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Finance Business Partner – Development
London

COVID-19 Notice: We are continuing recruitment and have implemented new processes that promote candidate and employee safety. As part of this, we have moved to a virtual hiring and onboarding process until further notice

The role exists within the Vodafone Networks team to become a highly valued business partner to challenge, support and drive the organisation. You will support business decisions with accurate, timely and comprehensive reporting and analysis. You will also bring financial rigour and focus to the investment decision process and support and improve daily finance processes.

What will you be doing?

• Planning cycles: To deliver effective annual forecasts & long-range plans. Ensure that forecast submissions are aligned to the strategy of the business, insights are provided at the necessary level of detail and a proper alignment with all stakeholders is in place.
• Month End Control & Reporting: Own the month end reporting cycle for area of responsibility
• Reporting: Be responsible for the financial performance for specific are of responsibility – ensuring that reports are fit for purpose for various stakeholders’ requirements. 
• Process Governance and Business Cases: Support approval boards and processes, bring financial understanding to business decisions by ensuring alternatives are thoroughly evaluated and the optimum decision is taken.
• Financial Admin: properly support and business partner with Heads of and their direct reports. PO & headcount approvals. Acting as a consultant in regard to any major question regarding Finance, and facilitating the link with other Financial functions when required
• Support Ad-Hoc initiatives and projects as required
• Setting up processes and systems to support changes to organisational structures and to drive improvements and efficiencies.

Who are we looking for?

• Good communication and presentation skills to ensure credibility with senior executives. 
• Ability to influence and build relationships at a senior level.
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills.
• Business partnering experience and support of business initiatives
• Proven record as a high achiever in a complex organisation
• Lives the Vodafone Spirit, ensures balance between the ‘how’ as well as the ‘what’ of achievement
• Takes an obvious pride in the team and the organisation, uses every opportunity to promote all positively
• Desire to fix and improve existing processes and systems
• Experience of SAP / BI desirable.
• Demonstrates a very active interest in different parts of the business
• Asserts thinking behind own ideas when on solid ground. Challenges assumption behind current ways of operating
• Embraces change and takes ownership for driving initiatives
• Self-confident across a range of situations and works hard to understand what is important to others 
• Takes a personal stand behind what is right for the business.

What’s in it for you?

• 28 days holiday (with the option to buy or sell 5 days) plus public holidays
• Flexible working
• Pension matching scheme of up to 10%
• 5 paid days leave for charity projects
• MyChoices portal - cycle to work scheme, 100’s of retail discounts, shares and salary sacrifice schemes
• Vodafone family and friends discount
• Interest free commuter loan
• Global parental leave policy for all new parents coming in 2020 which includes 16 weeks fully paid leave and upon returning to work, new parents can work part-time hours for 6 months whilst being paid their full-time salary
• Access to Vodafone University and LinkedIn Learning

Our commitment

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. 

Get to know us better here and find out what life at Vodafone could be like for you on https://careers.vodafone.co.uk/working-at-vodafone

Please contact group.resourcing@vodafone.com for any application-related enquiries.

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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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