Deputy General Manager- Data Manager -Pune

About VOIS:

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value and enhancing quality and efficiency across 28 countries, and operating from 7 locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain and the UK.
Over 29,000 highly skilled individuals are dedicated to being Vodafone Group’s partner of choice for talent, technology, and transformation. We deliver the best services across IT, Business Intelligence Services, Customer Operations, Business Operations, HR, Finance, Supply Chain, HR Operations, and many more.
Established in 2006, VOIS has evolved into a global, multi-functional organisation, a Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Solutions focused on adding value and delivering business outcomes for Vodafone.

About VOIS India:

In 2009, VOIS started operating in India and now has established global delivery centres in Pune, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. With more than 14,500 employees, _VOIS India supports global markets and group functions of Vodafone, and delivers best-in-class customer experience through multi-functional services in the areas of Information Technology, Networks, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Digital Business Solutions (Robotics & AI), Commercial Operations (Consumer & Business), Intelligent Operations, Finance Operations, Supply Chain Operations and HR Operations and more.

Role

Role purpose: 
Group Finance Operations is a vertical function across all Vodafone markets and is the operational heart that is accountable for the delivery of the financial actuals across Vodafone. 
Your role is to set and drive the data agenda of the APA & ICO processes, being a full time member of the community of practice. In doing so you will need to understand and own the finance and especially APA & ICO process data environment in alignment with internal and external business customers by collaborating and parterning with the wider FinOps team, about 20 Local Markets and our Shared Services colleagues. 
Futhermore you will work with your peers in the community in analysing and understanding APA & ICO process performance, issues and improvement opportunities. As much as any process improvement has an impact on data or requires changes to our data structures etc. you will support those projects to enable and drive process improvements in relation. Your contribution will be vital in achieving our mid to long term strategy of becoming a data driven organisation in terms of decision making and process steering. 
Accordingly you will support the Community lead in preparing and taking data driven decisions. The agenda that you will be responsible for will also include data analytics, definition and implementation of data governance, standardization of data across all FinOps markets. For all of this, you will need to create an understanding of the data business needs for today and tomorrow. This will go in line with the implementation of short to longer term data and process targets of VF Group Finance Operations which is aimed at enabling efficiencies in the APA & ICO process landscape. 
Across the FOMA organization you will grow customer satisfaction by industrialising existing, and constantly evolving, market leading detective and preventive systems, data- anlysis and mining in Finance and cross-functional. In doing so you will establish effective key user structures, train colleagues as appropriate and ensure existing tools are used to establish an effective data management, enabling market leading evolutions, including KPIs, systems and decisions based on your data expertise. 
Key accountabilities and decision ownership: 
Set and drive the data agenda for APA & ICO Processes, becoming data driven in decision making: 
 

Role

• Understand, own and improve data structures relevant to the APA & ICO processes. 
• Collaborate with and influence relevant stakeholders to achieve and take balanced decisions with regards to data architecture, data bases, applications and content. 
• Maintain solid relationships with the different stakeholders, acting on behalf of the CoP lead as required to initiate and maintain long term data dialogue, visioning and planning. 
• Derive the data agenda and build a data improvement roadmap leading towards more data driven decision making in APA & ICO Processes 

Ensure greater data analytics capabilities and data usage across the FinOps organisation: 
• Understand own and improve tools and applications available for data analytics within FinOps APA & ICO Processes. 
• Improve tool usage through effective key user selection, training and support 
• Build and maintain analytics and story telling capabilities across the markets 

Identify and implement process improvements: 
• Work with the community of practice members structuring and implementing data analytics to identify process issues 
• Be up to date with latest innovations concerning data management and evaluate possible use cases for APA & ICO Processes 
• Manage stakeholders to improve data structures and content as required for improving, standardizing and automating processes 

Core competencies, knowledge and experience: 
• Strong expertise in Finance operating models and E2E operating processes 
• Strong project & change management skills, proven capability to structure and deliver complex process improvements 
• Knowledgeable of VF system landscape, IT background would be helpful
• IT literate and knowledgeable of data structures and relations, ideally basic programming knowledge 
• Excellent communication skills; transparent and open nature 
• Proven ability and experience in dealing with and influencing multiple stakeholders on senior level 

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 
• 10+ years of working experience in Finance and a minimum of 5 years in Vodafone 
• University degree, preferably with some exposure to Data management courses, CA/CWA will be added advantage 
• High level of Leadership skills with an ability to manage a team in a diverse geographical locations 
• Very strong cooperation, coordination, communication and presentation skills 
• Deep knowledge and understanding of operational finance processes, finance operating models 
• Project management 
• Analytical-minded,  innovative, adaptable, team player and leader 
• Willingness to travel globally (minimum 40%) 
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English 

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment India:

VOIS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We celebrate differences and we welcome and value diverse people and insights. We believe that being authentically human and inclusive powers our employees’ growth and enables them to create a positive impact on themselves and society. We do not discriminate based on age, colour, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
As a result of living and breathing our commitment, our employees have helped us get certified as a Great Place to Work in India for four years running. We have been also highlighted among the Top 5 Best Workplaces for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Top 10 Best Workplaces for Women, Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT & IT-BPM and 14th Overall Best Workplaces in India by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2023. These achievements position us among a select group of trustworthy and high-performing companies which put their employees at the heart of everything they do.
By joining us, you are part of our commitment. We look forward to welcoming you into our family which represents a variety of cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and skills!

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