Accenture Business Partner (ABP) Senior Manager

Accenture PLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead the transition and mobilisation of Finance services into a Global Business Services operating model from Sydney. You will own mobilisation planning, governance, and readiness for steady-state operations, coordinating with Finance leaders and delivery teams across multiple streams.

You will drive change management, knowledge transfer, and performance reporting while ensuring risk controls and value realisation throughout the mobilisation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading complex Finance transitions, mobilisations, or shared services in a GBS environment.
• Strong knowledge of Finance operating models, service delivery, and mobilisation methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior client stakeholders, including Finance and CFO leadership, and communicate at executive level.
• Experience managing cross-functional workstreams covering people, process, technology, controls, reporting, and service management.
• Strong program leadership including planning, RAID management, cutover, hypercare, stabilisation, and performance reporting.
• Experience coordinating workforce planning, onboarding, knowledge transfer, training, and operational readiness.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to support financial management, business case realisation, and value tracking.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, commerce or related field, or equivalent experience.
• CPA is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Finance mobilisation and transition programs for GBS and Shared Services engagements.
• Define and execute mobilisation strategy, transition roadmap, governance structure, and detailed implementation plans.
• Drive transition readiness across people, process, technology, controls, reporting, and service management.
• Build and manage trusted stakeholder relationships with client Finance leadership, CFO organisations, and delivery teams.
• Oversee knowledge transfer, service rehearsal, cutover planning, hypercare, and stabilisation activities.
• Establish governance forums, RAID management, performance tracking, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate workforce planning, talent onboarding, training, and capability readiness for new service delivery teams.
• Drive change management and communications to support adoption of the target operating model.
• Ensure compliance, risk mitigation, controls adherence, and service continuity during the transition.
• Support financial management, business case realisation, and value tracking during mobilisation.
• Partner with transformation teams to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Skills

Finance transitions

GBS / shared services

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Programme leadership

RAID management

Change management

Workforce planning

Financial management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/commercial field

CPA Certification (desirable)

Job description

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THE WORK

Accenture Business Partner (ABP) Senior Manager will lead the transition and mobilisation of Finance services into a Global Business Services (GBS) operating model. The role is accountable for mobilisation planning, governance, stakeholder management, transition execution, target operating model implementation, and readiness for steady-state operations. Working closely with client leadership, Finance stakeholders, transition teams, and delivery organisations, this role will help deliver a smooth, controlled, and risk-managed go-live.

• Lead end-to-end Finance mobilisation and transition programs for GBS and Shared Services engagements.
• Define and execute the mobilisation strategy, transition roadmap, governance structure, and detailed implementation plans.
• Drive transition readiness across people, process, technology, controls, reporting, and service management.
• Build and manage trusted stakeholder relationships with client Finance leadership, CFO organisations, and delivery teams.
• Oversee knowledge transfer, service rehearsal, cutover planning, hypercare, and stabilisation activities.
• Establish governance forums, RAID management, performance tracking, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate workforce planning, talent onboarding, training, and capability readiness for new service delivery teams.
• Drive change management and communications to support adoption of the target operating model.
• Ensure compliance, risk mitigation, controls adherence, and service continuity throughout the transition.
• Support financial management, business case realisation, and value tracking during mobilisation.
• Partner with transformation teams to identify continuous improvement and future-state optimisation opportunities.

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Extensive experience leading complex Finance transitions, mobilisations, or shared services programs within a GBS environment.
• Strong knowledge of Finance operating models, service delivery, transition governance, and mobilisation methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior client stakeholders, including Finance and CFO leadership, and communicate clearly at executive level.
• Experience managing cross-functional workstreams covering people, process, technology, controls, reporting, and service management.
• Strong program leadership capability, including planning, RAID management, cutover, hypercare, stabilisation, and performance reporting.
• Experience coordinating workforce planning, onboarding, knowledge transfer, training, and operational readiness.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to support financial management, business case realisation, and value tracking.
• A bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, commerce, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• CPA Certification is highly desirable

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE

• Experience delivering large-scale, multi-country, or multi-tower GBS transformations.
• Knowledge of Finance shared services processes, controls, service management, and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience with organisational change, communications, and stakeholder adoption during operating model transformation.
• Relevant professional qualifications in finance, accounting, project management, or change management.
• Experience working across onshore and global delivery teams in a matrixed environment.

Location

Sydney

All candidates must have Independant working rights for Australia.

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