Vodafone is looking for a Finance Test Lead to lead and coordinate end-to-end Finance testing across major transformation and integration programmes. This career-defining role sets the standard for how Finance protects integrity, compliance and customer trust during change, underpinning the creation of the UK's largest mobile network.
What You'll Do
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end Finance testing across major transformation and integration programmes, acting as the central point of accountability.
- Partner closely with Finance Business Analysts, Change Leads and Subject Matter Experts to ensure clear traceability from requirements through to testing outcomes.
- Define and drive a strategic Finance testing roadmap, continuously improving how testing is planned, executed and reported.
- Own testing governance by managing test plans, RAID logs, escalations and defect resolution, ensuring issues are visible and addressed early.
- Provide clear, confident test progress and readiness reporting to senior stakeholders, supporting Go/No-Go decisions with confidence.
- Coordinate testing activity across multiple releases and business functions, working with IT test teams and Customer Journey Testing.
- Safeguard Finance by supporting auditability and compliance testing, including data privacy, billing accuracy and regulatory standards.
- Gain broad exposure across Vodafone Finance (EBU and CBU), contributing directly to some of the most significant programmes in the organisation.
What We're Looking For
- Experience leading testing or UAT at enterprise scale, ideally within Finance or complex enterprise systems.
- Strong understanding of finance operations, accounting workflows and billing assurance.
- Confidence in test planning, risk-based testing, traceability and coverage reporting.
- Ability to drive defect management and communicate clearly across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Comfort engaging with senior leaders, explaining risks, progress and decisions in a clear, pragmatic way.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment, able to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.
- Experience coordinating testing across multiple releases or distributed programmes.
- A proactive, continuous-improvement mindset, always looking for smarter, more efficient ways of working.
Nice to Have
- ISTQB or equivalent certification.
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Corporate central support function.
Benefits & Compensation
- Excellent basic salary plus bonus.
- Up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Paid time for charity work.
- Personalised benefits for you and your family, like discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and more.
- Amazing learning tools and top-notch parental leave policies.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in Newbury.
We believe that everyone has valuable contributions to make. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply for positions within our team. Through the 'Offer an Interview' scheme, we aim to offer interviews to a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities who best meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.
