Role Purpose

To provide the Enterprise Business Unit within Vodafone Ghana with financial guidance, commercial insights and value-added analysis with the sole aim of driving the unit towards overall business objectives. The role which works as a business partner to Enterprise is in a matrix structure with a solid-line reporting into the Finance organisation under the CFO, and a dotted line into the Head of EBU.

As business partner the key responsibility is to be an integral part of its customers’ financial decision making. This decision making involves bottom line impacting activities including (but not limited to) investment appraisal, complex financial modelling, forecasting and planning, cost control, business case development, budgeting, sales performance analytics and best-practice financial advice. The Finance Business Partner is the Single Point of Contact and the conduit for its customers back into the wider finance team.

Key Accountabilities

Performance reporting, Analysis and

Framework for performance evaluation

Financial Appraisal & Decision Support

Business Planning & Forecasting

Effective Competitor analysis and Intelligence

Leadership & Teamwork

Communication

Core Competencies and Skills

8+ years of varied experience in Financial Analysis with at least 4 years at middle management level handling independent businesses.

Experience from a fast-moving technology or telecoms business with an in-depth knowledge of B2B will be a distinct advantage

Part-Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA- Ghana, UK or other ECOWAS institutes) or MBA from a highly reputable university

Exceptionally well organised with evidence of deploying organisational skills in a fluid environment

Can deliver to time, cost and quality parameters; effective management of multiple initiatives; ensures an effective use of resources

Calm, professional individual with ability to manage stakeholders at all levels, but with a strong personality able to deal with pressure.

Evidence of leading medium-sized but highly focussed and impactful teams, preferably with financial skill sets operating in commercial environments

Understands political business sensitivities

Ambitious individual who is prepared to do a role that is integral to succession planning within Vodafone Ghana Finance

Skills

Financial Planning

Business Partnering

Business Model Impact