Senior Specialist: VB Finance Business Partner

Vodacom; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecom company is seeking a dynamic finance professional to join its high-performing team in Johannesburg. This role involves providing financial insights to sales and commercial teams, leading budgeting and forecasting, and implementing internal controls. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields, with a minimum of 5 years experience in a corporate environment. Advanced Excel and Power BI skills are essential. The company offers a competitive benefits package and is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Enticing incentive programs

Retirement funds

Medical aid benefits

Cell phone and data benefits

Exclusive staff discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a large corporate environment.
• Experience with large data sets and monthly management reporting.
• Understanding of IFRS15 is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong finance support to sales and commercial teams.
• Monitor costs to avoid overruns and ensure transactions are recorded correctly.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting process with analysis and reporting.
• Implement internal controls and monitor their effectiveness.

Skills

Financial modelling skills

Advanced skills in Excel

Ability to balance complex details

Action oriented

Ability to work with large data sets

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Actuarial science, or applied mathematics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Advanced Excel

Job description

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Role Purpose

Vodacom is seeking a dynamic, commercially astute finance professional to join a high performing team of finance business partners. This exciting role is a high impact and provides high visibility across the business.

You will use your sharp data analysis skills, combined with your commercial acumen to provide the Vodacom Business (VB) sales, commercial and finance teams with financial and commercial insights on key drivers for direct costs.

You will work with the sales and commercial teams to monitor and ensure effective cost management practices are in place, and to partner with the FinOps department to ensure correct accounting (IFRS15) treatment is applied in recognition of A&R costs.

Take ownership and lead the budgeting and forecasting process and support business units with analysis and reporting to ensure targets are met.

You will implement process enhancements to limit financial losses due to error or poor business decisions and to monitor the effectiveness of those controls.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Strong finance support business partner to sales, product, pricing and commercial teams
• Support the various business units with finance investment decision analysis and ensure mobile deals are structured in a way that maximises revenue and is cost effective.
• Implement cadence with the business to constantly and proactively monitor costs to ensure no cost overruns are incurred.
• Implement internal controls and monitor the effectiveness of those controls to ensure costs are maintained and transactions are correctly recorded.
• Regularly monitor costs and identify trends. Investigate reasons for any differences in trends.
• Innovation and change: Simplify and standardise modelling, reporting and processes wherever possible whilst ensuring that the requirements of the business are delivered.

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will Have

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Actuarial science, or applied mathematics - essential
• Power BI, advanced excel - essential
• SQL - advantageous
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in a large corporate, which exposure to:
  • Large data sets
  • Monthly management reporting
  • Commercial insights and activity

Core Competencies, Knowledge, And Experience

• Strong financial modelling skills
• Ability to balance complex detail with wider commercial matters
• Action oriented / sense of urgency
• Advanced skills in Excel
• Ability to work with large data sets
• Knowledge of mobile products
• Experience in financial modelling
• IFRS15 - advantageous

We Make An Impact By Offering

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 29 January 2026.

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.