Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (VOIS) | DGM: Accounting and Advisory_Pune

What you will do

• We are seeking an experienced accounting professional to provide strategic guidance on IFRS and local GAAP policies, support complex accounting judgements, and drive governance across markets.
• This role sits within a central Accounting Competence Centre and contributes directly to ensuring consistent, compliant and high‑quality financial reporting across the organisation.
• The individual will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, engage with auditors, influence large-scale transformation initiatives, and support a globally aligned approach to accounting principles.
• Deliver strategic accounting judgement and advisory across Vodafone Group and in‑scope markets, ensuring alignment with IFRS and local GAAP policies.
• Support the design and operation of a central framework governing accounting decisions, including maintaining an audit‑ready repository for accounting memos and documentation.
• Create and maintain local GAAP policies while ensuring consistent application across markets.
• Partner closely with Group Financial Reporting and Market Financial Reporting teams to support timely and accurate financial statements, disclosures and management reporting.
• Provide functional leadership to accounting professionals, championing strong accounting, controls, revenue, cost, asset and lease accounting practices.
• Collaborate with Chief Accountants, auditors and VOIS teams to guide accounting treatments and provide advisory support.
• Contribute to strategic projects, ensuring robust accounting treatment across transformation and commercial initiatives.
• Drive digitisation and evolution of accounting principles using emerging technologies.
• Serve as a business partner to commercial and finance teams, identifying design options that promote effective implementation.
• Act as backup for the Accounting Principles & Advisory Lead.
• Participation in strategic transformation projects spanning AI, M&A, and global R2R processes.

Who you are

• Skilled in applying IFRS and local GAAP to a wide range of commercial transactions.
• Experienced in guiding project teams within dynamic and complex environments, demonstrating strong functional leadership.
• Possess deep technical accounting expertise with strong financial acumen.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present accounting judgements with clarity.
• Strong business partnering mindset with a focus on customer‑centred solutions.
• Bring 8+ years’ experience in finance operations, including oversight or delivery responsibilities.
• Experienced in major finance transformation programmes.
• Skilled in IT and data analytics, with strong understanding of telecommunications industry practices.
• Exposure to complex, high-value financial structures, including balance sheet assets and liabilities exceeding €40bn.
• Advanced expertise in IFRS16 and global reporting governance.

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