Job Description

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Role Purpose:
Support the VSA finance team by driving the delivery of accurate, timely, and insightful financial and operational performance reporting, by preparing monthly and quarterly reporting packs across actuals, budgets, and forecasts for both internal and Group stakeholders. Tracking and maintaining the run rate risks and opportunities against the forecasts and budget and aligning these with the Finance Business Partners views. The role further provides support to the Investor Relations team, with performance insights and commentary, and the Regulatory teams on data requests and reconciliations to officially reported financial results.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive the various monthly financial performance reporting requirements
• Drive the run rate process for early risks and opportunity tracking
• Drive the reporting of monthly and quarterly operational performance scorecards
• Drive and manage the Budget/Forecast reporting packs
• Support with the results preparation by working with the Investor relations team
• Proactive engagement with cross-functional teams including D&A, FBP, Investor Relations, and Regulatory to ensure alignment and smooth reporting processes.
• Support the long range planning modelling for Vodacom South Africa
• Support with various ad-hoc requirements and analysis

1. Drive monthly financial performance reporting
Drive monthly performance reporting with timeliness and accuracy on the below areas:

• Monthly Overview report
• Monthly VF MPR and supplementary pack
• Monthly results on the VF MPR online tool
• Normalisation calculations
• Additional ad-hoc analyses
• Operational reviews
• Interface and partner with Financial Operations team during the month-end to effectively support the monthly reporting

2. Drive the reporting of monthly and quarterly operational performance scorecards
Drive the reporting of various Strategic and Operational Scorecards that is used for performance reviews:

• Definition agreement with BI/MI/FBP
• Monthly tracking of P1 targets
• Quarterly reporting of P2 targets
• Quarterly reporting of Strategic KFI's

3. Support the Board & FRCC reporting process
Support the VSA Board and FRCC preparation and reporting process through:

• Co-ordination of all FD submitted reports
• Results commentary
• Forecast/ Budget/LRP commentary

4. Drive and manage the Budget/Forecast reporting packs
Drive the Budget / Forecasts reporting packs in terms of:

• Co-ordinating with all the stakeholders on deliverables timeline
• Consolidate all business units inputs
• Preparation of the review packs for various review - VF CEO, AMAP Region, etc.

5. Support with the Investor Relations results preparation
Support the results preparations process by working closely with the Investor relations team on the following:

• Insights and analysis on the results
• Coordinate inputs from various stakeholders
• Normalisation calculations
• Messages / Commentary review

6. Support the long range planning modelling for Vodacom South Africa
Support the EHOD with LRP modelling:

• Model all the various elements of the business, like long range plan the various acceleration initiatives, changes to the business plans from the factors like pricing, regulatory changes, competitive changes, new technology evolution, etc.

7. Support with strategic business cases
Support during the strategy preparation phase with:

• Coordinate and consolidate the various strategic business cases
• Drive analysis on the numbers and provide insights for decision making
• Provide insights based on the business cases into the LRP process

8. Other responsibilities
Support the team with various other responsibilities such as:

• Support for new VF MI change requests
• Support for definition alignment across business
• Review of monthly KFI and financial trends for accuracy
• Sox Compliance - Ensure proper and effective controls over month end and year end
• Other ad-hoc requirements and analysis

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• B Comm Accounting or equivalent relevant qualifications
• 5+ years of experience (at least 3 years in Telecom industry)
• Good knowledge of Telecom industry
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights for performance reviews, strategic scorecards, and executive-level reporting.
• Ability to drive financial reporting independently
• Fast learner, adaptable, and agile
• Digital inclination

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: 04 September 2025.
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.
Commitment from Vodacom
Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, 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. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

Skills Required