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The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the organization’s Cyber Security risks are under explicit management control and as well coordinate strategic integration of Cyber Security programs within M-Pesa Africa. They will be part of the team that drives compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations.

What you will be doing

• Continually reviewing and updating security policies, standards, and guidelines in response to the ever-changing cyber threats in coordination with Enterprise Risk Management team;
• Monitoring and driving compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations;
• Coordinating stakeholders to deliver on targets or agreed business outcomes;
• Coordinating periodic independent assurance of critical products and services;
• Coordinating implementation of recommendations from independent assessments;
• Conducting Cyber Risk Assessments to determine cyber risk profile and define treatment plans;
• Recommending Cyber Security services improvement plans;
• Coordinating projects handover process within the cyber security functions;
• Continually reviewing, implementing and proposing improvements of the user access governance process;
• Coordinating periodic cyber security knowledge transfer, awareness sessions and phishing simulations to staff in line with strategy;
• Supporting the implementation of the Managed Security Services strategy and roadmap;
• Participating actively in cyber security events and trade shows, reporting and presentations.

Skills and competencies you require for the role

• At least 2+ years of hands-on experience in managing Cyber Security technologies and operations;
• Proven experience in supervising, leading, or coordinating teams and managing stakeholders;
• Knowledge of the Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline Program will be an added advantage;
• Expert level analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Good report writing and communication skills;
• Analytical thinking coupled up with customer focus.

Apply if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Eng./Computer Science/ Information Technology (or equivalent) from a recognized university.
• At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISM/CISA/CISSP/CEH.
• At least 2+ years proven experience with Cyber Security related Standards (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.).
• Proven experience with GDPR, Kenyan Data Protection laws, CBK guidelines on Cyber Security amongst others.

Last Date to Apply: Dec 29, 2022

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Reporting to the Senior Manager - Finance Business Partner, the role holder will be tasked to manage the key processes on management of Operating Expenditures, forecasting and budgeting process and routine management reporting while offering a partnering/support role within the division with respect to the company strategic objectives

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting

• Definition of the cost drivers and updating of the same.
• Leading proactive budget management processes including preparing regular budget utilization reports
• Benchmarking key cost/opex metrics and driving achievements of cost KPIs
• Identification of cost saving and optimization opportunities and driving awareness of cost drivers’ within the FBP community
• Leading budgeting cycles including defining standard templates, creating awareness of drivers and adoption of driver based budgeting, providing first level review of divisions submissions and consolidation of the divisions submissions to provide a full company view.
• Review the inputs from all the departments for reasonableness in line with known or predictable business and overall company strategy. Agree with the departmental heads
• Analysis and reporting of the budgeting rolling forecast on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis to meet business needs
• Closely working with the respective departmental representatives & guiding them through the budgeting process       

Cost Tracking & Management

• Drive the receipting process through the departments by confirming the oracle reports bi-monthly and engaging departments based on receipting status
• Manage system budget locks ensuring that spend is within budget
• Embed tracking of costs at GL, divisional and cost classification level.
• Monthly monitoring of the business usage cost to ensure that all the provisions are adhered to by all the departments.
• Determining of the monthly saving/deficit on each of the departmental Opex budget and ensure communication done at all levels in liaison with Heads of Department and FBPs
• Engage teams in developing the storyline for the implementation and achievement of business strategy as relates to Opex management
• Cleanup of the departmental business usage to ensure correct cost capture for the departments

Month end reporting

• Oversee month close process from an FBP perspective, ensuring liaison with FBPs and Financial Operations to ensure timeliness and accuracy.
• Facilitating budget locks where necessary
• Engage departmental representatives on cost drivers, cost optimization and productivity initiatives
• Prepare and communicate Opex course correction summaries and initiatives to provide a full company view.

Planning and forecasting

• Budget and Rolling forecast – update the Overhead input model with inputs from the Finance Business Partners. Liaise with Financial Planning and Analysis Team on submission of the forecasts and address comments arising.
• Track performance of budget/rolling forecast against previous RF and Preparation of Opex dashboard for target tracking by the FBPs
• Weekly and monthly variance analysis of Budget vs target (overspend flagging)
• Identifying and tracking cost correction measures and engaging stakeholders on the same.
• Tracking and reporting on Project Kipchoge cost savings
• Preparation of Opex loading file based on submissions from FBPs and load to Oracle
• Consolidating Budget Opex commentary

Key stakeholders/Interactions

• Managers and Senior Managers – Finance Business Partnering
• Heads of Departments (2) Finance Business Partnering
• Financial Planning & Analysis Team
• Financial Operations Team

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in data, operational and financial analysis
• Must be proficient in Excel
• Knowledge of accounting processes and software
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong business acumen
• Great attention to detail
• Good communication aptitude
• Ability to build strong business relationships

Last Date to Apply: Dec 20, 2022

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Reporting to the Manager- Cybersecurity Architecture & Assurance, the Cyber Security Architect will be responsible for designing and implementing cyber security solutions that protect critical assets across the markets, Hub and AWS. 

