Commercial Finance Manager - Newbury, United Kingdom - Vodafone

Description

Location: London + Hybrid
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time hours per week – Mon to Fri

*Hybrid
At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. Our "Office in a Box" home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.

Who We Are

We're a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.

At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.

Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.

What you'll do

The UK Network area manages around £1bn of spend across Opex and Capex, supported by a small Finance Decision Support (FDS) team. Strong business partnering is needed to drive effective decision making, with control of the detail, and clear insight on the main dynamics to land budgets, plans, investments and initiatives successfully.

This role operates within the key areas of commercial decision support and finance business partnering, supporting a number of key stakeholders within the Networks organisation.

Key elements of the role will involve supporting the Opex and Capex planning and forecasting processes, business case governance and benefits tracking, F2A savings programs and Network cost and dimensioning analysis.

You will be supporting an organisation delivering a large number of interlinked programmes, with complex capacity and financial implications - helping the business explain their story, in simple financial and operational terms, is a key part of being successful in this role.

You will also play a key role in the Network Governance and change management processes, and work closely with a wide range of Network area owners to help them co-ordinate and land their financial numbers, carefully articulate the plan and variances to plan along the way.

• Business partnership and collaboration: Support operational teams within Netwrks to understand the cost base, explain variances to plan, and track key programmes and initiatives – be part of their team, presenting to stakeholders, owning and driving their plan and optimising the financial implications and decisions

• Drive Change: The Networks organisation is continually evolving. The Finance FDS team play a key role in helping shape the structure, processes and relationships in the verticalized organisation to ensure Financial success and control, as well as adapting themselves as a team to support the business effectively in this environment. Where we see opportunity to improve things, we have the ability and remit to drive change.

• Financial analysis and insight alongside clear communication: Support the achievement of business plans and forecasts with clear financial data, analysis and metrics, consistently track and forecast performance, monitor risks and opportunities and ensure we can articulate a clear story for the areas you support.

• Financial Governance & Control: Work closely with the Networks governance teams, FP&A, FinOps/SS and your FDS colleagues to ensure clear governance frameworks are managed for Capex funds, Opex budgets, headcount, accounting treatment reviews, and business case management. Ensuring the right controls and transparency is in place to enable us to manage and have insight on all major cost lines

• Financial Planning : Drive the consolidated financial planning activities for the area, challenge the business on their assumptions and their articulation of the network dynamics to ensure a clear financial plan in the short + long term

• Review business cases and investment requests for compliance and clear story/benefits/ROI (+provide finance sign off before submission)

Who you are

• Collaborative approach to colleagues, working together to improve ways of working both in Finance and Networks

• Relationship/Stakeholder management to operate effectively within a complex matrix organisation (UK/Verticals/Group). Build relationships, be part of virtual teams - while maintaining the ability to effectively challenge to drive results

• Influence – of senior stakeholders and large organisations to drive financial objectives

• Change management to shape and implement effective governance and efficient process

• Executive (GMT) level presentation & analysis of commercial business plans/cases/decisions

• Financial planning and analysis (long term) to ensure Network plans are credible, detailed and clearly explained to GMT

• Ability to think and act independently, and keep focused on multiple internal customers