Principal Specialist: Cbu Prepaid Finance Business

2 weeks ago

Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

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**When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1.**

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

**Role Purpose/Business Unit**:

- The core purpose of this role is to support the CBU LoB FBP team to ensure that key business objectives, effective decision-making, and operational financial planning & insights are met through end-to-end business partnering for the respective LoB on all commercial initiatives impacting Contribution Margin.
- The individual will be expected to interact with various stakeholders and business partners including Commercial LoB JDTs, S&D, Marketing, Terminals, FINOPs, and VSA FP&A together with the EHOD: CBU LoB FBP.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
**Business Partnering**: support EHOD & FBP team with end-to-end business partnering for LoB including business cases and PIRs on all commercial initiatives impacting the Contribution Margin of LoB and capital investment, where applicable.

**MEC & RF process**:support EHOD & FBP team with the Month-end-close including Early View & Rolling Forecast process (IBRO to PnL CM) for LoB, trend informing insights, review with business partners providing validation, support, and alignment.

**Budget & LRP**:support EHOD & FBP team with the budget and LRP process (IBRO to PnL CM) for LoB, trend informing KPI/KFI insights, review with business partners providing validation, support, and alignment.

**Reporting & Insights**: support EHOD & FBP team with End-to-end LoB specific reporting on Customer Revenue, Direct Costs & A&R for LoB profitability, analysis, and insights to support performance narrative and efficiency targets.

**Data analytics** support EHOD & FBP team with the building of models to assist with MEC, RF, Budget, LRP, business cases, and PIRs with support from D&A and commercial aimed at simplifying reporting capabilities, data accuracy, and automated reports/dashboards.

**IBRO**: support EHOD & FBP team with IBRO at LoB level built up from building block KPIs impacting drivers of LoB contribution margin.

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**Teamwork**
- Support the FBP team and business partner colleagues to ensure team success. Build relationships both internal and external to deliver business results, leveraging and respecting differences.
- Create positive working relations between the CBU finance team, Vodacom SA Finance, and key internal business partners & stakeholders such as Commercial LoB JDTs (including Pricing, Segment, and CVM teams), S&D, Marketing, Terminals, FINOPs and VSA FP&A.

**Communication**
- Communicate with clarity and impact. The ability to effectively manage the expectations of key stakeholders.
- Written material must be of the highest quality with clear insights and actions.
- The ability to prepare and present performance to the FBP team, and line manager and direct ME.

**Knowledge and experience**
- Develop knowledge of key mobile communication products and devices
- Develop knowledge of key channel and distribution agreements
- Develop an understanding of the business drivers and sensitivities.

**Innovation and change**
- Simplify and standardize modelling, reporting, and processes wherever possible whilst ensuring that the requirements of the business are delivered.
- The ability to use systems tools & technologies to analyse data, such as BI, big data.
- Look for new and innovative ways of working to strive for continual improvement

**Essence of the Role/Key Accountabilities**:
**1. Business Case and PIR Development**
- Support **Business Case (BCA) **process and preparation of relevant financial impacts into the BCA, engaging all relevant stakeholders while ensuring BCAs are based on solid business assumptions, the initiatives are in line with company strategy, and generate adequate financial return.
- Support the **Post Implementation Review (PIR)** process on all BCAs launched that qualify for a PIR process. Support preparation of relevant financial impacts into the PIR, engaging all relevant stakeholders while ensuring PIRs are based on actual experience. Measure project results against the BCAs using sound financial and business principles to guide and table recommendations.
- On all BCAs & PIRs,
- Perform sensitivity analysis, highlight risk and opportunity, and propose actions to mitigate risks or chase additional opportunities.
- Evaluate the impact of new & existing initiatives along with market developments.
- Support the business to follow the appropriate company process in approving new initiatives with Capex spend by providing structured Business Cases and specifying Capex and OPEX needs.
- Gather all inputs from commercial & technical departments and external references.
- Provide relevant financial methodology.
- Challenge divisions by proposing alternatives to drive value.
- Present trade-offs and rank alternatives
- Support senior management in taking the appropriate decision.
- Identify ways to track actual results.
- Ensure governance

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