ESG Group Finance and Taxonomy Analyst

Aggregate function:  Finance
Business Area:  Group Finance Ops Vertical
Posting Country:  United Kingdom
Date Posted:  26 Apr 2024
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.

What you’ll do

A driven and focused individual who is equally passionate about reporting and the structures that defines it as well as enjoys building and leveraging relationships to obtain, collate, review and report data. The individual will need to be self-motivated to support establishment of new reporting requirements, ensure they are proactive in their work, identify new opportunities to embed and improve the reporting process, focussing on completeness, accuracy and delivery of targets. ​ The role requires working with key internal and external stakeholders across the business, supporting the delivery of pre-defined ESG and taxonomy data to the Group ESG Finance team and for providing best practice recommendations across their defined responsibility area to support and drive the future of ESG and taxonomy reporting.

  • Support the overall ESG and taxonomy reporting approach for the Vodafone Group including improvements in the completeness and accuracy of reported ESG and taxonomy data;
  • Support establishment of processes to obtain, validate and submit ESG and taxonomy data derived from multiple sources to Vodafone Group across a range of KPIs;
  • Support implementation of Vodafone Group defined policies and process controls while addressing all short comings in the current processes;
  • Develop subject matter knowledge enabling review and challenge on ESG reported metrics produced by various internal teams;
  • Continuously monitor opportunities for process improvement including opportunities for automation in data collection

Who you are

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a reporting function for a large organisation within a group;
  • Ability to build strong relationships and support teams across multiple functions under very difficult circumstances to deliver on pre-determined targets;
  • Strong communication and excellent writing and presentation skills to ensure credibility stakeholders; and
  • Experience in working with cross functional teams in delivering data in compliance with regulation into a structured and controlled environment subject to external assurance.
  • Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA) or equivalent

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

  • Discretionary yearly bonus: 5%
  • Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
  • Charity days: 5 days/year
  • Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
  • Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
  • Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
  • Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
  • Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.

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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.