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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Custom Software Engineer

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Pune, Maharashtra, India
In Person
Solution EngineeringImplementation & Technical Account Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience is required.
  • 15 years of full-time education is required.
  • Strong understanding of order-to-cash processes, including order creation, available-to-promise, shipping, billing, credit checks, and pricing procedures.
  • Experience with Sales and Distribution/Financial Accounting and Sales and Distribution/Materials Management integrations and cross-module dependencies.
  • Knowledge of customer, material, pricing, and credit master data, IDocs, outputs, and common Sales and Distribution troubleshooting steps.
  • Hands-on experience using AI copilots, automated documentation tools, and AI-assisted testing and analysis tools.
  • Ability to integrate pre-built AI capabilities into Sales and Distribution process flows without developing custom large language models or agentic systems.
  • Understanding of responsible artificial intelligence usage and limitations, especially in commercial workflows.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into scalable SAP Sales and Distribution configurations.
  • Ability to use AI-enabled tools for process analysis, pricing issue diagnostics, change-request impact analysis, test planning and execution, and documentation automation.
  • Ability to configure and optimize SAP Sales and Distribution components, including order management, pricing, conditions and discounts, delivery and shipment processing, billing and invoicing, credit management, and returns and refunds.
  • Ability to support end-to-end implementation cycles, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
  • Ability to integrate Sales and Distribution with Materials Management, Financial Accounting, Production Planning, Warehouse Management/Extended Warehouse Management, and external systems through standard application programming interfaces and middleware.
  • Ability to incorporate pre-built AI features into Sales and Distribution workflows, such as automated exception detection, intelligent order classification or prioritization, and smart summarization of order and delivery issues.
  • Ability to use large-language-model-assisted troubleshooting during incidents.
  • Ability to ensure solutions adhere to organizational software development lifecycle practices, audit controls, pricing governance, and compliance requirements.
  • Ability to conduct workshops, solution walkthroughs, and optimization discussions using AI-supported insights.
  • Ability to partner with logistics, finance, supply chain, master data, and technical teams to deliver end-to-end order-to-cash alignment.
  • Ability to contribute reusable templates, test packs, and best practices enhanced by AI-assisted accelerators.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities in order-to-cash scenarios.
  • Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Continuous learning and comfort using AI-augmented productivity tools.
Responsibilities
  • Develop custom software solutions by designing, coding, and enhancing components across systems or applications.
  • Design, configure, and enhance SAP Sales and Distribution processes while using AI-assisted development tools and copilots.
  • Deliver efficient order-to-cash solutions and improve productivity through AI-enabled assistance.
  • Configure and optimize SAP Sales and Distribution components across order management, pricing, delivery, billing, credit management, and returns.
  • Use AI copilots to draft functional specifications, validate pricing logic, automate test-case generation, and accelerate documentation creation.
  • Support requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
  • Integrate Sales and Distribution with related enterprise modules and external systems through standard application programming interfaces and middleware.
  • Apply AI-enabled tools to accelerate process analysis, pricing diagnostics, impact analysis, test planning and execution, and documentation automation.
  • Incorporate pre-built AI features into Sales and Distribution workflows.
  • Ensure solutions follow software development lifecycle practices, audit controls, pricing governance, and compliance requirements.
  • Conduct workshops, solution walkthroughs, and optimization discussions.
  • Partner with logistics, finance, supply chain, master data, and technical teams to deliver end-to-end order-to-cash alignment.
  • Contribute reusable templates, test packs, and AI-enhanced best practices.
  • Improve order-to-cash efficiency, pricing accuracy, and billing reliability.
  • Bridge Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and AI-native teams when deeper AI involvement is required.
Desired Qualifications
  • SAP Sales and Distribution certification for S/4HANA Sales.
  • Experience with SAP Fiori sales order, billing, and pricing applications.
  • Exposure to EDI/IDoc integrations, middleware such as CPI or Boomi, or customer relationship management systems.
  • Familiarity with automation testing tools.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

What critics are saying

  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

What makes Accenture unique

  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Microsoft tops Accenture as AI infrastructure scales faster than consulting services

Accenture reported revenue of nearly $74.2 billion for fiscal year 2026, up 6.5% year-over-year, with net income of roughly $8.5 billion. The professional services firm serves approximately 9,000 clients globally with 814,000 employees. Microsoft generated revenue of nearly $331.8 billion in FY 2026, a 17.8% increase, with net income of approximately $133.7 billion. The company's net margin reached close to 40.3%. Both companies maintained a debt-to-equity ratio of approximately 0.3x. Microsoft's free cash flow reached nearly $67.0 billion, whilst Accenture's was roughly $11.6 billion. Accenture recently addressed a $25 million settlement with the Department of Justice regarding federal contracting practices. Microsoft faces securities fraud class action lawsuits involving AI and Copilot claims, alongside antitrust scrutiny and an IRS tax audit.

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Accenture shares surged 17% on Thursday after reporting strong fourth-quarter results. The company posted revenue of $18.7 billion, up 6% year-over-year, while earnings per share jumped 46% to $3.29. Management's full-year revenue growth forecast of 4.5% exceeded analyst expectations of 4%. Net bookings rose 4% to $22.2 billion. The company plans to return at least $9.5 billion to shareholders this financial year. However, TD Cowen analyst Bryan Bergin maintained a hold rating, citing concerns that the stock is fully priced at 15 times forward earnings. He cautioned that one strong quarter may represent a cyclical bounce rather than structural growth acceleration. Despite this, Wall Street remains optimistic, with a "moderate buy" consensus rating. Accenture currently offers a 3.05% dividend yield.