revenue and cost drivers.

This area of focus for this role will be the Lending and Wealth areas of the business.

Your responsibilities will include:
Reporting    

• MANCO and EXCO Financial Reports; 
• SAP & HFM reports; 
• Monthly Balance Sheet & Income Statement for the various verticals; 
• Liaising with Internal & External Auditors; 
• Monthly variance analysis; 
• Monthly KPI/KFIs;
• Presentations, report preparations & the implementation of relevant policies and procedures;
• Ad-hoc reporting requirements.

Month-end processing    

• Trial balance review (Revenue and cost review);
• Accounting for Payments technical provisions (ECL) reviews;
• Providing information for accruals and provision journals;
• Accounts receivable and payable – assist with commercial team queries;
• Bad debts – calculations review and analysis, ensuring recoveries are invoiced by FinOps (also liaise with 3rd parties);
• Ad-hoc resolution of queries related to month-end processing.

Business Support and Statutory requirements    

• Support business with all finance related tasks and queries;
• Tax Department support on returns and new products; 
• Support with product development and pricing; 
• IFRS compliance and other regulatory compliance assistance; 
• Risk identification and control implementation on all financial processes within the division.

Control and Governance    

• Maintain an effective operational control environment over financial items, identifying weaknesses and development and implementation of solutions.
• Ensure business decisions are implemented and executed within the approved and accepted governance framework.

Operational Support    

• Manage interface, delivery and reporting deadlines & requirements from Financial Operations for month ends, various forecasts, presentations and commentary;
• Assist with Financial Models developments

Budgets and forecasting    

• Prepare budgets with input from the commercial team
• Analyse actual variances to budget and provide commentary on variances
• Perform rolling forecasts every month, including detailed analysis of actual performance as well as forecast variances and changes to forecast
• Conduct regular reviews with the commercial team on analysis and forecasts

Other    

• Understanding of HFM, SAP and the Planning Tool and the submission of budgets and forecasts on this platform;
• Assist with business cases and ensure proper process is adhered to;
• Perform ad-hoc tasks and projects relating to Finance and/or Commercial issues.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Qualifications 

• Bachelor of Commerce degree – essential
• Chartered Accountant - preferred

Experience 

• Minimum 5-8 years financial experience - essential
• Financial services and Lending industry knowledge an advantage
• Previous ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industries experience an advantage.

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Finance experience gained in large, multi-national organization.
• Financial analysis & interpretation.
• Report writing.
• Understanding of systems and integration thereof into ERP.
• Business planning.
• Performance Monitoring.
• Understanding of accounting processes.
• Risk Assessment & Controls.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Presentation skills.
• Advanced ERP skills.
• Experience in financial and business analysis.
• Data extraction, transformation & manipulation skills.

Competency / Performance Drivers

• External perspective and appreciation of macro-economic environment.
• Business leadership and transformation.
• Adaptability.
• Time Management.
• Relationship Management.
• Diversity Management.
• Business & Commercial Acumen.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Problem solving. 
• Effective communication and influencing skills.
• Resilience.
• Ownership and drive for impact.
• Attention to detail & Quality conscious.
• Planning and Organising.
• Disciplined & Deadline driven.

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Role purpose:

• To ensure that key financial and business objectives of the Financial Services Group and Digital Lifestyle Services within Vodacom are met with regards to financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, analysis, control and regulatory requirements.
• Provide support to the Financial Services businesses, manages the financial reporting, forecast processes, capital cost reviews and analysis, Financial Services Board (FSB) requirements and long range plan/strategy together with FinOps, business, marketing teams and managing executives.  
• Deliver reporting for tracking of strategic objectives, expenditure by category and segment and key commercial initiatives.
• Full understanding of the financial services cost drivers.
• This role will incorporate the below requirements for the Vodacom Payment Services entity as well as the overall Financial Services Group and Digital Lifestyle Services.

Your responsibilities will include:
Management    

• Day-to-day management of the Financial Services (“FS”) and Digital Lifestyle Services (“DLS”) business partner team (dotted line) with regards to operational requirements
• Review FS and DLS BP team submissions and reconciliations
• Approval of invoices and cost approval per budget(where necessary);
• Responsible for overall process management and reporting of the FS and DLS group, including consolidation
• Responsible for the overall month end process and group month end closure
• Responsible for overall monthly forecasting and management of the team with regard to monthly submissions.
• Ad-hoc tasks as required by business.

