PCS PMO Associate

Job description

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture, and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

People in our Client Delivery & Operations career track drive delivery and capability excellence through the design, development and/or delivery of a solution, service, capability or offering. They grow into delivery-focused roles, and can progress within their current role, laterally or upward.

Program Specialist Services professionals provide project-based support services within both delivery centers and client site environments. These professionals support the delivery and execution of our key projects with specialized services.

Job Description

Program Control Services professionals design and implements control-related activities to manage risks across a program (or group of interrelated projects) and to improve the likelihood that program goals are met.

A professional at this position level within Accenture has the following responsibilities spread across one or more of the PCS PMO, Finance, or Workplanning capability areas:

· Solves routine problems largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines .

· Interacts within own team and with direct supervisor.

· Receives detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments.

· Makes decisions impacting one's own work.

· Acts as an individual contributor and as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work .

Desired profile

Basic Qualifications

· Knowledge of Project Management domain

· Experience with MS Project, Microsoft Project Server and Project Web Access

· Experience with metrics reporting

· Experience in Financial Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Budgeting

· In-depth knowledge in Microsoft Excel

· 1-3 years' experience related

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

Professional Skill Requirements

· Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment

· Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

· Desire to work in an information systems environment

· Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

· Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

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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 approximately 373,000 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 .