Job description
Function: Group Finance
Department: Regional Finance
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager
Location: Paddington
The Partner Markets business owns the relationship between Vodafone and mobile operators in 50+ countries. These operators are in markets where Vodafone has no OpCo or affiliate presence. The objective of Partner Markets is drive a competitive advantage for the partner in their market utilising Vodafone’s size, scale and innovation.
The Partner Markets business generates c€200m annual revenues. Partners are supported by regional teams based in Hong Kong, Auckland, Singapore, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Oman and London.
- Provide best in class Business Partnering to the decision making process for Partner Markets (PM) and its sub teams. (Regions: Europe, CISME, Asia, Americas & Africa. Functions: Consumer, Enterprise, Roaming, SCM & Technology & Commercial.)
- Drive effective financial management, process, controls and planning for the business unit.
- Provide commercial, strategic and financial expertise to drive the best decisions and maximise the return on resources and costs.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
- Provide Financial Decision Support to PM
- Challenge & provide financial advice to the team
- Coordinate forecast/planning cycles
- Review and improve current processes
- Financial Management
- Ensuring revenue recognition, cost management and working capital targets are achieved.
- Manage budget (€200m revenue + €27m opex)
- Invoicing and cash collection of €200m revenue
- Drive Financial Excellence
- Build relationships with other finance teams in Vodafone. (FP&A, Tax, treasury, Fin Ops, auditors (internal/external) etc.)
- Provide expertise on all financial aspects
- Earn the trust of senior management to give guidance and support
- Proven finance business partner acting as a point of reference in an advisory capacity to the business
- High level of commercial acumen and ability to identify and solve varied business problems
- communication and presentation skills to ensure credibility with senior management
- Ability to multi-task various projects and adhoc requests.
- Experience in supporting a B2B unit is desired
Key performance indicators:
- Business Partner feedback
- Budget Compliance
- Working capital management
Not a perfect fit?
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