Reporting    

• Board, EXCO and ad-hoc Financial Reports; 
• SAP & HFM reports; 
• Monthly Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow and Capex; 
• Liaising with Internal & External Auditors; 
• Review of annual financial statements;
• Monthly variance analysis; 
• Monthly KPI/KFIs;
• Investment Committee presentations, report preparations & the implementation of the committee resolutions 
• Ad-hoc

Month-end processing

• Trial balance of group companies review;
• Balance Sheet reconciliations review; 
• Review of technical provisions (ECL, actuarial, etc);
• Review of accruals and provision journals;
• Accounts receivable assistance – invoicing, payments and processing;
• Accounts payable assistance – invoicing, payment and processing;
• Revenue recording and reconciliation of VAS and other services;
• Ad-hoc resolution of queries related to month-end processing

Cash flow    

• Review/monitor FCF and relevant ratios
• Transfers to & from investment accounts to get the best return & to meet the PA requirements
• Provisions for payments;
• Analysis of cash flow movements;
• Ensuring sufficient funds in various bank accounts for known large payments (prevent overdraft);
• prepare reports for the Investment Committee

Business Support and Statutory requirements  

• Review Insurance Quarterly and Annual Returns; 
• Complete quarterly Statistics SA returns for submission;
• Review Tax Department support on returns; 
• Support with product development and pricing (business cases); 
• Review IFRS compliance and ensure adhered to (initiate actions when necessary); 
• Risk identification and control implementation on all financial processes within the FS and DLS group.

Control and Governance

• Manage an effective operational control environment over financial items, identifying weaknesses and development and implementing solutions.
• Ensure business decisions are implemented and executed within the approved and accepted governance framework.

Operational Support    

• Manage interface, delivery and reporting deadlines & requirements from Financial Operations for month ends, various forecasts, presentations and commentary;
• Assist with Financial Model development

Other    

• Understanding of VIP (Vodafone Integrated Planning) and the submission of budgets and forecasts on this platform;
• Understand HFM (Hyperion Financial Management) reporting and the use thereof;
• Assist with business cases and ensure proper process is adhered to;
• Perform ad-hoc tasks and projects relating to Finance and/or Commercial issues.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Qualifications 

• CA(SA) – required
• MBA – advantageous 

Experience 

• Minimum 8-10 years senior financial experience - essential
• Financial services industry knowledge an advantage
• Previous ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industries experience an advantage.

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Finance experience gained in large, multi-national organization.
• Financial analysis & interpretation.
• Report writing.
• Understanding of systems and integration thereof into ERP.
• Business planning.
• Performance Monitoring.
• Understanding of accounting processes.
• Risk Assessment & Controls.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint .
• Presentation skills.
• Advanced ERP skills.
• Experience in financial and business analysis.
• Data extraction, transformation & manipulation skills.

Competency / Performance Drivers

• External perspective and appreciation of macro-economic environment.
• Business leadership and transformation.
• Adaptability.
• Time Management.
• Relationship Management.
• Diversity Management.
• Business & Commercial Acumen.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Problem solving. 
• Effective communication and influencing skills.
• Resilience.
• Ownership and drive for impact.
• Attention to detail & Quality conscious.
• Planning and Organising.
• Disciplined & Deadline driven.

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Role purpose:

• As a part of the AWS Cloud Services team, the purpose of the role is to interact with customers to gather technical requirements, architect customer infrastructure & networks, deliver solutions based on AWS cloud platform and compile solution proposal documentation in the AWS cloud services space as part of the Sales process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS
• As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
• Help educate customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
• Regularly meet with the internal parties; e.g. Products and Engineering teams; as well as external parties; e.g. suppliers and partners; in order to understand internal and external roadmaps, technology strategies and product strategies.
• Help Customers maximise their business value with the adoption of AWS.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Must have technical/professional qualifications: 
• Matric/Grade 12 (Essential)  
• 3-year Degree in IT or Engineering related field (essential).
• 8-10 Years relevant experience in IT or Engineering (essential).  
• AWS Solution Architect Certificates; Associates, Developer, Professional.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (e.g. AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Amazon ECS, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS CodeStar, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, Amazon Elasticsearch service, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon CloudFront etc.)
• Experience in a customer-facing, sales-aligned role such as consultant, solutions engineer or solutions architect

