Job Summary Finance Strategy & Enablement is a global team within the Finance Corporate Function. The team shapes our Finance Strategy supporting each Finance Function Lead to develop a functional transformation roadmap and to prioritize the programs that deliver that transformation. Strategy & Enablement ensures that day-to-day activities across Finance are supported by robust and compliant processes, user-centered solutions, and application support fundamental to the overall success and transformation of Finance. It also leads a broad range of key programs and change journeys, drives improvements in technology performance, and reimagines our processes with the application of new technology in collaboration with CIO.
The individual in this role will be dedicated to supporting the Order to Cash process area by involvement in all end-to-end processes and applying process expertise toward the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of processes and SAP solutions.
Team Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain deep expertise in the Sales and Distribution module of the SAP system used at Accenture. Partner with the CIO team supporting this SAP module to ensure functionality is maintained and enhanced as required by business teams including Global Controllership, Country Controllership, Global Tax, CFM, Client teams, and Internal Controls. Drive efforts to continuously improve and optimize Finance processes and procedures. Develop opportunities to increase end-user productivity by facilitating the sharing of best practices and the development of practice aids, reports, forms, templates, and other tools. Provide resolution to functional inquiries raised by end users. Ensure the consistent application of standard global and local processes and prevent the development of unnecessary workarounds. Enable Ventures and Acquisitions effectively and aligned with Accenture Global Design. Ensure end users are making the most effective use of the deployed processes and systems and prioritize requests for enhancement between business need and capacity. Construct and deliver documents containing business requirements for SAP solutions managed by OTC; ensure that the CIO teams supporting the OTC process understand the business requirements. Actively participate in Global Finance Initiatives in which our team:
Define requirements - design & build stage. Drive CIO & Finance discussion and make suggestions. Functional Designs review & sign off. Functional Testing, test scripts design & review, testing issues follow-ups. Prepare Training Documentation, Job Aids & deliver training. SIR Mgmt. Calls attendance. Security discussions to define Security Model for the new solution. Deploy and stabilize the solution. Role Specific Responsibilities: Actively participate in regular operations activities to support the OTC Invoicing process, with special focus on the enablement of new Accenture legal entities into the regular SAP OTC invoicing solution.
Collaborate defining business requirements - design & build stage – help driving Finance & CIO discussion and make suggestions. Functional Designs review & sign off. Functional Testing, test scripts design & review, testing issues follow-ups. Help prepare Training Documentation & Job Aids. Collaborate in the deploy, monitor, and stabilize the solution deployed. Help define the support model required. Relationships Reports to: Finance Process Manager – OTC-Order to Cash Invoicing Lead. External Relationships: Works very closely with OTC key stakeholders, Country Controllers, Global Tax, CFM Leadership, CFM transition, Resale Team, Internal Controls, and other process areas (RTP, CO, R&A, TM). Qualifications Education: CPA or equivalent finance qualifications. Recommended Certifications, Licenses, etc.: NA but requires experience with Accenture's record to report processes. Work Experience: 1 or more years. Work Requirements: Travel not required. Knowledge and Skills Requirements Technical Skills - Proficiency SAP S4 Application: Trained. Finance Legacy Application: Trained. Business Skills - Proficiency Accenture Business Acumen: Trained. Business Operations: Trained. Business Process Analysis: Trained. CIO Organization Business Acumen: Trained. Continuous Improvement: Trained. SAP Finance Business Process Acumen: Trained. Organizational Acumen: Trained. Project Management: Trained. Oral and Written Communication (English): Skilled.
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