Senior Manager: Business Vetting

Job Description

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

At Vodacom, we are committed to strengthening and integrating our business vetting capabilities across all customer and partner channels. We are seeking a Senior Manager: Business Vetting to take ultimate accountability for the full business vetting value chain — covering SME, Corporate, Government, Dealers, Partners, and associated credit assessments.

This role is responsible for designing, governing, and continuously improving Vodacom’s business vetting processes—not managing the underlying platforms—while leading a team that executes high‑quality financial assessments and supports commercial decision‑making.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Hold end‑to‑end ownership of Vodacom’s business vetting function, ensuring robust assessment and decisioning across SME, Corporate, Government, Dealers, Partners, and all intermediary client segments.
• Lead and mentor the business vetting team, ensuring high‑quality assessments, effective financial ratio analysis, and accurate interpretation of complex financial statements.
• Drive consistent, data‑driven vetting decisions in alignment with Vodacom’s risk appetite, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain Vodacom’s business vetting policies, frameworks, and operational standards.
• Represent the vetting function in internal and customer engagements, including presenting business assessments and conducting holistic business overviews.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders - Finance, Sales, Partner with the EHOD: Corporate Credit to shape credit vetting strategy, standards, and governance.
• Provide strategic input into risk assessment models and contribute to portfolio‑level credit and risk decisions.
• Champion enhancements in DV360, Case Centre, and related decisioning platforms to ensure seamless, integrated business vetting operations.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification.
• 8 - 10 years experience in business vetting, preferably in telecoms or financial services.
• Experience with commercial vetting processes, risk assessment frameworks and related tools.
• Strong analytical and decision‑making skills.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Deep expertise in financial ratio analysis and business credit evaluation.
• Strong understanding of corporate financial systems, reporting structures, and governance.
• Minimum 8 years proven experience in business vetting across SME, Corporate, and Government segments.
• Strong grounding in credit risk management, vetting best practices, and process governance.
• Familiarity with Vodacom vetting platforms (DV360, Case Centre) sufficient to guide process usage and integration—not technical platform management.
• Strong analytical judgement, problem‑solving and decision‑making capability.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and external customers.
• Good understanding of Vodacom’s operating environment, risk appetite, and commercial complexity.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 09 February 2026

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.