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• 8+ years of experience in the design and implementation of complex IT solutions (including scalable cloud-based solutions and microservices architectures). Hands on Experience with AWS
• Experience in infrastructure, database and networking architecture for highly available, Internet-scale applications
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with CTOs, enterprise architects, IT management, and developers
• High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations
• Excellent Interpersonal skills.  

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Role purpose:

• The successful candidate will join the Finance Business Partnering team for Vodacom Business, and actively partner with the Vodacom Business business unit, in order to support their growth and related strategic plans, through analysis of related trends and being a friendly challenger of the Vodacom Business role players. The successful candidate will also be expected to provide the Vodacom Business Unit (VB) product and sales teams with financial impact assessment on product launch decisions as well as post implementation reviews and on-going product performance and profitability analysis.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining customer profitability reports
• Analysing and supporting decision makers on customer profitability
• Internally supporting Vodacom Business sales segments with insights into their respective financial performance
• Interacting and supporting Head Office with Vodacom Business performance
• Supporting month end closure analysis, all Vodacom Business product lines and customer segments
• Compilation of value adding management and governance body reporting
• Support VB product, wholesale and commercial teams with finance investment decision analysis and adequate business challenge in the launch and on-going evaluation of products and campaigns.
• Provide accurate data and robust financial models for product feasibility decisions.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications and experience: 

• BCom degree or similar - essential
• Minimum 5 years in a corporate environment, specifically in a business partnering and/or financial role – essential
• Must be able to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbal and in writing, across functions and levels of seniority – essential.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with Technical skills to extract and analyse data using SQL– preferred.
• Proficient in Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and/or SAP – preferred.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Business Partnering
• Financial and accounting acumen
• Worked in a big corporate before, in business partnering and/or financially focused roles
• System/IT knowledge and skills
• Proficient in business writing and presentation

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Role purpose:

• To be a Business player that contributes to the overall success of Mpesa Africa by providing functional expertise, converting business requirements into integrated people solutions and providing consultative and advisory services that enable Mpesa Africa's performance.  The incumbent will partner with HR colleagues and other key stakeholders to ensure that MPA Africa are receiving a superior HR experience, and ultimately a high level of delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:
HR Service Delivery: 

• Good understanding of procedures and concepts through extensive experience and supports the execution of local people plans through the provision of advice and execution of administrative activities
• Supports the HR Business Partner team to deliver activities related, but not limited to Resourcing, Reward and Recognition, Learning and Development, PD and Talent and International Mobility
• Uses communication skills to exchange ideas and information in a concise and logical way
• Acts as a point of contact for the business function and resolves problems using established precedents and methods to ensure all business areas’ issues are resolved;
• May act as the HR systems/tools expert;
• Champions the Spirit of Mpesa culture

Employee Engagement

• Working with OE lead to ensure there is a full plan to drive and implement a personalised employee engagement plan for the Business Unit 
• Working with people leaders and HRBPs to ensure engagement initiatives/action plans are being implemented and tracked within the business units 
• Working with all HR COEs, HRBPs to draft and execute on HR calendar as a way to manage and deliver good employee experience 

Performance and Reward

• Drive 100% completion of goals and IDPs –including these being loaded on the system
• 100% audit on all goals on IDPs. 
• Working with line to implement PIPs, as well as effective managing and tracking of poor performance  

Internal Communications

• Partner with leadership to ensure teams have a clear understanding of the relationship between Mpesa(business), functional, team and individual goals and their role in contributing towards delivery of the overall strategy 
• Focus the business areas on continuously improving employee engagement & by facilitating the development of People Survey action plan etc. 

