Associate Director

Location: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh (location flexible)

Salary: Competitive

Career Level: L5

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team within CFO and Enterprise Value, we bring distinctive capabilities serving the CFO priorities to increase enterprise value and steward the digitalization of the entire enterprise. You will be part of a team that brings to our client’s industry-leading best practices, technologies and strategies in everything from finance strategy to finance process excellence, financial planning, consolidation and analytics as well as ESG.

Role:

• Lead and manage CFO&EV engagements, including finance transformation, process improvement, technology implementation, and strategic advisory projects.
• Cultivate trusted relationships with senior client leaders, understanding their business needs and aligning solutions with their objectives.
• Manage project scope, budget, timeline, and resources, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Spearhead business development activities, crafting compelling proposals and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that address clients' complex finance and business needs.
• Provide strategic advice and thought leadership to clients on a wide range of finance-related topics.
• Contribute to the growth of the CFO&EV practice by developing thought leadership content and building capabilities through innovative offerings.
• Lead and inspire high-performing multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative environment.

We are looking for the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in digital finance transformation projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency in key finance technologies and data.
• Practical knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and their application in a finance context.
• In-depth process expertise in designing optimized and digitized Finance processes.
• Expertise in developing compelling business cases highlighting the financial benefits and ROI of platform investments.

Set Yourself Apart:

• Experience in design thinking and agile project delivery methodologies.
• Professional Finance or Accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with first-time passes desirable, MBA a plus.
• Highly credible with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of management.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong collaboration, communication, planning, influencing, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Driven, results-oriented, with a passion for overcoming challenges.
• Experience managing a sales pipeline and leading the bid/proposal process.
• Flexibility to travel as required to meet client needs.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.