Executive Head: Vsa Fixed Finance Business Partner

**Role purpose**:
To ensure that key business objectives, effective decision making and operational financial planning & insights is met through end to end business partnering for the Vodacom Fixed division across consumer fixed and business fixed LOBs on all commercial initiatives impacting Contribution Margin. Overall Vodacom Fixed P&L responsibility whilst owning full FTTX P&L with oversight and implementation of product and customer profitability across the Vodacom Business LOB.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
**Business Partnering**: End to end business partnering for Consumer LOB including business cases and PIRs on all commercial initiatives impacting Contribution Margin (CM) of LoB and capital investment, where applicable.

**MEC & RF process**: lead the Month-end-close including Early View & Rolling Forecast process (IBRO to PnL CM) for Consumer LoB, lead the trend informing insights, lead review with business partners providing validation, support and alignment. For Business LoB, this shall provide oversight, alignment and support as required where the MEC and RF shall continue to be managed by the Vodacom Business LoB.

**Budget & LRP**: lead the budget and LRP process (IBRO to PnL CM) for Consumer LoB, lead the trend informing KPI/KFI insights, lead review with business partners providing validation, support and alignment. For Business LoB, this shall provide oversight, alignment and support as required where the MEC and RF shall continue to be managed by the Vodacom Business LoB.

**Reporting & Insights**:End to end LoB specific reporting on Customer Revenue, Direct Costs & A&R for consumer and business LoB profitability, analysis and insights to support performance narrative and efficiency targets

Data analytics Build models to assist with MEC, RF, Budget, LRP, business cases and PIRs with support from D&A, Big data, Billing assurance and commercial aimed at simplifying reporting capabilities, data accuracy and automated reports/dashboards.

**IBRO**: Ownership of IBRO at LoB level built up from building block KPIs impacting drivers of LoB contribution margin

**Leadership and teamwork**:
Lead and manage direct FBP reporting team and support 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 / VB finance team, Vodacom SA Finance and key internal business partners & stakeholders such as Commercial LoB JDTs (incl Pricing, Segment and CVM teams), Sales & distribution, Marketing, Terminals, FINOPs and VSA FP&A.

**Communication**
Communicate with clarity and impact using multiple channels to foster open communication throughout the organisation. The ability to effectively manage expectations of key stakeholders
Written material must be of the highest quality with clear insights and actions for executive management
Facilitates the effective interaction and contribution of team members in forums like Commercial Actions, CBU MPR, WD3, 4, 5, 11 and the like.
The ability to prepare and present performance to commercial, sales, regional and management teams

**Knowledge and experience**
Develop knowledge of key Fixed communication products and devices
Develop knowledge of key channel and distribution agreements
Deep understanding of the business drivers and sensitivities

**Innovation and change**
Simplify and standardise 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 etc.
Look for new and innovative ways of working to strive for continual improvement

**Key Activities / Decision Areas**:
**Consumer Fixed Business Case and PIR Development**
Owns Business Case (BCA) process and supports 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
Owns Post Implementation Review (PIR) process on all BCAs launched that qualify for a PIR process. Supports 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 opportunity.
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 through providing structured Business Cases and specifying Capex and OPEX needs.
Gather all inputs from commercial & technical departments and exte