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Financial mgt for client portfolio including planning, forecasting & analysis support. Part of Client Service Group leadership & client teams as primary finance contact point & business advisor by contributing financial insights, solutions & controls including reviewing & approving deal structures, margins, contingency & solutions & driving profit improvement plans. Collaborate with OU, sales operations & client financial mgt teams to optimize profitability & manage risk across the client portfolio.
Job Family Group Summary
Prepare and interpret financial plans and reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable financial rules and regulations, including internal financial controls, to mitigate risk for the company. May also shape and execute client deals to maximize the use of Accenture's capital and resources, manage cash and/or liaise with the investor community.
Responsibilities
Acquisitions
- In the event of an acquisition, ensure successful integration of acquisition target financials onto relevant applications as well as operationalizing and tracking against the acquisition business case.
- Leverage strong accounting skill set, work with local controllership and other global entities in managing the acquired balance sheet and our net working capital position.
- Supervise direct interface with C F M support to ensure end-to-end coverage, in particular identifying any early indicators of delivery issues (e.g. cost overrun; expenses; unrealistic estimated times for completions) and this is particularly critical of all legacy contracts brought over from the acquired entity
- Direct analysis and report against the impact of the acquisition on the integrated business case, relying on regional growth and other “proxy” key performance indicators and metrics
- Support successful integration of acquisition target financials onto relevant applications as well as operationalizing and tracking against the acquisition business case.
- Implement strong accounting skill set, work with local controllership and other global entities in managing the acquired balance sheet and our net working capital position
- Interface directly with CFM support to ensure end-to-end coverage, in particular identifying any early indicators of delivery issues (e.g. cost overrun; expenses; unrealistic estimated times for completions) and this is particularly critical of all legacy contracts brought over from the acquired entity
- Analyze and report against the impact of the acquisition on the integrated business case, relying on regional growth and other “proxy” key performance indicators and metrics
Ensures compliance
- Partner with client teams to deliver financial results that are compliant with US GAAP and internal controls as well as with all statutory and tax requirements of all jurisdictions
- Manage corporate tax functions to achieve and maintain favorable and stable tax rates across our business and geographies
Financial Analysis
- Act as primary point of contact for the operating unit/growth platform leadership and client executives regarding finance related questions, issues, policies, and procedures
- Act as a business advisor to leadership on key decision by providing data and recommendations to aid decision making with focus on revenue and profitability improvement actions
- Provide advice to help achieve targets, alert the operating unit/growth platform lead and global finance leadership of significant issues and work collaboratively with stakeholders to address the issues
- Play an active role as finance representative in new business meetings and forecast review calls
- Review and analyze annual client financial plans and quarterly forecasts
- Review actual results versus plan and forecast, highlighting exception areas and identifying corrective actions
- Decide corrective actions impacting client financial performance
Prepare and interpret financial plans and reports
- Establish drive alignment and measure long-range, annual and quarterly financial targets
- Prepare and interpret financial reports, including forecasts, budgets, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow documents; monitor and assess results for patterns, trends and potential opportunities
- Manage Accenture’s liquidity, investing and hedging strategies to minimize fiscal risk and support strategic growth
- Reduce portfolio risk by delivering quality at the source; ensure strong business cases for our clients and for Accenture from deal-shaping through execution
Risk & Compliance
- Collaborate and advise operating unit/growth platform and client team leadership with decision making on sales management, pricing and delivery issues
- Communicate relevant client portfolio financial issues, results, and information to operating unit/growth platform leadership
- Collaborate with the operating unit/growth platform, client team leadership and client financial management (CFM) to maximize client profitability with a focus on continuous margin improvement
- Participate in Financial Quality Assurance Reviews, implementing corrective actions and sharing best practices
- Manage client risk, sales and backlog and working capital on the portfolio
- Educate client service group executive teams on Accenture financial principles
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Internal Controls and Accenture policies
