Job Summary:

• Identify opportunities using/building own network within and outside firm to drive business development activities
• Work Independently on business development and project delivery from onshore/offshore as needed
• Prepare response to RFP and drive client conversation/presentations to dive business opportunities
• Prepare business case, Solution options, project plans, estimates, staffing requirements and execution approach for the EPM opportunities and use them as part of proposal to the client appropriately
• Lead project delivery, client conversation and manage stakeholders on the project both internal and external
• Lead the team of experienced management consultants and direct/guide teams on project executions as per planned timelines
• Lead the solution design and implementation aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality within constraints of time and budget
• Effectively co-ordinate with client organizations and work towards maintaining & enhancing effective client relationships
• Lead the EPM application design aspects and the assessment of project requirements and deliverables to identify the best solution for clients
• Bring in external view and work on internal capability building in new emerging trends of EPM such as AI/ML, Data science, Narrative Reporting & Analytics

Roles & Responsibilities:

• EPM Application Architect. This role is to support Accenture in delivering EPM programs (planning and forecasting, management reporting, analytics).
• This profile is for a senior program lead with responsibilities to drive client engagements through the design of application-based solutions, leveraging process knowledge of planning/forecasting and technology/systems integration experience - combining technology and data models.

• Excellent leadership and team management skills
• Affinity with large organizations and large projects
• Candidate should be self-motivated with strong analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills
• Candidate should be responsible for sales and productivity of the team
• Ability to lead and work with geographically dispersed teams/Cross cultural competence
• Ability to drive solutions independently
• Attention to Detail
• Integrated Business Perspective with special emphasis on technology enablement

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Must have 12+ years of relevant work experience, preferably 10+ years in consulting and business development
• Functional experience in Digital Finance, Planning, and budgeting processes, KPI Identification and Management and financial reporting
• Experience in AI/ML or data science use cases in FP&A processes
• Experience in Data & Master data governance
• Functional experience in Finance transformation projects across all or any of the phases i.e. Plan, Design, Build, Test and Deploy, preferably involving implementation of Enabling technology, tools, and Software applications
• Must have at least 3 full lifecycles implementation experience in implementing either of these EPM/technology (Oracle EPM Suite (E-PBCS, FCCS), Anaplan, SAP SAC/ BPC/GR, OneStream etc.)
• Experience in Management and Financial reporting, performance management, disclosure management, XBRL reporting, last mile reporting (Oracle Analytic Cloud (OAC), Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Workiva, etc.)
• Should have experience of handling teams of 12-15 resources independently.

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