TCR Analyst _VOIS
Role Purpose:
Vodafone UKIT uses a wide range of externally sourced resources to run and support it’s operational services and activities, striving always to get the best possible value for those services. These services are sourced by a collaborative team comprising individuals from Vodafone UKIT Governance and Operations teams, along with UK Supply Chain management and Finance. These external resources are funded under the UKIT Maintenance & Outsourced Operations Operating budget of c£50m p.a.
The UK IT Contract Performance Analyst is a key part of that collaborative team and works as part of the UKIT Governance team within Vodafone UK IT. They will provide commercial, strategic and financial support to enable the best decisions on operational budget spend, helping to maximise quality of service and ensuring effective budget management within UKIT. They will act as champion for ensuring continuity of operational service at the right value for Vodafone UKIT. They will support on the forecast, management, implementation and reporting for UKIT Maintenance & Outsourced Operations Operating budget spend.
Key accountabilities :
• Administering the UK IT Maintenance & Outsourced Operations operating budget spend (c£50m per year), which includes: Licences, software support and maintenance contracts; Working with Operational teams and our UK Supply Chain team to manage Purchases of Operational services and controlling expenditure in line with budget
• Delivering on budget management, finance reviews and reporting to UK IT Management, Operational Leads, Finance and Supply Chain
• Ensuring actions and reporting are completed in a timely manner to prevent: Retrospective purchase orders Operational Service delays or suspensions; A weakened negotiating position for Vodafone; Investigating saving opportunities to reduce Operating budget spend through.
• Assisting in negotiations, multi-year agreements and cost reduction exercises with vendors
• Terminating contracts which are no longer required, at the appropriate time
• Minimising un-budgeted risks
• Highlighting priorities to Supply Chain, Finance and Senior Management for additional risk management or potential savings
• Managing and resolve vendor queries, which can be related to invoicing, payment or contract issues
• Supporting the Finance forecasting and budgeting cycle
• Managing upcoming Operating budget demand through effective forecasting
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
• Strong financial governance and reporting experience and capability
• understanding of accruals and prepayments concept, basic accounting knowledge and exposure to forecasting process.
• Good commercial and business acumen
• Ability to work well as part of a wider, cross functional and global team
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Ability to identify and solve varied business problems
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
• Strong financial governance and reporting experience and capability
• understanding of accruals and prepayments concept, basic accounting knowledge and exposure to forecasting process.
• Good commercial and business acumen
• Ability to work well as part of a wider, cross functional and global team
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Ability to identify and solve varied business problems
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple work streams in parallel where there are tight delivery milestones.
• Strong numerical analytical skills, being able to problem solve to pull out key patterns and trends.
• An innovative, self-motivated, results-driven enthusiastic individual, with a strong ability to work well independently and within a team.
• Budget tracking and maintenance experience.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
• Relevant professional Qualification, financial based degree or significant industry experience.
• Preferable experience in using SAP financial and Purchasing models, Microsoft Office 365 products, in particular Excel.
• Preferable experience working within an IT function and in a telecommunications environment.
• Desirable experience working with commercial vendors or within a purchasing environment.
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