Job Opportunities at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role purpose:

• Working closely with the VB Products, the Finance Business Partner will be the central Finance point of contact for all VB Products support. This role strives to deliver robust reporting, analysis and financial control of all VB Operations operating/capital costs and also provides essential Finance expertise in the appraisal of new projects and the measurement of cost performance in project delivery. 
• The Finance Business Partner will also drive and support the implementation of process improvements and reporting enhancements to deliver management information to the VB Operations team, which evolves with business needs and consistently exceeds expectations. 

Your responsibilities will include:

Business Case Development    

• Support the business to make the best product decisions by providing financial guidance to the VB team through a comprehensive financial evaluation of business proposals for new product launches, pricing changes or targeted campaigns.
• Develops viable business cases in partnership with business, through identification and gathering of financial and other relevant data; 
• Gather financial inputs and other relevant data from the commercial departments & external references;
• Understands dependencies and inter-relationships between elements of business case
• Interprets the cost and revenue implications within a business case;
• Support senior management to take the appropriate decision;
• Identify ways to track actual results; 
• Carry out ex post analysis & propose recommendations; and
• Ensure Governance Policies are followed.

Finance Business Partner Decision Support    

• Drive the budgeting and forecasting processes for VB Mobile products
• Participate actively in VB Mobile strategic planning processes ensuring that realistic budgets are prepared 
• Perform detailed analysis on financial or commercial issues  and report back on findings and recommendations where appropriate;
• Ensures all risks are highlighted and managed;
• Acting as an interface between business teams and specialised finance functions, influencing at senior levels.
• Provide insightful, timely and value added input so that VB management teams see Decision Support as a key contributor.
• Develop credibility with segment management in order to be able to challenge the business to achieve its objectives and generate value for the company and assist in bringing consistency across all the business units in terms of decision support.
• Enable improved decision making and identify and drive focused corrective actions:
• Be an active member of the finance business partner management team;
• Challenge the business to drive sustainable value proactively through informed and insightful decision making by analysing actual results;
• Evaluate product performance;
• Post implementation reviews (Capex, Opex, Contract and Product) and developing the enablement processes to make corrections to products.
• Provide advice and support to the business unit on all business issues:

Management Reporting

• Provide timely and accurate financial information to support decision making
• Contribute to Management reporting to EXCO and Board.
• Compile monthly performance review pack including full LOB P&L up to EBITDA level
• Ensure that the learning’s generated through post investment reviews is effectively shared with the relevant business unit for future proposition development

Business Intelligence    

• Understanding the BI Tools available and being able to obtain and analyse relevant information from the various source systems.
• Good understanding of IT and Finance processes including data warehouse / business intelligence applications.

Projects

• Revenue Assurance
• Review toxic revenue (billing not paying/usage)
• Responsible to independently project manage the timeous delivery of implementations of ad-hoc VB projects on a tactical and operational level to ensure customer satisfaction and revenue assurance to support the sales objectives. 

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Education:

• Three Year Degree/Diploma or equivalent in Accounting, i.e. B.Com Accounting degree, or equivalent. 
• Post-graduate qualification, relevant to the job (If a certificate it should at least be at NQF 5 level or 1yr certificate) – advantageous
• CIMA - advantageous

Job Experience:

• At least 8 years’ relevant industry experience, preferably gained in a fast moving multinational environment (experience of supporting a large Customer Operations function would be an advantage); 
• Financial accounting, reporting/analysis, business support, financial planning and cost modelling expertise are all essential for the role; 
• Experience of cost efficiency programs is essential; 
• Experience of working with a range of business managers with differing or competing requirements and consistently exceeding their expectations  
• Excellent presentation skills, particularly where communicating to a non-Finance audience. 

OR
Education:

• Matric (essential)  
• Job specific certification / short diploma's / short courses (advantageous; pending the position)  

Job Experience: 

• Min of 10 years relevant experience - clearly defined / in depth and job specific of which 4-5 years should be in field of expertise required by position

Core competencies and knowledge:

Job Knowledge

• Financial Modelling
• Budgeting
• Cost efficiency programmes
• Working knowledge of Customer Operations – advantageous

Job Related Skills

• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills; 
• Strong commercial acumen; 
• Builds strong professional relationships; 
• Able to resolve conflicts successfully; 
• Excellent communicator and can deal effectively with non-finance people; 
• Self-starter with proactive approach to problem solving; 
• Tenacious and hardworking;  
• Advanced Microsoft excel and Financial Systems skills

