Commercial Finance Manager

Location: London - The Speechmark (

• Hybrid)
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - Mon to Fri  
• Hybrid
  At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don't require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our "Office in a Box" home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.     Who We Are     We're a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.      At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company.  We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.     Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.     What you'll do   We're recruiting for a Commercial Finance Manager to join our Consumer Finance team at Vodafone UK.      Within this role, you will support newly launched products and propositions within the Consumer Fixed Business, including proactive P&L management, providing insights, and conducting analysis. You will be heavily involved in weekly commercial trading and unit economic management to ensure the business understands performance with clear actions and areas of focus. You will act as Consumer Fixed Capex controller, leading all financial Business Cases and help shaping the future of our business.     Wider responsibilities will also include:    
• Business partnership: The success of this role is dependent on strong collaboration across multiple teams.  A strong individual will ensure the multiple functions are aligned on their objectives and ensuring they are all working as one team.  This role consistently requires information and output from Finops, FP&A, Data & Insights, Fixed Commercial, Strategy & Supply Chain.
• Finance Trading Lead:  Commercial Finance lead for weekly commercial trading, supporting and challenging business in decision making, understanding the commercial trading performance, articulating the financial and P&L implications from key trends and decisions. Identifying all risks and opportunities and ensuring that these are clear and called out early.
• Business Casing: This role will be is responsible for the modelling of business cases to support key decision making, working cross-functionally to agree, challenge and drive key inputs across variety of different cases varying from small in week trading interventions to larger scale, highly complex new strategic partners, new products/propositions. 
• Financial Analysis & Insight:  With the launch of new products and propositions, it is imperative the Commercial Finance Manager fully understands the financial performance and current trends. On a monthly basis, key insight will be provided to the business, which explains current performance, identifies any potential risk & opportunity in a rolling outlook, highlights performance against key strategic initiatives. 
• Financial Planning:  The Commercial Finance Manager will drive financial planning particularly for rolling forecasts, 9+15 & LRP.  This role needs to co-ordinate and manage data requirements and ensure the plans are aligned with the overall Fixed strategy, reflects ambition and strategic thinking.  
    Who you are      
• Aptitude for building relationships and influencing all levels of seniority across functions.
• Demonstrable Commercial Finance experience. 
• Fully qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Highly proficient in the use of MS Office, particularly MS Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. 
• Professional presentation & communication skills, with and ability to interpret and explain complex information.
• Resilient and delivery-focused, with competence in prioritising multiple stakeholder-demands. 
    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 we offer     We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.      Together we can      Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.     If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance. #LI-Hybrid     


• Aptitude for building relationships and influencing all levels of seniority across functions.
• Demonstrable Commercial Finance experience.
• Fully qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Highly proficient in the use of MS Office, particularly MS Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Professional presentation & communication skills, with and ability to interpret and explain complex information.
• Resilient and delivery-focused, with competence in prioritising multiple stakeholder-demands.
  
  At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don't require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our "Office in a Box" home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are., We're a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve., Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth., Within this role, you will support newly launched products and propositions within the Consumer Fixed Business, including proactive P&L management, providing insights, and conducting analysis. You will be heavily involved in weekly commercial trading and unit economic management to ensure the business understands performance with clear actions and areas of focus. You will act as Consumer Fixed Capex controller, leading all financial Business Cases and help shaping the future of our business.

We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.