Process & Control Analyst / Lead

Role purpose:

The VGx organisation delivers finance operations to any entity within the group not managed by a geographic local market team including:

• Group Enterprise, Group Technology, Group Commercial, Common Functions, Vodafone Procurement Company and Vodafone Roaming Services
• Nine HFM entities
• 191 operating entities across 35 countries

This role is responsible for the analysis and activities that ensure the efficient and effective operation of core processes including:

• Purchase to payment
• Fixed assets
• Order to cash
• Intercompany
• Treasury and cash management
• Record to report
• Time and expense recording
• Other core finance processes as required

Responsibilities include ensuring that:

• Processes are documented including key controls, risks and improvements
• Process performance and controls adherence is measured analysed and reported
• Identified process improvements are implemented
• Users of core processes have the education and documentation required to follow the process
• Escalations and deviations to process are captured and managed on a timely basis

As Process & Control Analyst your main responsibilities will involve:

• Working across finance processes for:
  • Receiving escalation requests from the business and shared services, ensuring they are routed correctly and resolved
  • Assisting stakeholders navigate and use the process effectively by providing ad hoc assistance and by identifying more routine training and education needs
• Drive adherence to the core business model by:
  • Ensuring transactions follow the CBM process where possible
  • Identifying exceptions and process deviations
  • Understanding business needs and the need to influence or change the CBM to suit the needs of the business
  • Facilitate the sign off of process changes on behalf of VGx
• Ensure key risks are identified and necessary controls are Implemented by:
  • Monitoring key control effectiveness
  • Reporting on the effectiveness of key controls
  • Maintaining action plans to resolve key control issues
• Measure and manage the performance of finance processes for VGx entities including:
  • Determining the CTQs (critical to quality) requirements of business stakeholders
  • Measuring the performance of processes to quality, efficiency, timeliness and accuracy criteria
  • Driving action from Finance League Table KPIs to ensure VGx meets all key operational targets
• Deliver continuous improvement across the process by:
  • Routinely reviewing the effectiveness of processes
  • Operating governance activities and processes to capture, qualify, prioritise and implement improvements
  • Implementing process improvements

As Process & Control Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• University graduate, preferably from Business Administration, Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Mathematics etc.
• Good command of both written and spoken English
• Leadership with an ability to manage a team
• Strong cooperation, communication and presentation skills
• Analytical-minded, hardworking, innovative, adaptable, team player and leader.
• Very good knowledge and experience of MS Office Applications, particularly on Excel, Word & Power Point
• Expertise in Accounting, Tax and/or IFRS or process analysis