Risk, Compliance & Control Monitoring Lead

• Promote, maintain and continuously enhance an effective financial and operational control environment across Vodafone Business and relevant legal entities
• Act as a trusted Business Assurance partner to senior stakeholders and process owners across multiple geographies
• Perform end‑to‑end risk assessments, audits and process assurance reviews, evaluating control design and operating effectiveness
• Ensure compliance with Group control frameworks, SOX requirements and internal policies
• Identify, document and challenge control gaps, weaknesses and efficiency opportunities
• Support management in defining remediation actions and monitor timely, sustainable closure of issues, including audit findings and exceptions
• Follow up on management action plans to ensure effective implementation of agreed improvements
• Investigate and transparently report Balance Sheet and P&L impacts arising from control weaknesses, supporting improvements in accounting clarity and financial reporting accuracy
• Prepare, update and enhance SOX and controls documentation and testing approaches, leveraging data analytics where appropriate
• Keep abreast of updates to Group Accounting Policies, Group Policies, and organisation changes, projects / programmes, and assess impact on controls and the compliance level
• Provide training and guidance to control owners and contribute to capability uplift across the business
• Deliver clear, consistent reporting on assurance outcomes and remediation progress to senior management

• At least four years’ experience in internal or external audit, SOX or internal control assessment, and risk management, including fraud risk
• Comfortable working with both manual and automated financial and operational controls
• Analytically minded, able to understand complex end‑to‑end business processes and translate risk insights into practical solutions
• Confident engaging, influencing and constructively challenging stakeholders at all levels
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver to agreed timelines in a changing environment
• Experienced in multinational and multicultural settings
• Fluent in English with strong report‑writing and presentation skills
• Italian reading and writing capability is advantageous
• Familiar with data analytics and visualisation tools such as Power BI or Qlik, and confident using Microsoft Office 365 applications
• Part‑qualified or qualified in ACCA, ACA, CIMA or CIA, with working knowledge of internal audit standards, SOX, risk management, and financial accounting and reporting principles

Italian reading and writing capability

• The opportunity to influence and strengthen control environments across multiple markets and legal entities
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and complex, high‑impact assurance topics
• A role that combines independent oversight with genuine business partnership
• Access to a global organisation that values continuous improvement, learning and collaboration