Europe Finance Manager

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What you'll do

The role of the Markets Finance team is to drive sustained improvement in market share, revenue, contribution margin and cash flow growth and cost efficiency activities across multiple OpCo's. As part of a multinational team, you will directly contribute to driving performance, business partnering, identifying opportunities and managing governance for EU7. EU7 includes Turkey, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic and Albania.

• Budgeting and Forecasting - Accountable for the primary financial processes across the EU7 portfolio - from Annual Target Setting process, modelling targets for OpCos' Long Range Plans through to Budget and rolling forecasts.
• Cross-EU7 initiatives - Support the development of key 'horizontal' initiatives that cut across the Region (e.g. Working Capital, Fit for Growth, A&R Efficiency) including definition of scope, engaging stakeholders and the production of analysis and insight to drive change across the OpCo's.
• Best practice sharing - Identify opportunities to improve revenues, control costs and provide business analysis support to the OpCo's to enable them to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Performance Management and control - Responsible for delivering and enhancing effective month end reporting for the team, across all of Europe (EU7 + Germany + UK) and driving digitalisation where possible. Proactively produce supplementary & ad-hoc analysis to track trends and identify performance risks & opportunities.
• Investor Relations and market assessment - Lead quarterly Investor Relations process for EU7, setting timetables, coordinating OpCo submissions and producing commentary and analysis to explain performance trends to internal stakeholders and for Investor Relations to use in external announcements.

Who you are

• Influences strategic decision making related to building forecasts, financial plans and reflecting efficient use of financial resources in order to achieve financial targets aligned to company objectives;
• Leads the delivery of the financial controls and governance activities and drives cost efficiencies, in alignment with and support for company objectives;
• Uses advanced analytical thought and assists in business insights, providing excellent finance acumen to support internal customers with financial evaluations, maximising value, the return on resources and investment;
• Builds solid relations and works closely with stakeholders and business units and acts as the key interface between EU7 Finance and other Vodafone functions and teams;
• Provides decision support to leadership teams through commercial analysis of results and underlying trends, identifying and quantifying risks and opportunities to latest projections;

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.

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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.