Executive Head: Investor Relations

Johannesburg, South Africa

**Job description**
- Requisition ID**266490**
- Date posted**07/22/2025**

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**Role Purpose/Business Unit**:

- Build and maintain trusted relationships with leading institutional investors and sell-side analysts, while enhancing the equity story of Vodacom Group
- Co-ordinate investor relations for Vodacom and its listed businesses
- Influence Vodacom’s strategy through insights into competitor actions and industry developments
- Strategic thought leader, who both engages, influences and challenges institutional investors on their thinking about Vodacom specifically, and on the telco/ converged sector at large

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Planning, organising and co-ordinating all relevant activities to ensure accurate and timely recording and reporting of financial results of Vodacom Group Limited and its subsidiaries (the Group). This includes:

- managing stakeholders and direct reporting line to achieve this outcome.
- preparing and overseeing the preparation of the quarterly, interim and annual results.
- preparing the CFO call script, CEO call script and conference call scripts
- preparing Q&A documents for the CEO and CFO in preparation of quarterly, interim and annual results
- preparing Board and EXCO reports to be presented at Board and management meetings
- supporting parent company reporting
- Challenge the business to drive sustainable value creation through informed and insightful decision making by analysing actual results and communicating investor/analyst feedback.
- An ability to challenge the investment case and enhance our equity story (including VTZ and Safaricom)
- Support the M&A team on key projects within the group and structure communication to shareholders and investors.
- Manage consensus and expectations
- Support the Integrated reporting suite to maintain a class leading output
- Communication with Group executive on key priorities, including to Safaricom and VTZ
- 10 years’ working experience
- At least 5 years in an investor relations or financial markets experience (e.g. equity analyst/investor)
- CA (SA) or MBA, or equivalent qualification that evidences a technical competence in financial reporting
- Telecoms industry experience, ideally in Africa
- Investment banking and/or investing experience

**Core competencies, knowledge and experience**:

- Leadership - Ability to lead a small team, setting annual goals, managing quarterly delivery and advancing the skillset of the team.
- Stakeholder Management - strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
- Financial market knowledge - Good knowledge of financial markets, and relationships with stakeholders in financial markets.
- Analytical - Ability to understand business challenges and flag insights as they arise.
- Communication - Outstanding writing and presentation skills

Closing date for Applications**:05 August 2025.**

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

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