GN – Strategy

As a part of the Global Network CFO & Enterprise Value team, you will support CFOs and finance organizations to craft and implement strategies anchored on digital disruption, new age operating models and best-in-class practices, to drive market differentiation. 

Together, let’senable enterprise innovation, and deliver tangible results and outcomes for our clients. We are looking for a candidate who can bring finance knowledge, process expertise, world class capabilities to our clients to deliver business value

• To Lead Project Delivery, drive sales pipeline, BDs, Demos, and Proposals.

• To work with leading global clients to do assessments, develop and execute system design, blueprinting, proof of concepts, data modeling, etc. in Finance technology solutions like Blackline, SAP, Trintech, Celonis, Oracle ARCS, Concur, Ariba, Workiva etc.

• Work may require extensive travel (international/within India) to client sites for project work.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Lead project delivery ensuring high quality within constraints of time and budget, application design, blueprint, solutioning, modeling, proof-of-concept development, etc.

• Engage and lead client conversations, leading workshops and presenting to client stakeholders in management reviews, steercos.

• Contribute to various aspects of finance transformation journey and the assessment of project requirements and deliverables to identify the best solution for clients.

• Drive continuous improvement capability with regards to methodology, tools, practices, and maturity.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:

This role is to support Accenture's CFO EV practice in delivering Finance programs (target operating model, process transformation including enabling technology, shared services, zero-based organization/budgeting/spend).

• Should be able to design to-be processes and roles leveraging leading practices and enabling technologies, especially Blackline.

• Should know how to lead in managing Process Transition, Knowledge Transfers & Process Reengineering.

• Should know how to lead shared services operating model design and implementation including governance and service management.

• Should know how to lead in conducting business case analysis.

• Should know how to lead business architecture implementation activities.

• Should know how to drive and build sales pipeline including BDs and Proposals.

• Process Expertise in Finance, Operating Model, Shared Services 

• 8+ years of experience in finance transformation related to Organization Structure, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial close, Asset Accounting, General Ledger, Chart of Accounts, Taxation, Treasury, etc.

• Implementing and consulting experience on Finance Technology relevant projects

• Implementation experience and knowledge of financial close tools like Blackline, Trintech, Oracle ARCS, AICO, Tagetik, Celonis, Workiva, etc.

• Certification in different Blackline Modules Account Reconciliation, Journal Entry, Transaction Matching, Tasks, Smart Close, etc. is an added advantage.

• Experience in handling at least 3 to 5 end-to-end implementations which includes assessment, planning, requirement gathering, design, configuration/development, testing, training and deployment of Blackline and other tools.

• Experience working on various types of Reconciliations, Variance Analysis, Risk rating of accounts, Journals, Close process management, Intercompany Transactions, Risk and Compliance management, Cash Management and Open items management.

• Other Areas 

• Program Management: Involves effectively planning, managing, and coordinating multiple projects in a dynamic environment with numerous and complex stakeholders’ groups and execute on-time and on budget.

• Programme management experience and track record of successful delivery of large, complex programs.

• Drawing on extensive knowledge and experience across SAP and Oracle System Integration projects be able to provide insightful, deal-relevant points of view and recommendations based on robust analysis.

• People Management skills: Supervision of Accenture analysts and consultants and client personnel.

• Active role in the identification of opportunities by farming existing relationships and growing new networks.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and lead global distributed teams.

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients

• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.

• Ability to embed responsible businessinto everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional. 

• Personalized training modules to develop yourstrategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities

• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.