Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (VOIS) | Assistant Manager-German Real Estate and Lease Accounting Specialist

What you’ll do

• We are seeking a German Real Estate and Lease Accounting Specialist to support accurate and timely financial transaction processing and reporting within SAP RE-FX.
• Based in Pune, the role covers real estate accounting, country controlling, contract creation, modification and approval, balance-sheet reconciliations and month-end activities.
• The successful candidate will manage lease accounting operations in accordance with IFRS 16, maintain effective process controls and support internal and external financial reporting.
• Manage real estate accounting operations in compliance with IFRS 16 principles.
• Create and modify contracts accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Support the approval of contracts within SAP RE-FX.
• Ensure that all relevant operational and administrative processes are followed.
• Coordinate balance-sheet reconciliations and month-end accounting activities.
• Maintain and monitor process controls effectively.
• Deliver activities relating to internal and external financial reporting and compliance.
• Analyse and troubleshoot accounting and system-related issues.
• Communicate accounting information clearly and assess the impact of new accounting procedures.
• Collaboration with finance, real estate and country stakeholders.

Who you are

• You have between two and five years of experience in a similar accounting or finance-related role.
• You have good knowledge of IFRS 16 and established lease-accounting principles.
• You have German-language proficiency at B2.1 level or above, with effective written and spoken communication skills.
• You have practical SAP experience. Understanding of the SAP RE-FX module is desirable.
• You are proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and have experience using Microsoft Power Platform.
• You demonstrate effective stakeholder-management, communication and time-management skills.
• Previous people-management experience is not identified as an essential requirement for the position.
• Exposure to end-to-end real estate and lease accounting activities within an international finance environment.
• Experience supporting contract accounting, month-end activities and balance-sheet reconciliations.

Vodafone Group Plc (VOIS - Vodafone Intelligent Solutions)

Vodafone began as Racal-Vodafone, part of the British electronics group Racal, and launched its UK mobile network on 1 January 1985; the business was demerged from Racal in 1991 as Vodafone Group Plc. The group is registered in Newbury, England, and its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange. VOIS (styled _VOIS, short for Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is the group's shared-services organisation. Established in 2006, it works from centres in countries including India, Egypt, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Spain and the UK, and provides technology, network, customer-care and corporate services to Vodafone's markets and group functions, including running the applications for EVO, the global ERP system that runs Vodafone's finance, supply-chain and HR processes. VOIS began operating in India in 2009 and has delivery centres in Pune, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad; the Indian entity is Vodafone India Services Private Limited. VOIS India is separate from Vodafone Idea, the Indian mobile operator.

Its finance openings in India are in Pune and include roles at DGM level in its accounting centre of excellence and accounting advisory team, which ask for a Chartered Accountant with expertise in IFRS 16, German-speaking specialists in lease and real estate accounting, and SAP S/4HANA finance consultants with seven or more years of SAP FICO experience.

• Industry: Telecommunications group; VOIS is its shared-services organisation providing technology, network, customer-care and corporate services such as finance, HR and supply chain to Vodafone businesses
• Headquarters: Newbury, Berkshire, England (Vodafone Group Plc, listed on the London Stock Exchange)
• In India: Vodafone India Services Private Limited (VOIS India), with delivery centres in Pune, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad; separate from Vodafone Idea, the Indian mobile operator