Location: Riyadh, KSA
About Accenture
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Together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, these capabilities enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Accenture Strategy & Consulting
In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow sustainably. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new value for your clients.
As a Senior Manager within CFO and Enterprise Value, you will be:
Supporting our clients to achieve their strategic and operational goals by introducing efficient ways of working, enhancing processes, and refining operating models.
Employing your judgment to address complex and ambiguous client business challenges by applying rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques (business case); making decisions with little management oversight
Facilitating design thinking workshops, showcasing agile design to the client, co-developing and securing design decisions and innovative solutions in an agile manner
Cultivating a strong relationship with clients during engagements, ensuring business requirements and expectations are met and/or exceeded
Contributing to business development activities including identifying opportunities, developing and presenting proposals
Supporting the development of CFO&EV practice/ community capabilities, such as developing offerings, assets, and relevant thought leadership, and engaging with the wider CFO&EV and other teams across Accenture
Leading and inspired high-performing multidisciplinary teams, by setting an example, actively mentoring team members, and contributing to performance management
Continuously learning new skills and enhancing your skill set to be able to contribute to the growth of CFO&EV as well as the wider Accenture organization
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications What skills & experience are we looking for?
10+ years of experience in consulting
Arabic speaker is preferred
Deep level of knowledge of business processes in the F&A, and how the ERP enables those processes
Deep functional knowledge of the key features of the major ERP (SAP/ Oracle) and hands-on experience (functional expertise)
Good expertise in process digitization (RPA, ML, process mining), with experience on the ground with some of the cutting-edge tool
Expertise in financial consolidation (statutory reporting), financial planning and budgeting
Solid Experience in delivering transformation initiatives in F&A areas (value case shaping, including solid knowledge of the finance value tree, identification of the value drivers and preparation of the business case and roadmap; process reengineering and digitalization to develop the Finance Organization of the Future)
Proven experience in interacting with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing significant matters
Maintains an understanding of finance and operating model trends and advancements in technology and innovations that are happening across digital, ERP, automation, analytics, and the CFO ecosystem. Manages teams of diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and technical functional knowledge
Experience in leading small/medium size teams (4-8 people)
Ability and willingness to interact across the Service Groups (e.g. Technology for system implementation)
Experience in design thinking/agile project delivery methods
Professional Finance or Accounting Qualification (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with 1st time pass desirable and/or MBA is preferred
Highly credible with the ability to engage broadly with all levels of management, on personal and professional attributes
Strong analytical skills, understanding of complex issues, the ability to quickly absorb information, conceptual and creative problem-solving excellence
Strong collaboration, planning, influencing, prioritization, and time management skills
Driven enjoys a challenge, proven ability to adapt and remove obstacles to achieve results, determination, and optimism
Experience supporting the management of a sales pipeline and supporting the bid/proposal process, contributing to business development activities including identifying opportunities, developing and presenting proposals with related financials
Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements
Preferred industry knowledge and experience:
Public Sector, Utilities, Energy, Travel and Consumer Goods
Why join us?
We offer a transparent, fast-paced approach to career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues
You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools
Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards
You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will allow you to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends
You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live Next Steps If this sounds like the ideal role, career and company for you, click below to apply. To learn more about life @AccentureMiddleEast.
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