Senior Specialist: M-Pesa Internal Audit at Vodacom
Job Description
Role Purpose and Key Accountabilities
Role Purpose:
The Internal Auditor will be responsible for the timely execution
of risk-based internal audits in accordance with the audit plan, as
well as assisting with other audit matters and projects.
Key accountabilities:
- Plan and execute risk-based financial, operational and compliance audit testing against detailed plan and audit program.
- Develop a good rapport and solid business relationships with business unit personnel to ensure understanding and acceptance of internal audit requirements, approach and reporting methods.
- Identify, develop, and document audit issues and recommendations using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed.
- Provide insightful results through audit reporting process.
- Incorporate the use of data analytics within the audit approach to increase the extent of assurance, quality of insight, and efficiency of our audits. Recommend and implement ideas for improving the Internal Audit Department.
- Manage audits and team members when assigned as team leader on the audit.
- Assist in special projects and investigations when the need arise.
- Financial Services Regulations – Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to the wider Internal Audit team
- Keep abreast of latest technology in the field of internal audit.
- Assist with quality control in internal audit and compliance to month-end procedural requirements, e.g. Audit action tracking
- Be the Vodacom Group Internal Audit liaison and lead in the development of Financial Services audit best practices.
- Maintains solid relationships with Financial Services Partners (audit teams, auditees, management, external advisors etc.) across the organisation to understand issues and identify areas in the control environment for improvement.
Quaification & Experience, Competencies, Knowledge and Experience
- Degree in at least one of the following: Finance, Accounting, IT or equivalent;
- CIA, ACA/CIMA/ACCA/MBA/Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) – Essential
- Experience in auditing in a telecommunications industry – Advantage.
- Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements.
- At least 3 – 5 years internal/external auditing experience
- Experience in financial services and working with the central banks and other relevant institutions etc.
- Excellent English communication, report writing, presentation, negotiation and conflict management skills to interact effectively with senior management
- Experience in data analytics (scoping, delivering and/or consuming) e.g. in tools such as PowerBI or QlikSense.
- Experience in Internal Controls Systems and Standards as well as Risk Assessment
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Territory Manager: Dar - Buguruni at Vodacom
Job Description
Role Purpose and Key Responsibilities
Role Purpose:
Maximises sales revenue by working through and with distributors,
dealers and other partners within assigned territory. Works alongside
distributors and staff to carry out all the activities required to
achieve set targets. Monitors stock levels both at distributor level and
in the trade; also identifies gaps in the distribution chain and brings
them to management attention for action. Responsible for generating
revenue by closing sales. Sells products and services directly to
customers primarily via face-to-face contact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensures the achievement of agreed sales and revenue targets through distributors, dealers and other partners that resell the Vodacom’s products and services within assigned territory
Implement sales and distribution activities in the territory:
- Co-ordinates the distribution of Vodacom products within territory to ensure continuous availability
- Manages the distribution of branding and promotion materials to enhance visibility and build consumer/dealer loyalty within the territory
- Identifies requirements for trade promotions and recommends to the line manager
- Implements and supports promotional activities in the territory
- Monitors competitor activity within the region and reports with recommendations for action
Work with and support distribution partners:
- Supports the distribution partner in developing action plans geared towards the achievement of the agreed targets
- Works alongside dealer staff, as part of coaching and monitoring process
- Trains all distribution partners on Vodacom’s products and/or services
- Ensure implementation and maintenance of Retail execution and distributor operating standards within designated territory. These will include among others; availability standards, stocking standards, pricing, and retail POS standards
- Provide Reports:
- Generates weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on the sales trends in the territory
- Generates weekly reports on dealer’s performance
- Market intelligence reports on competitor activity
Qualification, Experience, Competencies and Knowledge
- University Degree or equivalent training in business or sales management
- Able to work under high stress with short-term targets and objectives
- High level of integrity and work ethics
- Presentation skills
- Computer literacy – Excel, Power point and Word
- Able to operate in a performance driven organization
- Knowledge of Swahili and English
- Clean Driving Licence
- Good knowledge of Vodacom’s products/services and pricing practices.
- Business awareness
- Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
- Excellent planning skills
- High personal standards and goal oriented
- Excellent interpersonal skills
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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.
Finance Manager: Infrastructure Projects at Vodacom
Job Description
Role purpose an Key Responsibilities
Role purpose:
- Lead the Infrastructure Acceleration strategy in the Finance workstream within Vodacom Tanzania Plc
- Alignment with Vodacom Group Infrastructure strategy
- Support in the creation of the infrastructure special purpose vehicles (SPV’s) in Tanzania; Vodacom Fibre Company and Vodacom Rural Tower Company
- Lead the development of the optimal Finance operating model for the SPVs
- Drive cross departmental partnerships between work streams to achieve deliverables
- End to end execution of all special projects within Finance
- Develop a robust Governance structure and drive full compliance with the DoA requirements
- Provide appropriate accounting guidance to ensure that the arrangement is setup in a manner that supports the strategic objectives of the project.
- Provide the accounting implications of the proposed transaction per IFRS.
- Provide the financial effects of the proposed transaction to VTPLC (the “Company” and the “Group”) over the Long Range Plan.
Key Responsibilities
a. Planning
- Identify assets in scope for the separation program, ensure full reconciliation is done back to all supporting documents and take all steps necessary to support the verification of the assets.
- Develop an optimal finance structure and resourcing plan
- Develop the finance human resourcing structure for the SPV’s and synchronize with the human resource
- Support the finalization of the business plan based on network plans
- Finalize the business plan overlay, drive the decision making process and clearly provide scenario based outcomes.
- Provide the financial effects of the proposed transaction to VTPLC over the LRP and FibreCo
- Develop appropriate finance processes and policies aligned with best practice, finance operating model and system requirements.
- Scope out accounting system requirements and detailed activities required to support implementation.
- Vendor engagement, selection and onboarding.
- Risk register and mitigation actions (financial and non-financial)
b. Execution
- Drive asset separation program for existing assets – in conjunction with the PMO
- Setup and manage “virtual data rooms” (VDR’s) for existing Vodacom assets and all activities within Finance.
- Structure and resourcing in place for the SPVs.
- Detailed execution plan with clear timelines and dependencies are in place.
- Monitoring processes with clear KPI’s
c. Legal and Regulatory
- Provide all necessary inputs to secure licenses and approvals such as business license, TIN, VAT, network facilities license
- Support and constructively challenge the review of the Shareholder agreements, Master lease agreements and all related legal drafting’s
d. Governance
- Lead regular work stream meetings and ensure outcomes are attained per deliverables across all areas.
- Regular updates to the work stream members, Head of FinOps and PMO.
- All Vodacom EXCO approvals, Vodacom Group and Vodafone approvals as per Delegation of Authority (DoA)
- Work closely with the PMO to secure Local and Group Board approvals.
Qualifications, Competencies, Knowledge and Experience
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience
- Demonstrated experience in managing key project transitions or implementation will be an added advantage.
- Degree in Accounting and a CPA holder (essential)
- In depth knowledge of mobile and fibre networks
- Knowledge of Project Management tools and techniques;
- Stakeholder management and relationship management
- Leadership and People management skills
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.
