Finance Business Partner

Job Description

Why work for us:

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future A more connected, more inclusive, and more sustainable world. We believe technology is only as powerful as the people using it to create a better tomorrow:

Role Purpose:

In this role you will be a partner to the Vodafone Enterprise business divisions in relation to the Enterprise Fixed Business, covering Fixed Voice and broadband, Network managed services, Unified Communications, Cloud services and Security. You will be responsible for supporting & driving Commercial Performance & Strategic decision making, including the target setting process, while supporting them with Financial insights and advice.
You will work as part of the Enterprise Finance Business Partner team reporting directly to the Enterprise Business Controller. You will work closely with the Enterprise Leadership Team, Commercial Team and across the Enterprise Business. You will also work closely with teams across Finance, including Financial Reporting, Business Insights and Analytics Team and the Commercial Analysis and Planning team for the purpose of defining data, governance and insights.

Essence of Role – Key Accountabilities:

End to end responsibility for Fixed Financials
Ownership of Enterprise Fixed P&L
Responsible for overseeing both financial and non-financial numbers and KPIs in relation to Fixed performance

Business Partnering
First point of contact for Enterprise Segment Lead and Segment P&L Managers
Proactively provide commercial insights to Enterprise Director, Head of Commercial and Marketing, Segment Leads and CFO & Finance Leadership Teams for effective decision making
Support & shape Enterprise Fixed Strategy, and drive Strategy Execution across Enterprise, Finance & the business as a whole.
Finance Owner for all Product & Service (P&S) pricing & promotions across Fixed, through working with the business to determine optimal tariff & promotional pricing, plus go-to-market investments.

Planning and Forecasting
Responsible for coordinating relevant Planning & Forecasting activities to drive business performance, mitigate risks, exploit opportunities & ensure we are on track to our medium & long term strategy.
Prepare revenue and margin Annual budgets, working with product managers and commercial segment leads for each product and segment, challenge assumptions and ambition level to drive revenue and margin performance
Build Long-Range plan financials in line with our Strategy & linked to our Budget ambitions
Full Exec engagement and support to segment, Enterprise Director, Head of Enterprise Marketing, CFO & Head of FP&A through review cycle

Drive Fixed Profitability
Support & Drive the business in delivery of Fixed margin
Coordinate and drive Enterprise Fixed revenue and margin initiatives
Proactively drive & manage business on key pillars of profitability; such as Pricing, Credits & Discounts, Wholesale optimisation etc through relevant insights, driving action, working cross functionally, monthly business reviews & communication to senior leadership team (Enterprise Director, CFO etc)
Continuous assessment of Vodafone’s position vs competitors, to ensure optimum balance & alignment to strategy

Developing Data and Insights to drive Financial Integrity and Business Performance
Overall responsibility for ensuring relevant, accurate, complete and timely data & insights for monthly revenue/margin assurance, performance and forecasting.
Review and define improved data, analytics and governance of sales and revenue forecasting
Use Enterprise Profitability Tool (EPP) as a strategic lever to identify opportunities for margin improvement initiatives and ensure these are driven and delivered across the organization.

We Are Looking For You, If You Have:

Essential
Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with 5+ years PQE
Previous Business Partnering Experience essential (3+ years) including Commercial Business Partnering experience (2+ Years)
Planning, forecasting and budgeting experience
Previous financial modelling experience
Excellent PC skills with proficiency in Excel front ends
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
Excellent communications and presentation skills
Ability to understand issues at both operational and strategic levels and to influence stakeholders to action

Desirable
Understanding of telecoms market and revenue drivers
Data savvy, experience in defining financial dashboards and data visualization insights

When choosing us……….

When you join the Vodafone Team, you will have the chance to grow your career while also experiencing some serious benefits!

• Some of the benefits that you will receive along the way are:
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible working (times and location) is part of our culture where your hours can facilitate your personal work-life balance
• Generous Employer Pension contribution
• Free Phone Bill – When you join the team, your phone bill is on us! You will also receive mobile phone purchasing discounts
• Learning and Development – We provide extensive training to all of our employees so they can progress in their careers! There is also the Vodafone University where our employees can gain incredible skills!
• Exclusive Family and Friends Discounts – Receive additional discounts for you, your Family and Friends on Vodafone Products!
• 23 days annual leave and 3 charity days off – PLUS a dedicated day off for your birthday
• Access to our Wellness centre including free access to our Gym, health and wellness centre and external practitioners

We are passionate about our employees! Here at Vodafone we want you to bring your whole self to work and we enable this with our progressive workplace policies. We are proud supporters of the LGBTQ+ community and Vodafone is committed to support all of their employees at work. We are an equal opportunities employers where our people can be at their best.

When you combine Technology and the human spirit, anything is possible. And when you join Vodafone, we’ll help you shape a rewarding career that gives back in more ways than one. Its starts here. It starts with you.

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