What you will be doing

• Conducting research on new areas in security to input to cyber strategy
• Designing cyber security solutions in line with best practices to ensure deployment of best-in-class solutions 
• Defining cyber security technical requirements and acceptance criteria for new systems
• Conducting proof of concepts for cyber security solutions
• Lead in the testing, implementation, deployment, and commissioning of new solutions 
• Ensuring high availability and disaster recovery in accordance with best practices for solutions deployed
• Ensuring proper change management and system handover processes are followed 
• Recommending major upgrades where required and work with the operations team to implement 
• Ensuring that all security programs are continually improved to maximize on their returns/benefits 
• Conducting knowledge transfer to other team members/staff on new or topical areas. 

Skills and competencies you require for the role

• Experience in implementing and administering Cyber Security solutions;
• Working knowledge of project management techniques such as Agile/ SAFe is preferred;
• Demonstrable competencies in the deployment and administration of Cyber Security Solutions such as CyberArk, EDR, Vulnerability Scanners, Firewalls etc.

Apply if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Eng./Computer Science/ Information Technology (or equivalent) from a recognized university or any other degree with sufficient cyber experience
• Advanced professional information security certifications e.g., CISSP /CISM /CISA/ GIAC/ CEH/ CPTP/ OCSP/ DevSecOps
• Cloud Certification e.g., AWS, Azure
• Advanced Networking certifications: CCNA/CCNP/CCSP/CCIE/Network+/CompTIA also preferred
• At least 3 years of proven experience in implementing and administering Cyber Security solutions
• Certifications in the use and administration of cyber security tools e.g., CyberArk/Firewalls/IDS/Content Filters/Antivirus is preferred
• Working knowledge of project management techniques such as Agile/ SAFe is preferred
• Demonstrate competency in the deployment and administration of Cyber Security Solutions such as CyberArk, EDR, Vulnerability Scanners, Firewalls etc

Last Date to Apply: Dec 29, 2022

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Reporting to the Senior Manager; Finance Business Partnering & Decision Support, the individual is key to ensure that the company meets its strategic objective of execution excellence by providing decision support through timely, accurate and insightful performance reports at the company, regional and individual levels; and capturing key cost drivers relating to revenue, capital expenditure and operational expenses for various divisions.

The role is corroborative and cross functional and entails preparation of key revenue KPIs, reporting of trends and oversight over cost analysis and consolidation. Its Reporting encompasses all regions together with advice on opportunity areas that will help drive increased revenue growth and ensure effective cost management.

Job Responsibilities 

SOHO Management         

• Decision support - Timely reports with trends that give insights to win in the MSME/SME (SOHO) segment
• Performance management- Development of accurate and timely performance management reports for MSME/SME (SOHO), Dealers and agencies
• Commissions -Preparation of accurate and timely Dealer, agents & Agency commissions
• SIP calculations – Prepare SIP for the Agency teams on a quarterly basis
• Customer insights – Manage monthly dashboards showing key analysis data on various regions on their customers and agree achievement targets set after each review
• Provide monthly revenue and customer’s performance against set targets per region across all product types (Zidisha plus, fixed data, GSM, M-PESA etc. and for any relevant products & propositions that get launched) by the 10th working day.
• Measure ROI on regional campaigns/initiatives and promos monthly
• Provide annual, monthly and daily billing performance against target per direct channel salesperson and the agency teams per region
• Prepare dealer commissions and submit for approval and payment by the 3rd working day.
• Partner with the Senior Managers and Regional Managers in their regions to identify and analyse areas of revenue generation and opportunities for products.
• Periodically take part in market visits as part of putting the customer first and in an attempt at understanding any pain points or opportunities that exist due to an unmet need.
• Keep track of competitor activities in the region and point out key events and activities that are planned; advising SLT on how to exploit opportunities that come with such events/activities. 
• Provide weekly input for the SLT management report covering key highlights for the regions and the sales performance status.
• Conduct monthly performance review meetings for the regions to socialize the teams on their performance and show revenue stimulation reports to help the teams forecast on improving performance.
• Ad-hoc reporting requirements to support SLT decision making.
• Maintain historical reports which capture seasonality and trends and ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the information provided.
• Provide monthly performance reports for agency teams per region against targets and a quarterly report for showing month on month performance per agency sales agent.

Group Decision Support:

• Engagement with FBPs on optimization of OPEX to stay within Mission.
• Support a robust budgeting and rolling forecast process through timely reviews, challenge, and feedback
• Work with the Finance Business Partners to identify business success drivers (KPIs), monitor and report progress against KPI targets, identify gaps and recommend corrective actions.
• Document overall key revenue assumptions and cost drivers for the business and consolidate financials commentary.
• Provide visibility around costs related to the business processes by driving relevant analyses and reporting.
• Active participation in monthly performance reviews by coordinating divisional variance analysis and commentary and consolidation of the same for the company.
• Ensure proper internal controls are adhered to and full implementation of the approved Delegation of Authority Matrix on all financial matters across the company.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A graduate with a degree in a financial field or closely related
• Recognised accounting qualification (CPA (K), ACCA, etc.)
• 5-7 years’ experience in Finance
• Significant work experience in the telecommunications industry
• Able to develop and recommend financial operational policies and processes for the business
• In depth knowledge and experience to provide strong financial decision support to the business.
• Able to take a holistic view of the business with a financial focus.
• Understands financial data to provide value-added insight.
• Up to date knowledge of best practice in accounting processes and accounting systems.
• Have strong business acumen and highly developed commercial experience
• Experience in strategic decision making
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• High level experience and skills working with stakeholders

Last Date to Apply: Dec 20, 2022