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M-pesa Principal Specialist

Aggregate function:  Commercial
Business Area:  Local Commercial Operations
Posting Country:  Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Date Posted:  19 Dec 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role purpose

To provide strategic financial partnership to the business unit by delivering high-quality analysis, informed insights, business cases, and commercial recommendations that drive value creation, support strategic decision-making, and enhance operational performance.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

 

  • Contribute to strategy formulation at business unit level through financial insight, scenario modelling, and commercial evaluation.
  • Prepare structured, data-driven business cases to support investments, product launches, pricing proposals, and commercial initiatives.
  • Execute profitability analysis across products, channels, customers, and new services, highlighting value drivers and improvement opportunities.
  • Analyse actual performance against budget and forecast; identify gaps, risks, and opportunities; and recommend management actions.
  • Provide proactive advice to ensure that an effective operating and financial control environment is in place across the business unit.
  • Conduct analysis of competitor market offers, promotions, pricing trends, and benchmark positioning to support commercial strategy.
  • Review and support the development of channel policies to strengthen performance, profitability, and operational consistency.
  • Evaluate new tariff proposals and pricing developments, ensuring alignment with profitability targets and competitive market positioning.
  • Work cross-functionally with Commercial, Marketing, Technology, Operations and Finance teams to ensure aligned decisions and data accuracy.
  • Support long-term value creation by providing insights that guide product strategy, portfolio optimisation, and market expansion initiatives.

Job Related Skill

  • Strong commercial and strategic finance acumen
  • Advanced financial modelling and business case development
  • Strong communication, stakeholder influence, and presentation skills
  • Ability to translate data into actionable insights
  • Commercial awareness and external market orientation

Job Knowledge

  • Deep knowledge of mobile money / telecom pricing, margins, and unit economics
  • Strong understanding of competitor analysis and market dynamics
  • Knowledge of channel structures, operating models, and incentives
  • Familiarity with strategic planning, value management, and commercial finance
  • Proficiency in analytics tools (Excel, Power BI, financial models)

Job Experience

  • Minimum 8–10 years in finance business partnering, strategy, commercial finance, or FP&A
  • Experience in telecom, fintech, or fast-paced commercial environments
  • Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders with data-driven insights
  • Strong background in pricing, profitability, and investment evaluation.

Must have technical / professional qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related discipline.
  • Professional certification (ACT, CFA, CIMA, or ACCA) is an advantage.

 

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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