Commercial Finance Manager

Vodafone; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in the UK seeks a finance professional for a 12-month project placement. This role involves transforming operations into product-focused units, developing commercial pricing models, and leading advancements in financial tooling. The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with excellent Excel skills and a strong commercial acumen. Opportunities for growth and a supportive work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Proactively manage a substantial, multi-task programme with complex deadlines.
• Demonstrate a can-do attitude with collaborative approach and high-quality focus.
• Possess curiosity and willingness to learn for decision-making support.

Responsibilities

• Transform structured operations into product-focused business units.
• Develop commercial pricing models compatible with market dynamics.
• Lead advancements in financial tooling and product performance.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excel proficiency

Financial modelling skills

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)

University education in mathematics, economics, or finance

Tools

VBA

Job description

Vodafone, we're building a better future through a more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. A dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. We challenge and innovate to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together. With us, you can be truly yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference. Vodafone is shaping the future of connectivity and offering opportunities to grow your career while balancing work and life, helping you belong and make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a high calibre finance professional keen to join Group Commercial Finance for a 12-month project placement in an acutely commercial capacity. Assigned to the Group Services Commercialisation programme (PXQ), this role offers a unique chance to transform structured operations into product-focused business units that drive internal and external value.
• Service Catalogue Definition: Draw upon your commercial acumen and robust grasp of core business fundamentals to support commercial product leads in productising existing Group services. Function as a leader in shifting the mindset away from a Group Cost Centre culture towards genuine business owner and supplier of products and services.
• End-to-End Cost Base Formulation: Apply forensic analytical skills to decipher fully loaded costs for assigned products, spanning multiple organisational levels and dependencies, and reconcile costs to historical recharge methodologies with detailed variance analysis.
• Cost Base Deep Dives: Drive understanding of all cost components from headcount to external spend, across all functions, technologies, and cost classes, to achieve a total view of each product cost base.
• Commercial Pricing Model Development: Develop pricing models that combine service catalogue components, cost base, and cost behaviours, compatible with open market pricing dynamics, OPCO service demand, and transfer pricing principles, and operable across stakeholders including customer, commercial, finance, tax.
• Benchmark Analysis: Work with commercial teams to identify market alternatives for new service lines and inform product strategy on scope, quality, and efficiency.
• Critical Financial Tooling: Lead advancements in core financial tooling, budgeting, control, reporting, and product performance from a product-facing perspective rather than traditional group operations.
• Operationalisation: Parallel run the commercialisation programme against traditional recharge methodologies with a planned go-live in 2026, taking ownership of assigned products and ensuring smooth transition amid challenges.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) preferred, with university education in a quantitative field such as mathematics, economics, accounting, or finance.
• Excellent organisational skills to manage a substantial, multi-task programme with complex deadlines.
• Outstanding Excel skills with complex formulas; VBA proficiency a significant plus.
• Strong technical financial modelling skills, capable of multivariate models and scenario analysis with clear presentation of results.
• Pro-active, can-do attitude with a collaborative approach and focus on high-quality outcomes.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn to support allocated function and products and guide decision making.
• Commercial acumen and an enterprising spirit; ability to shift from cost centre thinking to a product-minded approach.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders across Tax, Reporting, Legal, Commercial, Technology, HR, and more.
• Comfort with both structured and unstructured environments and ability to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we empower people to thrive regardless of background. If you're excited about the role but your experience doesn't align with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What’s in it for you

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. Vodafone believes connectivity is a force for good that can improve lives and the world. Through our technology we empower people, connect everyone, and protect the planet while helping customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone is lived and cultivated through our actions. You’ll be part of a global, diverse community with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We are committed to increasing diversity, ensuring equal representation, and making Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace where talent is recognised and rewarded. We actively promote Inclusion for All and encourage everyone to consider joining our journey.