Finance & Performance Management Shared Services Consultant

Description

 

Organization:   Management Consulting

 

Location:         Location Negotiable

 

Accenture is one of the leading providers of management consulting services worldwide with more than 15,000 consultants in 49 countries. Our management consultants create, design and build new business models and help our clients integrate and operate them.  You'll have the opportunity to turn theory into practice and shape strategies right through from inception to execution. How?  By acting as a trusted advisor in identifying and creatively solving complex problems, designing/restructuring critical processes, and fundamentally transforming the way a company operates, in order to help them become a high-performance business.  Our suite of services deliver tangible business outcomes for our clients and are built on both industry and business expertise.

 

Join the Accenture Finance & Performance Management team and you will play a central role in developing innovative business solutions that help CFO clients improve operational efficiency and transform their finance function into a world class organization. As a Finance & Performance Management business consultant, you will support clients with capabilities in the areas of Corporate Finance, Finance Operations, Risk Management and Enterprise Performance Management to help them achieve high performance.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Organize and facilitate process workshops in one or more core finance areas:  Record-to-Report (RtR), Procure-to-Pay (PtP), Order-to-Cash (OtC) to solicit business and process requirements
  • Work collaboratively with client subject matter experts to clarify requirements
  • Document as-is processes in core finance areas
  • Design to-be processes and roles leveraging leading practices and enabling technologies
  • Design reporting requirements for operational reports, service level agreements, and process KPI's
  • Manage transition of work from sending organization to target organization - includes transition management, knowledge transfer, process re-engineering
  • Assist with shared services operating model design and implementation including governance and service management
  • Conduct business case analysis for a shared services program
  • Apply structured problem solving techniques to complex design and implementation issues
  • Ability to meet travel requirements, up to 100%

 

Qualifications

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in Finance and accounting back-office operations, e.g., AP, Order Management, AR, Collections, GL, asset management, financial reporting, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
  • At least 1 project in one or more phases (i.e., assessment, planning, design, development, implementation, and operational support) of the implementation of finance and accounting shared services centers or business process outsourcing in one of the core finance process areas (RtR, PtP, OtC)

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

  • CPA, CFA, CA, MBA, CMA or experience as an accountant
  • Applying knowledge of regulatory compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRS, Basel II
  • Direct experience in creating business change using SAP, Oracle or PeopleSoft Financials
  • SAP, Oracle, or PeopleSoft Financials configuration, conversion or detailed process design
  • Experience with other major ERP packages (JD Edwards, etc)
  • Software selection and CRP/prototyping skill
  • Experience working with a management consulting firm

 

Professional Skills:

 

  • CPA, CFA, CA, MBA, CMA or experience as an accountant
  • Applying knowledge of regulatory compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRS, Basel II
  • Direct experience in creating business change using SAP, Oracle or PeopleSoft Financials
  • SAP, Oracle, or PeopleSoft Financials configuration, conversion or detailed process design
  • Experience with other major ERP packages (JD Edwards, etc)
  • Software selection and CRP/prototyping skill
  • Experience working with a management consulting firm

 

Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results.

 

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development.  You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization.  We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to continue building your career.

 

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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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