Senior Finance Business Partner Manager

At Vodafone, we're not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we're shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you're part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

As a Finance Business Partner reporting to the Global Finance BP Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in driving financial insight and strategic decision-making across key departments. You'll lead a high-performing team, guiding their development while ensuring alignment with VSS Finance objectives. Your day-to-day will involve deep financial analysis, budget coordination, and forecasting, all aimed at identifying value-generating opportunities and supporting operational excellence. You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, evaluate financial models, and deliver meaningful reporting that influences outcomes. Whether it's preparing business cases, analysing cost drivers, or supporting pricing strategies, your work will help shape the financial future of Vodafone Group.

Business Partnering:

• Leads the RO Fin BP team in accordance with the objectives of VSS Finance, ensures the existence of skills and knowledge along with the development plans of the team members.
• Raise awareness regarding the risks from the budget execution and work in partnership with counterparts to identify mitigation / control actions.
• Oversee the reporting of actual vs budgeting, ensuring in-depth analysis of the root causes of deviations and trends.
• Coordinates the budgetary process of the departments by aligning with the instructions, targets and deadlines of GT Finance and VOIS Finance.
• Actively participate in the preparation of the mid- and long-term plans, budgets and forecasts for the operational expenses in assigned departments, as well as for the recharges to end customers.
• Support business functions to achieve their targets by reporting on savings programs and root causes for variances.
• Continuously and proactively adapt monthly / budget analysis to provide information that is relevant for the complexity and context of the business and to support the stakeholders in decision making;
• Evaluate changes in operation models/reporting needs; assess their impact on financial models and contribute to adapting them to meet business needs;
• Constantly update on business evolution, so as identify key drivers of variances and deliver insightful analysis & meaningful budgetary process;
• Work closely with the business to identify, implement and report robust value generating initiatives;
• Develop and deliver value reporting under the cost arbitrage, productivity and center of excellence pillars, with main focus on understanding the reasons for variances vs BC and budget;
• Understand business needs in terms of pricing the services delivered to customers, design and implement project within assigned department;
• Prepare business cases and financial models for business initiatives, and run post implementation reviews to identify any deviations;

• A confident finance professional with strong commercial acumen and experience in financial analysis and modelling
• Someone who thrives on critical thinking and problem solving, and can make sound decisions under pressure
• A clear communicator with excellent presentation skills and the ability to influence stakeholders
• Fluent in English, with a collaborative mindset and a passion for delivering value
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and supporting operational departments is highly desirable

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• University Graduate with Accounting Professional Qualification
• ACCA / CIMA would be considered a plus
• 3+ Years post qualification experience in a finance analysis environment

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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