About VOIS
VO
IS
(Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value and enhancing quality and efficiency across 28 countries, and operating from 7 locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain and the UK.
Over 29,000 highly skilled individuals are dedicated to being Vodafone Group’s partner of choice for talent, technology, and transformation. We deliver the best services across IT, Business Intelligence Services, Customer Operations, Business Operations, HR, Finance, Supply Chain, HR Operations, and many more.Established in 2006, VO
IS
has evolved into a global, multi-functional organisation, a Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Solutions focused on adding value and delivering business outcomes for Vodafone.
About VOIS India
VO
IS
(Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value and enhancing quality and efficiency across 28 countries, and operating from 7 locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain and the UK.
Over 29,000 highly skilled individuals are dedicated to being Vodafone Group’s partner of choice for talent, technology, and transformation. We deliver the best services across IT, Business Intelligence Services, Customer Operations, Business Operations, HR, Finance, Supply Chain, HR Operations, and many more.Established in 2006, VO
IS
has evolved into a global, multi-functional organisation, a Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Solutions focused on adding value and delivering business outcomes for Vodafone.
Who you are?
- Balance Sheet Controls: Maintain appropriate financial control including overall responsibility of balance sheet control, ensuring every account is reconciled and reviewed and developing governance and controls across the balance sheet.
- Analysis and Insights: Understanding and interpretation of the financial accounting and reporting inputs and outputs of Group Enterprise.
- Identifying Early Warnings and Risks: Consideration of accounting for legal, contractual and constructive obligations and relationships.
- Complete MIS of all Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Produce and present high quality consolidated balance sheet information for presentation into key stakeholders.
- MIS of Controls: Participate in the operation and documentation of key controls over the balance sheet and profit and loss account.
- Managing, Verifying, Testing, and Coordinating with the Controls Team: Support in driving improvement in processes and controls with a focus on efficiency and effectiveness, leveraging key systems; ensure strong SOX-compliant control environment.
- Quarterly Financial Certification Work: Support the quarterly financial and non-financial certification process.
- Month End Close: Monitoring the Month End Close process and highlight any deviations and drive relevant improvements.
- Coordination with Senior Stakeholders, Group, Market Finance Teams, and HoFOs: You will play a key role in liaising with many stakeholders in the business including the Group Reporting teams, LCS, Finance business support teams, HoFOs and all CSO teams.
- Automation and Digitization: Implement and manage automation tools and digital solutions to streamline financial processes, enhance data accuracy, and improve efficiency. This includes leveraging robotic process automation (RPA) and other digital technologies to automate routine tasks and reporting.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement changes to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations. This includes staying updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in finance automation and digitization.
- Data Management and Reporting: Ensure accurate and timely data management and reporting, utilizing advanced data analytics tools to generate insights and support decision-making processes.
- Compliance and Governance: Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and standards and maintain strong governance practices across all financial activities.
- Data Controller: Aggregates and provides relevant, accurate and timely financial and management information to relevant stakeholders
- Leadership skills and experience in managing non reporting teams in a complex and changing/dynamic operating environment
- Act as a business consultant in terms of the financial accounting process
- KPI's / Process Performance management: Collection of KPI metrics and investigating the problem areas and presenting these reports to the Finance community (i. Hub level reports, ii. CFO Reports for the LM's)
What is in for you?
Core competencies, knowledge and experience
Essential:
- Technical Accounting Knowledge: Strong technical accounting background including thorough knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills including presentation skills, within multiple levels of organization.
- Analytical Skills: Applied thinker – using initiative to overcome challenges.
- Time Management: Ability to prioritise and manage time efficiently.
- Stakeholder Management: Strong communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders/non-direct reports effectively to implement changes.
- Digital Proficiency: Proficient in the use of automation tools, digital technologies, and data analytics software.
Experience & Qualification:
- Professional Qualification: ACCA/ACA qualified (15+ years) or any other appropriate professional qualification in financial accounting and reporting of a global organization is preferred.
- Experience: Breadth of progressive experience, including audit training in professional firm and post qualification experience in Industry.
- Technical Proficiency: Proficient in use of SAP (or similar) and MS Office, associated software and new age tools.
- Experience in a role with ‘strong impact without authority’ (e.g., project management, functional/dotted line/matrix/cross locational team management) is desirable
- Key attributes are the ability to conceptualize, visualize, ideate and “think out of the box”
- Resilient self-confidence and self-assurance. Experience in dealing with persons of other nationalities is as added advantage
- Attention to detail and sound understanding of the absolute necessity of compliance with policies, standards and the criticality of an effective controls framework
- Experience in the Telecom industry is as added advantage
Essential:
What's in it for you
- Technical Accounting Knowledge: Strong technical accounting background including thorough knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills including presentation skills, within multiple levels of organization.
- Analytical Skills: Applied thinker – using initiative to overcome challenges.
- Time Management: Ability to prioritise and manage time efficiently.
- Stakeholder Management: Strong communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders/non-direct reports effectively to implement changes.
- Digital Proficiency: Proficient in the use of automation tools, digital technologies, and data analytics software.
Experience & Qualification
Experience & Qualification:
- Professional Qualification: ACCA/ACA qualified (15+ years) or any other appropriate professional qualification in financial accounting and reporting of a global organization is preferred.
- Experience: Breadth of progressive experience, including audit training in professional firm and post qualification experience in Industry.
- Technical Proficiency: Proficient in use of SAP (or similar) and MS Office, associated software and new age tools.
- Experience in a role with ‘strong impact without authority’ (e.g., project management, functional/dotted line/matrix/cross locational team management) is desirable
- Key attributes are the ability to conceptualize, visualize, ideate and “think out of the box”
- Resilient self-confidence and self-assurance. Experience in dealing with persons of other nationalities is as added advantage
- Attention to detail and sound understanding of the absolute necessity of compliance with policies, standards and the criticality of an effective controls framework
- Experience in the Telecom industry is as added advantage