Overview

Job Role: Digital Finance Transformation Consultant

Location: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh (location flexible)

Salary: Competitive depending on experience

Career Level: L9

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 these services. Accenture is committed to inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person, guided by our core values: Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

“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

Role Context

As a Consultant within CFO and Enterprise Value, you will work with clients to increase enterprise value and digitalize finance functions. You will engage in finance strategy, process excellence, financial planning, consolidation, analytics and reporting, helping clients adapt to regulatory changes and evolving market conditions. You will be part of a global team that uses industry-leading practices, technologies and strategies across finance operations.

You will have the opportunity to learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that encourages collaboration, diverse thinking and boundaryless career opportunities. This role involves working with cutting-edge technologies and developing new skills on the job. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role with onsite client work as needed.

Responsibilities

• Support our clients to achieve strategic and operational goals by introducing efficient ways of working, refining operating models and enhancing processes.
• Apply rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis to complex client challenges, shaping decisions with limited oversight.
• Facilitate design thinking workshops, demonstrate agile design, co-develop solutions and secure design decisions in an agile manner.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring business requirements and expectations are met or exceeded.
• Contribute to business development activities, including identifying opportunities and developing proposals.
• Support development of CFO & Enterprise Value practice capabilities, assets and thought leadership, collaborating with broader teams across Accenture.
• Continuously learn new skills to support growth of CFO & EV and the wider organization.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in finance transformation, digital finance projects, or large-scale ERP/GBS/shard service transitions (3+ years in consulting or 5+ years in industry).
• Familiarity with key finance technologies and cloud ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics).
• Knowledge of modern technologies (AI, Robotic Process Automation, Analytics) and their application in finance.
• Experience designing optimized, digitized finance processes enabled by platforms/tech, including:
• Order-to-Cash (O2C): contract/order management, billing/collections, deductions/dispute management, cash management, reconciliations.
• Purchase-to-Pay (P2P): contract/PO management, receiving, invoice management, payments, travel & expenses.
• Acquire-to-Retire (A2R): project accounting, capitalization, fixed asset management, depreciation.
• Record-to-Report (R2R): master data management, general accounting, close, consolidation, external reporting, intercompany, chart of accounts.
• Ability to conduct fit-gap analyses for finance technology and processes and develop roadmaps with recommendations.
• Ability to identify business requirements and conduct vendor assessment and selection.

Experience that Sets You Apart

• Experience with design thinking or agile project delivery methods.
• Professional Finance or Accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, CIMA, ACCA); MBA preferred.
• Strong credibility to engage with all management levels; excellent analytical, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage time, influence, prioritise and deliver results; adaptable and optimistic.
• Proven track record in delivering business outcomes for large clients; experience managing a sales pipeline and supporting bids/proposals.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

What’s In It For You

Competitive basic salary plus an extensive benefits package, including 30 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance and additional charitable leave. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role, including onsite client work.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company offering a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these areas. We operate in more than 120 countries with a network of advanced technology centers and a workforce of hundreds of thousands. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing veteran employment opportunities and protecting applicants’ data during the recruitment process.

Locations: London