vodafone
Head of Accounting Reporting & Controlling (ARC) (231105)
Job Description
What you’ll do
Role title: Head of Accounting Reporting & Controlling (ARC)
Reports to: Head of Corporate Function Service Line
The corporate functions service line (CFSL) in _VOIS comprises circa 3,000 people working across a broad range of corporate services including accounting, purchasing, tax, controlling, statutory accounting, security operations, HR Operations and a substantial data and analytics practice in DAIS. We have four strategic priorities on top of delivering our BAU services on time, in budget and under control. These are: Partner Promise, Shape the Day after Tomorrow, Digital Acceleration and Growth with Scale and Speed – all of these underpinned by the Big Shifts as called out in the _VOIS strategy. We have activities that are highly specialized and CoE based as well as high volume and scale activities. Our blend of human and machine interaction is increasing YoY. An example is Invoice Processing with 2.7Mn invoices processed yearly of which 24%/38% were touchless (excluding Real estate). 2 e-invoicing portals, 1 intelligent OCR, 4 BOTs and machine learning algorithms are utilized in this process.
The Head of ARC ensures that we are building the services of tomorrow while maintaining reliable compliant and efficient day to day service delivery for our partners across Vodafone. This senior leader is comfortable with detailed subject matter conversations on transactional accounting as well as discussing usage of automation technologies and how to pilot these and fail fast. Discussing any service issues with partners and using data to showcase how they can be addressed and not recur is also a key focus. Driving best practices across all the delivery locations to enable consistency of service quality is critical to the function’s success. Developing and encouraging the talented teams and spurring them onto to new levels of productivity and effectiveness is a must.
Who you are
Core competencies
Experience of leading a large-scale global business services finance unit within a multi-entity complex group structure
Strong ability to navigate through ambiguity and be comfortable with highly complexity and fast paced operations
Operations / Lean Six Sigma expertise preferably black belt
Piloting and scaling innovation in operational processes
Broad finance function experience in multi billion enterprise
Automation Tools understanding e.g. RPA, iOCR, Machine Learning
Significant accounting and controls experience with IFRS and S404 obligations
Superior executive communication skills – ability to tell story behind the numbers, with consistency and differentiation only where needed
High applied thinking skills to look at issues with a 360 degree view
Resilient self-confidence and self-assurance.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Qualified accountant (CA, ACCA) with 18-20 years of experience in operations in a complex global organization is preferred
Experience in the telecom industry is as added advantage
A sound understanding of compliance with policies, accounting standards and effective controls frameworks
Operations Management qualifications e.g., Black Belt (preferred)
Agile certifications (preferred)
Direct reports: 8+, 500+ team