Principal Specialist: VB Finance Business Partner A&R

1 week ago


Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time
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Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

  • To provide the Vodacom Business (VB) sales, commercial and finance teams with financial and commercial insights on key drivers for acquisition and retention (A&R) costs. To work with the sales and commercial teams to monitor and ensure effective cost management practices are in place, and to partner with the FinOps department to ensure correct accounting (IFRS15) treatment is applied in recognition of A&R costs.
  • To implement process enhancements to limit financial losses due to error or poor business decisions and to monitor the effectiveness of those controls.


Your responsibilities will include:

Strong finance support business partner to sales, product, pricing and commercial teams
  • Support the various business units with finance investment decision analysis and ensure mobile deals are structured in a way that maximises A&R cost investment.
  • Implement cadence with the business to constantly and proactively monitor costs to ensure no cost overruns are incurred.
  • Implement internal controls and monitor the effectiveness of those controls to ensure costs are maintained and transactions are correctly recorded.


Innovation and change
  • Simplify and standardise modelling, reporting and processes wherever possible whilst ensuring that the requirements of the business are delivered


The ideal candidate for this role will have:

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting, Actuarial science, or applied mathematics - essential
  • Honours Degree in Statistics ,Big Data Analytics, Actuarial Science, or Applied Maths; CA(SA) - advantageous


Job experience:
  • Minimum of 10 years experience working in a large corporate, inclusive of:
    • experience in large sets of data
    • experience in financial and business information analysis and reporting


Job Related Skills:
  • Strong financial modelling skills
  • Ability to balance complex detail with wider commercial matters
  • Action oriented / sense of urgency
  • Advanced skills in Excel (SQL experience is advantageous)
  • Ability to work with large data sets.


Job Knowledge:
  • Knowledge of mobile products.
  • Advanced levels of experience in financial modelling
  • IFRS15 - advantageous


We make an impact by offering:
  • Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
  • Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
  • Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies


Closing date for Applications: 10 July 2024.

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

Commitment from Vodacom

Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people's individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

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