Finance Clearing House Prod Port Lead

Job Description

Finance Clearing House IT Lead (m,f,d)

ID: 275740

Location: Düsseldorf

Role Purpose:

Carrier & B2B Clearing (FCH) is a global centre of excellence for Carrier and B2B clearing solutions covering high value non-standard products and services in the telecommunication space. It delivers E2E financial clearing solutions and services for business models incl. revenue billing (3rd party and intercompany) & collections, invoice verification, netting & payment, accounting & reporting at highest automation level.
To lead the design, development, and operation of global financial clearing solutions, owning the FCH product portfolio across business areas such as Roaming, Fixed Line, IoT (M2M), Interconnection, and Vodafone Messaging Hub. The role is pivotal in enabling new business initiatives, driving automation, and ensuring compliance, while fostering a high-performance engineering culture. A key focus is on building and inspiring a world-class, cross-functional DevOps team that delivers robust, scalable, and innovative solutions, supporting Vodafone’s strategic ambitions and operational excellence.
The role supports the development of global new business initiatives across the Vodafone Operating Companies by enabling B2B billing and settlement solutions as well as streamlining and redesigning of existing processes. This incorporates driving the development of automated platforms and processes across various teams to support the strategic programmes within Vodafone Group to explore new revenue streams or pursue improvement opportunities.
The candidate will be able to lead and inspire the IT team comprising of developers, operational support teams, , managing the E2E solution design, IT delivery and operations. A good business understanding of the relevant areas related to carrier services as well as the understanding of fundamental accounting aspects which the FCH solutions usually cover is essential to the success of this role.
The role also ensures effective relationship management with the relevant business/ commercial stakeholders at the director level and represents FCH IT for formal governance and escalation of issues and queries.
Inspiring leadership in a culture of continuous improvement of processes, systems and people are key success factors to drive value for Vodafone and its people, with the objective of building and maintaining a world class engineering team.

What you will do

• People Leadership:
Inspire, develop, and lead a diverse, international engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance. Champion talent development, succession planning, and team engagement to build a world-class DevOps capability.

• DevOps Excellence:
Establish and evolve a best-in-class DevOps function, integrating development and operations to ensure end-to-end accountability for platform stability, security, and agility. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Platform Ownership:
Ensure robust operation and continuous enhancement of the FinCA platform and related FCH products, delivering value and efficiency for Vodafone’s Carrier & B2B business.

• Strategic Delivery:
Shape and execute the product roadmap in alignment with business stakeholders, supporting global transformation initiatives and new revenue streams.

• Compliance and Governance:
Guarantee compliance with GSMA standards, SOX, and internal controls from an IT perspective. Represent FCH IT in formal governance forums and manage escalations effectively

What sets you apart

• Proven leadership in building, motivating, and developing high-performing engineering and DevOps teams in an international context.
• Deep understanding of carrier/telco-specific clearing processes and financial systems.
• Expertise in modern software engineering, DevOps, and agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe), with a track record of delivering scalable, reliable platforms.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence at all levels and across cultures.
• Experience in driving transformation, embracing disruptive technologies (cloud, automation, AI, etc.), and fostering a culture of innovation.
• University degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related).
• Fluent in English.
• Significant experience in telecommunications and carrier business, ideally with a background in billing/finance and DevOps leadership.
• International project and people management experience - desirable.

This position can be full-time or part-time (at least 30 hours).
Your strengths and experience count at Vodafone. We also value diversity and equal opportunities. We therefore welcome applications from people with disabilities and will give them special consideration if they are equally qualified.

We are filling this position at Düsseldorf for Vodafone Group Services GmbH.
Would you like to get an overview of all our benefits and opportunities at Vodafone? You can find all the information on myHR.

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