Principal Specialist - Financial Planning and Analysis

Role Purpose

The core purpose of this role is to support the Group Finance FP&A team to ensure that key business objectives, effective decision making, and operational financial planning & insights is met through end-to-end business partnering for the respective Operating Companies (OpCos) on all reporting, budgeting and forecasting.

The individual will be expected to interact with various stakeholders and business partners together with the EHOD (Executive head): Group FP&A.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

Month End Close, Forecasting and Budget Process

• Support the Month-end-close including Early View & Rolling Forecast process for The Group including all KPI/KFI insights to support views
• Support the annual Budgeting and Long-Range Planning (LRP) process for The Group including all KPI/KFI insights to support views. Provide the trend informing insights & review with EHOD providing validation, support and alignment
• Support review of P&L up to Contribution Margin level including Customer Revenue (Service, Network & Non-Service Revenue), Direct Costs, A&R and KPI/KFI trends to support insights.
• Support EHOD: FP&A in driving clear views into P&L for MEC, RF, Budgeting and LRP process
• Support EHOD: FP&A & provide Operational Support in understanding OPEX/CAPEX requirements

Management Reporting & Insights

• Provide End to end Group specific reporting on Revenue, Direct Costs & A&R for The Group profitability, analysis and insights to support performance narrative and efficiency targets
• Monthly P&L commentary and analysis at a high level OpCo view to support the variance commentary
• Monitoring OpCos performance against targets
• Identifying potential issues and carrying out analysis to validate
• Supporting OpCos to identify, analyse, validate and implement remedy actions
• Contribute to Management reporting that lands in Exco and board

Business Intelligence

• Provide insightful management information with strong focus on anticipating and managing monthly/quarterly results, and on management actions Strategic alignment.

Control, Governance & Modelling

• Maintain an effective operational control environment over financial items, identifying weaknesses and developing solutions especially on enablement solutions and their rollout.
• Ensure business decisions are made within the governance and How we work framework
• Build and maintain models to assist with MEC, RF, Budget, LRP, with support from D&A, RPA & commercial aimed at simplifying reporting capabilities, data accuracy and automated reports/dashboards

Team leadership

• Provide financial direction and guidance in strategic and commercial issues
• Identify company-wide stakeholders in the new organisation structure and understand requirements
• Maintain a creative and inclusive work environment
• Be a part of team engagement and enablement
• Create a safe and healthy working environment

Innovation and change

• Simplify and standardise modelling, reporting and processes wherever possible whilst ensuring that the requirements of the business are delivered
• The ability to use systems tools & technologies to analyse data, such as Bl, big data etc.
• Look for new and innovative ways of working to strive for continual improvement

Experience & Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• At least 8+ years financial management experience with Relevant BSc. or BCom. Mathematics, Commerce, Statistics, Econometrics or relevant financial degree
• Good skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience in financial and business analysis. ICT industry experience an advantage

Person specification - Technical/ Professional/ Personal Expertise

• Strong financial management & analytical skills
• Understanding of revenues, costs & profitability
• Good communication & presentation skills
• Strong Commercial Acumen
• Multiple-stakeholder Management Ability
• Develop knowledge of the company and competitive industry preferable

Core Competencies, Knowledge And Experience

• Ownership ability
• Formulating Solutions & Concepts. Deciding and Initiating action
• Delivering Results and Meeting Exco Expectations
• Relating and Networking
• Persuading and Influencing
• Strong Writing and Reporting
• Adapting and responding to change

Closing date for Applications: 10 October 2023.

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.