Accounting & Transformation Manager

Aggregate function:  Finance
Business Area:  Group Finance Ops Vertical
Posting Country:  Italy
Date Posted:  9 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.

Role Purpose

Accounting & Transformation manager will be part of Finance Operations department and he/she will be responsible for Purchase to Pay, Tax and Telco Accounting, ensuring timely GL booking, a sound year and month end closure process in line with all controls requirements as well as local and  international accounting standards. It is the responsibility of the role owner to establish a powerful transformation programme driving the change and digitalisation of VF Italia accounting processes and enhance the partner management function with Vodafone Shared Services acting on behalf of the Italian Market . He/she has to coordinate the collaboration with Shared Service Center, uphold the company’s policies, sox controls and customer’s satisfaction. She/he will support any project undertaken into accounting area to: implement new systems, migrate to new platforms and shape new outsourcing models.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

  • Operational performance management: Translate the business requirements into qualitative and quantitative targets for PtP, Tax and Telco accounting for the Italian market. Define measures such as performance indicators and all-encompassing dashboards to track progress against them. Shape the performance management framework towards world-class collaboration between service delivery and the local businesses across the footprint. 
  • Transformation and Change: Define, set-up, execute and coordinate against plans of strategic initiatives aiming at quality improvement of the local market. Support Company’s project aimed to review and integrate processes/systems/operating models
  • Vodafone Shared Service: Key SPOC and centre from local market, to manage and coordinate VOIS_ related responsibilities as well as acting as focal point to service team and its leadership.
  • Liaise with FP&A team to support budget and forecast processes
  • Liaise with independent auditors and internal audits, including activities in the field of SOX certification

Must have technical / professional qualifications

  • Five or more years of accounting experience
  • Knowledge of accounting and fiscal requirements
  • Transformational program (outsourcing, finance process integration, accounting systems implementation
  • Preferable bachelor's degree or study courses in business administration, accounting, finance 
  • Italian, Fluent English

Key performance indicators

  • Delivery of transformation, automation, and operational excellence roadmap in time and budget
  • Delivery of sound year/month end closure within WD target as well as set target of KPIs for PtP , Tax and Telco
  • High level of engagement of direct reports

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.