Relationship Management & Partnering 

• Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with leadership team members 
• ‘Walk the tightrope’ of being part of the business areas yet maintaining an objective HR perspective. 
• Working with HR COEs to building and implement effective business solutions 
• Working with Business leadership, Internal communications, as well as the employee council committee to build a harmonious working environment 
• Focus the business areas on the Mpesa Strategy and help people to recognise their part in drive performance 

Support to HRBP team

• Provide administration support to HRBPs
• Plan & consolidate monthly reports for Tech HRBP team
• Consolidate reports, presentations for the team
• Coordinate group initiates that are on the HR calendar for the team 
• Adhoc requirements relating to effective functioning of the HR team 

Recruitment:

• Build talent pipelines for future needs.
• Lead and coordinate end-to-end talent acquisition services including being accountable for proactively communicating and updating key stakeholders
• Consult with the business to support targeted attraction strategies for relevant business area based on the business drivers/strategy, research and analysis.
• Pro-active sourcing of candidates via internal databases, alternate sourcing channels, referrals, talent days and talent mapping exercises in order to meet client requirements.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Must have technical/professional qualifications: 

• 3year degree/diploma (e.g. Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) - essential 
• A post-graduate qualification would be advantageous 

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• 3-5 years experience working in HR generalist function
• 1 year experience in recruitment
• Foundational knowledge and experience of delivering good employee experience 
• Exposure to Business Partnering with people management 
• Excellent Micosoft office skills, specifically Excel and Powerpoint
• Strong capability to manage data with vlookups, formulae, pivots, dashboards, etc
• Strong relationship management with key stakeholders
• Great attention to detail considering large amount of data the incumbent will be required to work with

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Role purpose:

• To develop and execute the AWS sales strategy for the South African market.
• To manage the AWS pipeline in the different regions and verticals (build the pipeline, manage the pipeline, close the pipeline, report the pipeline).
• Provide thought leadership to engage new clients and exceed expectations based on constructing and delivering a winning proposition and customer business cases for enterprise business customers

Your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for direct and indirect AWS sales plan and its delivery against targets, in defined sales region
• Identify and acquire enterprise and customers in the region by selling AWS solutions 
• Professionally present Vodafone/Vodacom & AWS solutions, negotiate and contract AWS deals
• Input into annual business planning and monthly/quarterly reviews
• Align with Regional, Global and National Account Managers in the region to develop, drive and execute AWS Cloud Services’ sales into accounts managed in the region
• Develop a business development strategy for AWS Cloud Services in  the allocated industry vertical
• Working with relationship owners to provide consultative client engagement and thought leadership in defining and driving sales activity for demand generation and winning propositions

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications: 

• Preferable B / BSc degree and >8 years ICT experience
• Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)
• Extensive history of successful Business-to-Business Sales in large, complex sales environment e.g. Public Cloud / IoT / B2B telecoms/IT
• Extensive Knowledge on Public Cloud Platforms, Preferably AWS.
• AWS certifications would be an added advantage

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

• Extensive history of successful sales in the ICT B2B industry (> 5 years)
• Needs to have good strategic skills & tactical execution skills, since structuring and establishing the local regional market is a large part of the role
• Understanding of the AWS value chain, it’s impact on business models & where AWS based solutions can be used as a transformational tool in verticals
• Ability to engage at CXX level
• Be able to translate ICT principles, references and jargon to customer business value.
• Deep understanding of the allocated industry vertical(s) business drivers and challenges, and the industry value chains. 

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Role purpose:

• Vodacom Financial services has been identified as an acceleration unit within the greater Vodacom group. The ambition is to expand its product offering and diversify its clientele. The purpose of this role is to scale the market share for the lending portfolio by locating, developing, defining, negotiating and closing business relationships, as well as to maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions. 
• This person is responsible for defining long-term organizational sales goals to meet the lending Business owner’s strategic growth objectives, working with the product team, internal channel teams, marketing staff, and other managers to improve the leads to conversion ratio for the lending portfolio, thereby maximizing revenue for the organization.
• The objective of this role is to also put the customer at the heart of all operational activities, focusing on channel optimization and performance. Gaining a full understanding of the technical workings of each product and effectively communicating this to others.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver on target revenue, number of loans originated, grow value added services and market share and other relevant business objectives as required
• Assessing channel performance in business through client acquisition and sales.
• Manage performance across all sales channels by fostering business relationships to increase revenue from sales and client retention.
• Identify, integrate and manage operational performance of value added services to improve product value proposition
• Screening potential corporate deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; as well as recommending equity investments.
• Business and Trade Partner Support
• Grow Vodacom’s lending customer base and market leadership in all channels as well as across the different segments
• Development of continuous improvement and business intelligence framework.
• Responsible for Management Information and reporting for sales channels
• Sales performance analysis and competitor analysis
• Analysis of the fulfilment process to identify process gaps that have revenue opportunities, cost threats or a churn risk that require an intervention 

