Client Financial Management Associate Manager

Job description

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Finance professionals 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.

Job Description:

Support the global financial management function and business advisory services. Offer services through contract completion on regulatory and organization principles compliance, internal controls, budgeting/forecasting, contract profit and loss management and advisory to our customer leadership teams and corporate leadership. Deliver services around the globe through a network of financial professionals via help-desk support, shared service operations and customer-dedicated on-site support.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide value-added financial management, analysis, and advice to client engagement teams to maximize the profitability of engagements

Collaborate with client and engagement executives, client group finance leads (or equivalent), and other finance operations executives to communicate the position and status of contract or account financial positions

Complete standard MTD/QTD financial and operational activities and processes

· Fulfill invoicing and collections, consistent with contractual requirements
· Advise/assist on forecast management activities (input collection, processing and report creation)
· Perform/assist with work plan reconciliation and reporting
· Track and report time-reporting hours, expenses, and variances as required, including compliance with account/engagement expense policy (if existent). Track and report third-party out-of-pocket expenses, client time and expenses against program budget, and any other expense charges to program budget tracking and reporting of third-party out-of-pocket expenses Execute account financial processes to ensure the quality and integrity of engagement financial records

· Provide pricing / new business support for new and extended business opportunities and/or review pricing calculations from engagement executives
· Perform or assist with the preparation of engagement, project, and program reporting as well as Accenture internal financial accounting processes
· Support and execute the account forecasting process, including ad hoc and internal stakeholder management requests
· Execute all global and local statutory, tax, Internal Controls, and US GAAP requirements as described by policy to ensure full compliance
· Perform Inventory and Receivables management, including monitoring of variances and follow-up on discrepancies
· Execute/assist with balance sheet accountability, including tracking of capital assets and technology rental equipment, hardware/software costs, and other items

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

·  Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting OR Other business degree with 9 credit hours of Accounting
·  3+ years of experience in a financial role
·  Project based Accounting experience
·  Experience with Revenue and US GAAP

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
·  Ability to be flexible and work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
·  Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
·  Excellent customer service skills
·  Strong organizational and analytical skills
·  Working knowledge of business, finance and accounting fundamentals including U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
·  Planning, forecasting and budgeting
·  Attention to detail
·  PC literate (e.g., working knowledge of MS Office Programs)
·  Professional Certifications may also be required in certain geographies (i.e. CIMA/ACCA or ACA)

Professional Skills:

·  Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
·  Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
·  Desire to work in an information systems environment
·  Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
·  Excellent leadership and management skills
·  Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in professional setting; either military or civilian

Accenture does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis covered by local law. Accenture is committed to providing employment opportunities to current or former members of the armed forces.

We are committed to employment equity. We encourage all people, including women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities and persons of aboriginal descent to apply.

It is currently our objective to assign our people to work near where they live. However, given the nature of our business and our need to serve our clients our employees must be available to travel when needed.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world's largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 469,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com .