Overview Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh (location flexible) Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: CL6 (Senior Manager) Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too. “Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO As a team, within CFO and Enterprise Value, you will be part of a senior leadership community shaping how finance functions evolve to drive enterprise value. CFO&EV sits at the intersection of strategy, finance and technology, working directly with CFOs and finance leaders to lead large-scale transformation and reinvention. This is an environment for leaders who want to own outcomes, shape propositions, and build high-performing teams, while working on some of the most complex and high-impact SAP-enabled finance transformations in the market. Responsibilities

Acting as a trusted advisor to senior finance leaders, owning the end-to-end delivery of SAP S/4HANA finance transformation programmes Leading complex, large-scale SAP-enabled finance transformations self-sufficiently, with accountability for client outcomes, programme direction, senior stakeholder confidence Shaping and leading finance-led transformation roadmaps, from early discovery and visioning through design, implementation and value realisation Providing overall finance design authority across S/4HANA programmes, ensuring business objectives, controls, operating model and value outcomes are embedded Orchestrating multi-disciplinary teams across CFO&EV, Technology, and other Accenture groups, while retaining ownership of the finance agenda Leading senior client forums, design authorities and steering committees, translating complex transformation topics into clear, executive-level decisions Balancing SAP fit-to-standard principles with pragmatic business differentiation, helping clients make informed trade-offs Identifying and realising enterprise value outcomes, such as finance efficiency and cost reduction, improved close and reporting, better insight and decision support, and stronger governance and control Playing a visible leadership role within CFO&EV, including coaching and developing consultants and managers, shaping practice offerings and points of view and supporting sales, bids and commercial shaping of SAP finance opportunities

What we are looking for / Qualifications

Extensive experience leading S/4HANA finance transformations, with a strong understanding of how legacy ECC landscapes evolve into S/4-enabled finance operating models Strong grounding in core finance concepts, including period-end close, consolidation readiness, management vs statutory reporting, cost management and profitability analysis Proven experience leading finance transformations in complex system landscapes, including SAP-to-SAP integrations, SAP-to-non-SAP systems, and heritage SAP integrations Ability to work effectively with enterprise architects and integration teams while retaining finance ownership Experience running large, multi-workstream SAP finance programmes with accountability for direction, quality and stakeholder confidence Comfortable operating as the senior finance authority within mixed consulting, client and delivery teams Ability to engage credibly with finance, tax, risk and operational stakeholders, recognising interdependencies and ensuring programme decisions are made with a whole-finance perspective Experience balancing finance process standardisation with business and operating model realities Ability to identify client issues and translate them into clear, value-led transformation opportunities

Set yourself apart

Experience shaping and evolving SAP finance transformation offerings, aligned to CFO priorities and market demand Ability to connect SAP platform capabilities to enterprise value narratives, making the case for transformation in CFO language Experience operating at the intersection of delivery, sales and practice building, balancing client commitments with growth responsibilities A clear point of view on where the SAP finance market is heading and how CFO&EV should differentiate Professional finance or accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent industry experience Strong collaboration, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across finance, operations and technology teams

What’s In It For You At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

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