Senior Finance Manager

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What you'll do

Finance Operations delivers services to the Finance organisation and businesses for all VB Group entities. It is accountable for the delivery of all financial processes, financial actuals and Accounting/management reporting.

This role has operational accountability for all aspects of MEC processes, financial reporting of legal entities, financial controls and process KPIs, management of operating costs, capital expenditure, working capital elements, R2R process, and ERP developments - relating to Vodafone Business Central entities based out of Europe, UK and APAC. The role also includes overseeing consolidation of results and outcome of financial processes and related KPIs for the US region.

• Manage teams based out of UK, Pune and APAC - some degree of flexibility will be required in working hours to manage teams in different time zones.
• Deliver Financial and management accounting and reporting, financial controls, working capital management, finance transformation, quality and value targets as well as the related operational efficiencies for all areas of accountability.
• Financial control including oversight of balance sheet reviews - at entity level as well as VB level
• Ensure effective relationship and performance management at world class/market leading operational excellence with Vodafone SSC
• Set, steer and control dedicated EtE KPIs/SLAs/OLAs
• Manage and support formal governance routes for escalation of issues and queries
• Create an effective and efficient risk, accounting and compliance management, including the fulfilment of all governance and statutory reporting requirements

Who you are

Key accountabilities:

• Manage accounting and reporting team, processes, systems and reporting and ensure smooth running of all accounting and reporting operations
• Leads the planning, execution and optimisation of MEC process
• Responsible for the Financial Consolidation of VB entities
• Leads financial accounting processes, balance sheet, P&L and Cash flow reviews across all legal entities and procedures ensuring the integrity and reporting of costs in the General Ledger
• Takes responsibility for the sign-off of Financial Operations processes for owned controls
• Working closely with VOIS to ensure successful delivery of services thru the TSA for all the legal entities such as entity controllership, statutory accounting, procure to pay, order to cash, commissions, intercompany, GL, Opex/Capex
• Create a culture of proactive continuous improvement of processes, systems and people and provide a platform for the people to develop their career and employability
• Develop Team capabilities to deliver world class results.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• CIMA/ACCA qualified + 10 Years PQE
• Experience in management accounting, preferably cost accounting, IFRS 16 and IFRS15
• Experience in telecommunications industry
• Very strong cooperation, coordination, communication and presentation skills
• Analytical-minded, hardworking, innovative, adaptable, team player and leader with broad experience and understanding of performance management

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: 20%
• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630 per month.
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/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 medical family plan: 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 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.