Managing Executive: Finance Operations and Controls

Vodacom; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodacom seeks an experienced leader to drive Finance Operations & Margin Assurance in Johannesburg. The candidate will oversee financial accounting processes, ensuring compliance, and foster team development. With a strong focus on continuous improvement, this is an opportunity to significantly impact the finance landscape within a major telecommunications company.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 -15 years’ experience in finance, with 3 years in senior management role.
• Telecommunications sector experience is desirable.
• Strong team leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Finance Operations & Margin Assurance targets.
• Lead Finance Operations and ensure integrity and reporting of all actuals.
• Create a culture of proactive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

CA or BCom. Accounting Honours

Job description

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Delivery of Finance Operations & Margin Assurance targets, including financial control, finance transformation, digital finance, quality targets for all accountabilities, and the delivery of related operational efficiencies in line with the Finance Operating Model (FOM). Ensure effective relationship and performance management at world-class leading operational excellence with Vodafone Finance and Shared Services by setting, steering and controlling dedicated KPIs, manage and support formal governance routes for escalation of issues and queries. This results in an effective and efficient risk, accounting and compliance management, including the fulfilment of all governance and statutory reporting requirements, the preparation of internal reporting, budgets and operating plans, development and application of detailed policies and operating procedures to ensure compliance with Group standards and tax/legal/statutory requirements
• Proactively driving optimisation of accounting treatment and month-end close deadlines, working through a large, dedicated team and shared services team responsible for the various aspects of financial operations
• Ensure an effective organisational structure and lead the team to a proactive continuous improvement of processes, systems and people, leverage our insight in the engagement with the business and provide a platform for our people, to develop their career and employability
  
  
  

Your responsibilities will include:

• Takes responsibility for the output of Finance Operations and Controls processes for Vodacom South Africa
• Lead the Finance Operations, financial accounting processes and procedures ensuring the integrity and reporting of all actuals
• Aggregates and provides relevant, accurate and timely financial and management information
• Direct effective partner relations and performance management with SSC and Finance BP’s
• Takes responsibility for the sign-off of SOX for Financial Operations processes
• Create a culture of proactive continuous improvement of processes, systems and people and provide a platform for the people to develop their career and employability
• Develop a robust pool/pipe of talents
  
  
  

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• CA or BCom. Accounting Honours and/or equivalent
• Minimum of 10 -15 years’ experience (with 3 years in a senior management role) in finance.
• Telecommunications sector experience is desirable
  
  
  

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Leadership skills and experience in managing teams in a complex and changing/dynamic operating environment
• Strong team leader/interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills to ensure a transparent representation of the results, processes and procedures and to influence multiple stakeholders
• Able to manage through competing or conflicting targets
• Can Do’ mindset with focus on customer satisfaction beyond expectations
• Analytical mind, able to work with detail and to see the ‘big picture’
  
  
  

Closing date for Applications: 22 July 2025.

The base location for this role is Vodacom, Midrand 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.