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