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications: 

• Grade 12 (essential)
• Relevant 3/4 year degree / National Diploma (essential) in Marketing management or related field

Extreme Importance:

• Deep understanding of financial services products especially digital loan origination
• Sales and marketing orientation
• B2C and B2B2C experience essential
• Strong analytical and numeric background
• Ability to manage and coordinate virtual cross-functional teams, and to collate inputs into an integrated, intelligent plan with clear recommendations.
• Must have experience in managing 3rd parties and outsourced channels
• Credible, commercially-focussed leader, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent communications, presentation & interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to complete documentation within tight timelines and to a consistently high standard.
• Proven ability to operate flexibly in complex and dynamic working environment
• Ability to manage cross functionally, and in the process live the Vodacom Way

Job Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of Digital Sales processes
• Business analysis
• Understanding of Direct Digital Sales
• Fundamentals of Project Management is essential
• Understanding of the CVM
• Strong knowledge of the Financial services and some telecommunications industry
• A minimum of 8 years relevant working experience essential in sales and lending.

Job-Related Skills:

• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Prioritization and Time Management 
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Decision making 
• Trend analyses to enable business improvement 

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Role purpose:

Defining Cyber Governance, Risk & Compliance to: 

• To lead the ongoing evaluation of security policies, and relevant standards and support the continuous improvement of the security governance program.
• To ensure that comprehensive Information Security Risk management programs are established.
• Ensure the alignment of Information Security Risk management with the enterprise risk management framework.
• To lead in the risk management of cyber security risks while collaborating with other departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support a risk-informed decision and action framework.
• To provide Management with assurance covering controls across the Business environments that there are adequately designed and operating effectively.
• To support Management during audits as well as implement and track Management audit actions to closure. 
• Assist in the management and rollout of cyber-Training & Awareness initiatives.
• Provide Management with status update reports as well as insight reporting.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Take a proactive approach to ongoing evaluation of cyber security policies to ensure security policy adherence.
• Promote awareness of security policies, training, and the governance strategy amongst all levels of the organization to ensure sound security governance is reflected across the organization.
• Assess policy needs, train stakeholders in the policy lifecycle and communicate expectations, and collaborate with stakeholders from subject matter experts to senior leaders to develop and manage security content.
• Maintain and further develop the Cyber Risk Management Program.
• Actively manage risks on the Cyber Risk Register from intake to resolution.
• Communicate risk assessment findings with key stakeholders to develop and monitor risk remediation plans.
• Develop cyber risk portfolios to provide a more holistic view of teams’ risks.
• Conduct regular compliance assessments with the Business to ensure that current and emerging risks are being monitored and managed.
• Proactive Control design and implementation guidance provided to the Business.
• Process and Control Compliance Monitoring and Reporting.
• Cyber audit SPOC to the business with guidance on all audit submissions.
• Cyber audit report reviews and guidance to Management on the recommended actions.
• Tracking and monitoring of audit remediation action implementation.
• Deploying cyber security awareness training collateral with innovative approaches.
• Design of status reports as well as insight reporting as and when required by Management.
• Lead reporting development with the use of automation and reporting tools to generate Cyber Risk metrics, i.e. KPI, KRI’s, KGI’s (KSI).

