VodafoneThree - Strategic Financial Governance Lead (TowerCo & JV - Cornerstone)

Company Description

We're here to build a network the UK can count on - one that connects people, places and potential. Because no matter where you live, what your background is, or how you get online - we think everyone deserves the same chance to stay connected, and with VodafoneThree, that future's being built - today. We're creating more than the UK's best network. We're helping close the digital divide, empower communities and drive meaningful progress. We believe that everyone should feel they belong. Whoever you are and whatever your story, there's space for you here. We're building a workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, voices are heard, and everyone feels safe to show up as themselves. You'll join a team that genuinely cares - about each other, about our customers, and about the future we're building. From day one, you'll be welcomed, valued and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

Why VodafoneThree

Join us and you'll be at the heart of change. That means building responsibly, investing sustainably and creating opportunities that last. We're not just expanding connectivity; we're reimagining what a connected nation looks like. With £11bn invested in 5G and digital infrastructure, your work will directly power businesses, services, and communities across the country. You'll work on real challenges, with real impact, across every corner of the country. Wherever you join us, whatever your role, you'll be helping to build a future that works better for everyone. We move at pace, because what we're building matters - and we're learning as we go. We're proud of the progress we've made, but we're just getting started. Join us at the heart of our business in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.

Job Description

We're creating something special. We are joining forces to create the biggest mobile network provider in the UK. Through our collective strengths and talents, we will transform customers' experience and create a best-in-class network for coverage, connectivity, and reliability, delivering greater value and more choice for the nation than ever before. There are very few moments in our careers where we can feel the ground shifting beneath us, where we can sense that something bigger than we've known before is taking shape. We're not just building a company. We're going to build a culture, a legacy and a future to be proud of. This will require remarkable leadership and together we can set the standard in the industry and beyond for both customer and employee experience, in what it is a career-defining opportunity.

This role governs VodafoneThree's commercial relationships with the Cornerstone Towerco and the associated relationship with VMO2, overseeing £0.3bn annual spend. It ensures strategic alignment, value creation, and effective governance across contractual, financial, and performance dimensions, leading strategic and commercial discussions with VodafoneThree, Cornerstone and VMO2 senior representatives.

• Accountable for the commercial governance of contractual, financial, performance and relationship aspects in regard to Cornerstone and VMO2 with oversight of +£0.3bn of annual spend.
• Represent VodafoneThree's commercial position at contractual governance meetings influencing senior leaders at Cornerstone and VMO2 and prepare the leadership team ahead of Executive Steering Committee and Management Steering Committee and the production of financial collateral to support regular senior stakeholder meetings and strategic decision making.
• Accountable for developing a long-term commercial strategy in collaboration with the Business Owners for Cornerstone that secures stakeholder outcomes, drives best value, and delivers incremental benefits to the joint business plan.
• Encourage a collaborative approach to identifying and addressing contract-related challenges, fostering an environment where business owners take ownership of finding solutions and the related budget impacts.
• Coordination and input into the Cornerstone annual budget process.
• Hold business owners accountable for managing budgets effectively, identifying potential overruns or savings, and communicating financial impacts clearly whilst building strong and sustainable relationships with business owners, and other stakeholders by prioritizing their needs, delivering on promises, and exceeding expectations.
• Lead strategic evaluation of contractual scope changes working with business owners and pulling in procurement, legal and finance expertise to complete the reviews to support board recommendations and drive incremental value to the VodafoneThree Joint Business Plan.
• Foster open and honest communication, building trust and transparency with stakeholders by actively listening to feedback, sharing information clearly, and addressing concerns promptly.
• Working with the Senior Strategic Financial Governance Manager, maintain long-term financial plans in line with latest strategic decisions.