CA Inter/CWA Inter/MBA (Finance)/CIMA Aspirants required at Vodafone as OPEX & CAPEX Accountant

OPEX & CAPEX Accountant - VOD000446

Primary Skills :

Finance and Accounting Domain Skills and Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Role purpose: The candidates will part of a high performance OPEX team. They would be responsible for a section of OPEX costs or a business unit(s). The person will be responsible for ensuring end to end completeness, accuracy and timeliness of costs books in the relevant area, as well as ensuring the integrity of designated balance sheet account reconciliations. The incumbent will need to liaise with multiple stakeholders from Offshore and within the Finance Share Services as and when necessary.

Key accountabilities (Role Description)

Typical outputs

Production month end close (MEC) reporting packs with a detailed variance analysis and high quality commentary
The accurate & timely completion of the month end activities (that includes but is not limited to preparing analysis, reports, journals, account reconciliations, Ad-hoc reports etc.)
Payroll Interface reconciliations

· Analysis of key financial information on an ad hoc basis of financial performance measures

· Balance sheet reconciliations

Impact on Business

The successful candidate will be responsible end to end operating expenditure accounting (that includes payroll).

Whilst working as a part of the Finance Operations team, this person will work closely with the onshore Finance team, ensuring that customer expectations are surpassed and that a robust control environment is maintained

Interfaces with Customers, Suppliers & Third parties

Develop strong professional relationships with the onshore Finance team and key persons in the business as well as with teams across FSSC.

Leadership & Teamwork

Work in a virtual team/matrix structure and influence accordingly
Work with teams across functions to deliver improvements

Innovation & Change

Continuous process improvement by the Identification of control weaknesses and deficiencies or inefficient processes and correction thereof.
Proactive identification, reporting and resolution of issues with the key stakeholders
Initiate/participate in initiatives that drive standardization & the adoption best practices

Does the role require working in shifts?

Yes

Does the role require travel?

Yes

Desired Profile:

Essential

· Proven track record and experience in Finance and Accounting (GL/RTR)

· Ability to navigate large amounts of information : extract large data dumps, deep dive & analyze the data and be able to provide insightful reviews

· Ability to recognize & prioritize actions

· Excellent stakeholder management experience

· Strong communication skills – able to influence at a variety of levels and across functions in a complex matrix organization and to build a plan and motivate others towards a common vision

· Experience of SAP and MS Office (Advanced Excel & PowerPoint)

· Knowledge of internal controls an advantage

Education/Technical/Functional qualifications and/or Professional Certifications:

Partly qualified accountants (CA Inter/CWA Inter) or MBA (Finance) with 4-6 years of experience. Internal candidates pursuing CIMA who have successfully cleared any level shall also be considered.

Behavioral/ Personality Specifications required:

· Ability to deliver results against tight and complex timelines

· Manage change

· Reliable, dependable

· Works collaboratively with others

· Customer focused

· Service oriented

· Enthusiastic

· Solutions oriented

· Pro-actively manages relationships to provide best in class service experience to Vodafone Local Markets