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Role purpose:

• To provide insights into network availability, provide high level support to field engineers and rectify all network quality faults

Your responsibilities will include:

• To give high level support and insight into network availability and solutions to maintain regional target.
• To give high level support to Technical Officers and/or commissioning contrators during their daily functions with escalated and in-depth network faults (e.g. hardware problems). 
• To pro-actively analyse and verify in-depth network problems by performing traces on BSC, PCU, Transcoder, BTS, RNC, NodeB, eNodeB and gNodeB level. 
• To ensure optimal performance on network quality (e.g. call set-up success rate, call retention rate, call success rate, availability) by monitoring the network statistics through tools such as Netscope, Netstats, CAT, NHA, Sonar, Radio Commander, OMCR, M2000 and U2020. 
• To rectify all network quality faults received from CIC and the NMC as per received information and timelines. 

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Technical / professional qualifications: 

• 3 or more years relevant experience (Essential)  
• 1 year Project Management / co-ordination experience (Essential)  
• 1-2 years working with base stations (Desirable)  
• Electrical Specifications (Desirable)
• Relevant 3 year Degree / National Diploma in Electrical Engineering/Information Technology (BSc, BTech, S4, N6, T3) (Essential)

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Understanding of basic telecommunications principles  
• Understanding of basic business principles  
• Legislation, i.e. Health and Safety Act  
• Understanding of geographical maps  
• Policies and procedures  
• Technical  Air Conditioning  Electrical  Construction

Closing date for Applications:  1 September 2023

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Role purpose:

• Responsible for leading and driving talent resourcing initiatives and position the Vodacom Services Company Employer Brand. Collaborate with respective business stakeholders to understand their talent needs and align resourcing strategies to meet the people plans.  Ensure customer obsession and adopt the best recruitment approaches to drive a seamless candidate experience.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with business to develop and cultivate excellent working relationships to build in-depth understanding of requirements in order to plan sourcing strategies 
• Build talent pipelines for future needs on future fit skills
• Lead and coordinate end-to-end talent acquisition services including being accountable for proactively communicating and updating key stakeholders (Candidates, Hiring Managers and HRBP’s)
• Consult with the business to support targeted attraction strategies for relevant business area based on the business drivers/strategy, research and analysis
• Pro-active sourcing of candidates via internal databases, alternate sourcing channels, referrals, talent days and talent mapping exercises in order to meet client requirements.
• Provide market trends and analysis on a regular basis, utilising these insights to influence recruitment plans.
• Engage with preferred suppliers where necessary and build working relationships to deliver the right talent for the business.
• Accountable for resourcing reporting, including analysis of performance against KPIs and insights to shape the business area to further shape the business area specific resourcing strategy.
• Provide an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Assist with the alignment and achievement of Business Area Transformation targets through targeted sourcing and shortlisting.
• Stay updated in industry trends, salary information and competitive talent acquisition practices to provide insights
• Conduct research through using competitor intelligence to generate talent insights for decision making
• Identify gaps and high risks areas of concern from data analysis to allow business to develop risk mitigation strategy in connection with talent acquisition.
• Attending networking events, seminars, workshops and industry conferences to connect with potential talent and build relationships within the industry
• Develop a proactive acquisition approach and build sustainable talent pipelines, both internally and externally
• Become a trusted Strategic Business and HRBP advisor 

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Matric / Grade 12 or SAQA Accredited Equivalent*
• Minimum of a B Degree with HR specialization or SAQA Accredited Equivalent*
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in recruitment industry
• Experience in developing and delivering recruitment strategies and processes to improve outcomes.  
• Experience in research, market mapping, stakeholder management and analytics

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Experienced talent acquisition specialist who has managed significant portfolios of complex recruitment for a demanding client base with a deep functional expertise 
• Customer obsessed with experience of delivering a customer centric resourcing service and demonstrate innovation to problem solving as well as service delivery. 
• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
• An effective and persuasive communicator who seeks insight into the business needs and acts as a knowledgeable advisor, as well as liaise and influence at senior level.
• Strong networker, who adapts well to changing priorities, demonstrates resilience, flexibility and energy.
• Ability to analyse recruitment data and trends and to implement corrective actions.
• Commercial Acumen
• Experience in dealing with tight deadlines in a fast moving environment and dealing with complex roles and business areas

Closing date for Applications: 08 September 2023.