Ideally you should possess the following:

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential. 
• Degree\Relevant tertiary qualification in Information technology and Minimum of 8 + years of experience in a Tech Security role where you meet business deliverables. 
• 8+ years experience in cyber governance, risk, controls, and compliance management in a technology environment.
• 8+ years experience in IT Audit and Assurance management in a Cyber or technology environment. 
• Knowledge of common information technology management/compliance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, and NIST.
• Knowledge of legal, regulatory, and privacy requirements, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection and Payment Card Industry (PCI)/Data Security Standard.
• High-level understanding and Knowledge of Cloud Risk, Compliance, and Assurance.
• Proven experience managing and operating multiple security programs, projects, and initiatives.
• An ability to think strategically and drive change.
• A deep understanding of Tech Security risks and mitigating solutions.
• GSM Network Infrastructure.
• Diverse security background with knowledge in several areas including layered security architecture; internet protocols; firewalls; VPN technologies, IDS/IPS, network access control and network segmentation, anti-malware and spam technologies; risk and vulnerability assessments, and compliance.
• Security concepts related to DNS, routing, authentication, VPN, proxy services, and DDOS mitigation technologies.
• Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems.
• Web Security & Encryption.
• Strong organizational skills and an entrepreneurial drive with a history of recruiting and developing high-performing teams.
• Ability to build and manage a highly motivated and innovative technical team.
• Ability to work under time and resource pressure.
• An ability and desire to communicate and work with a broad set of stakeholders.
• A customer-focused, responsive, and transparent attitude.
• Grasping technical concepts rapidly and the ability to articulate these concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Skilled in communicating with all levels of management.

Desired:

• An industry certification e.g. ISO 27001 Lead practitioner, CGEIT, CRISC, CISA, CISM, and CISSP is strongly preferred.

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Role purpose:

• The Specialist Demand and Delivery will provide project delivery support to cyber security-driven programs within the Vodacom South Africa operations. The post holder will support delivery activity whilst providing direction and guidance to the delivery team to ensure a successful outcome of projects using an Agile methodology. You will need to provide oversight of projects from an end-to-end perspective, including the management and achievement of all delivery milestones, and to ensure the projects are delivered in line with agreed budgets. 
• The demand and Delivery Senior Specialist will be responsible for overseeing all project Business Cases where the Business Cases will be presented to the Head of Cyber Security for investment approval. You will also play a pivotal role in the department's long-range planning activities, developing Technology Security’s 3 to 5-year strategy, as well as helping to set the departmental objectives / KPIs that the delivery program will help achieve. You will need to work collaboratively with different Stakeholders within Vodacom, building relationships to ensure the successful delivery of the Security portfolio for Vodacom SA. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support the cross-functional team by developing a strong project vision of successes and nurturing strong relationships and trust within the team – lead from the front, always confident and supportive.
• Direct and motivate the cross-functional project team by creating a clear, shared sense of purpose and keeping them informed of all project plans and issues.
• Help the team identify and manage all stakeholders appropriately.
• Assist the team with the core skills required to deliver projects effectively including project planning, risk management, change management, financial governance, and stakeholder and supplier management. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all Stakeholders. 
• Oversee dashboard reporting and status updates about Demand Delivery milestones and agreed on KPIs.
• Identify and raise Risks & Issues to the Programme / Portfolio / Projects as appropriate.
• Contribute to the analysis and tracking of progress against all security control deliveries.
• Supervise the development, maintenance, and assurance of a Long Range Plan / Pipeline of viable projects based on robust cost/benefit analysis.
• Understand and manage the impact of de-scoped / deferred project deliverables and factor them into the Technology Security Strategy or Corporate Risk Register.

Ideally you should possess the following:

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential. 
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in leading cyber and technology-related programs.
• Good knowledge and understanding of technical security controls. 
• Good knowledge of and experience in security concepts such as cyber-attacks and techniques, risk management, incident management, threat management, etc. 
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical skills, combined with business judgment and ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Good business and financial acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience in project initiation, planning, and governance.

Desired:

• 3-year degree or Diploma in a relevant work-related area.
• Experience in the technology, security, or telecommunications industry. 
• Ability to support teams across multi-functional boundaries.
• Decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests.
• Financial planning and budget management.
• Ability to work under time and resource pressure.
• An ability and desire to communicate and work with a broad set of stakeholders.
• A customer-focused, responsive, and transparent attitude.