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Accenture · 1 day ago

Finance Operating Model Strategist - Sr. Manager

Irving, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$123K/yr - $317K/yr

10+ years exp

Accenture is a leader in consulting, partnering with Finance executives to drive enterprise value. The Finance Operating Model Strategist - Sr. Manager will help clients modernize their finance functions, providing strategic vision and overseeing digital transformations while managing project economics and fostering innovation among team members.

Business Information SystemsConstructionConsultingInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyInfrastructureManagement ConsultingOutsourcing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Help clients modernize their finance functions by consulting with internal and external teams to set vision, strategy, goals, and key outcomes

Understand the client’s priorities and challenges. Use knowledge of related leading practices, to provide solutions to complex business problems

Manage risk, project economics, deliverable content, and ensure client buy-in

Be a trusted advisor to leadership

Encourage innovation from team members; support their ideas and career goals

Create strategies and blueprints that use advanced operating models, processes, and emerging technologies to improve operations and re-define how work gets done

Oversee clients’ digital transformations, help them drive efficiency, effectiveness, experience, and growth: identify needed skillsets, data, operating models, process automation, analytics, workflows, and enabling technology (i.e.,FinTech apps, AI/ML/GenAI)

Find modern technology and data solutions for clients and share best practices across the industry

Stay on top of current trends, technologies, and regulations influencing digital finance, analytics, and the CFO ecosystem

Help grow the practice by participating in key business development activities and cycles

Drive incremental sales by leading and assembling the requisite teams to respond to proposals

Qualification

Finance operating modelsAI/GenAI/machine learningEnterprise transformationsFinance expertiseBusiness developmentStakeholder managementIndustry experienceStrategic mindsetProject managementBachelor's degreeMBAAdvanced degreeCommunication skills

Required

Minimum 10 years of strategy consulting experience with a focus on designing and implementing Finance operating models

Strategic mindset with a strong aptitude for connecting Finance vision to enterprise strategy, industry trends, and client-specific priorities to craft tailored transformation roadmaps

Experience working with AI, GenAI, machine learning, and automation and their current applications

Deep functional expertise in Finance, including accounting, FP&A, reporting, and data & analytics—coupled with a strong understanding of Finance's interdependencies across the enterprise

Experience working with major enterprise transformations driven by technology implementations (ERP, EPM), cost take-out initiatives, and/or operating model changes

Demonstrated ability to lead high impact engagements including complex stakeholder environments, cross-functional teams, and executive-level sponsorship, with accountability for business outcomes

Experience in leading enterprise solutioning workshops and guiding senior executives through ambiguity, change resistance, and prioritization tradeoffs

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate transformation value propositions, business cases, and rationale to C-level stakeholders

Strong experience in one of the following industries: Banking, Insurance, Consumer Goods & Retail, Energy, Health, High-Tech Industrial, or Utilities

Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Economics, Finance, or Business Administration