Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (VOIS) | Deputy Manager- Lease Accounting & German Language Specialist

What you’ll do

• We are seeking a German Lease Accounting Specialist to support real estate finance operations for Vantage Towers.
• Based in Pune, India, the role is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of financial transactions within SAP RE-FX, including contract creation, modification and approval.
• The successful candidate will apply lease accounting knowledge, maintain process controls and support accurate operational reporting
• You are comfortable working independently, as the role has no direct or dotted-line reports.
• The opportunity to develop practical experience in German real estate finance and lease accounting.
• Create, modify and approve real estate contracts within SAP RE-FX.
• Communicate effectively with German-speaking stakeholders and suppliers.
• Review and handle financial and contractual documentation written in German.
• Maintain and monitor relevant process controls.
• Deliver accurate, high-quality work within established deadlines.
• Process financial transactions accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Process-control monitoring and service-level management.

Who you are

• You have German-language proficiency at B2 or C1 level, with effective written and spoken communication skills.
• You have effective written and spoken English-language skills.
• You have foundational knowledge of accounting and an understanding of lease accounting principles and procedures.
• You have experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• You demonstrate effective stakeholder-management skills.
• Exposure to contract administration and financial processing within SAP RE-FX.
• Experience working with financial controls, service-level agreements and operational performance measures.
• Analytical review, issue resolution and operational quality management.
• Fluency in spoken and written German is essential, as the role involves regular communication with German-speaking stakeholders and suppliers, as well as the handling of financial and contractual documentation in German.

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