CyberCX - Senior Analyst - Bids & Proposals

Accenture PLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Arrangements

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Career development program

Diversity & Inclusion focus

Job summary

Accenture’s Cyber & Cloud Solutions team seeks a Consultant to help shape customer opportunities from qualification through to proposal submission. You’ll translate requirements into deliverables, support high-quality proposals, and collaborate across cyber security and cloud disciplines to deliver meaningful business value.

You’ll develop tailored solutions for enterprise and government clients, working with technical specialists and business leaders to win opportunities and strengthen client

Qualifications

• Around 2+ years' experience in professional services, technology, cybersecurity or a related field.
• Exposure to cyber security, cloud technologies or digital transformation.
• Experience supporting customer engagements, pre-sales, bid management or solution development.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to develop clear, compelling documentation.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance customer outcomes with business objectives.
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills - able to work with technical specialists and senior leaders.
• Formal qualifications in any discipline are valued, though equivalent practical experience is equally considered.

Responsibilities

• Partner with technical specialists and business leaders to develop customer solutions.
• Assist in translation of customer requirements into deliverable outcomes.
• Support the preparation of high-quality proposals, presentations and customer materials.
• Conduct research, assist development of work effort estimates and contribute to commercial pricing models.
• Help design innovative cyber and cloud solutions that deliver real business value.
• Work across multiple specialist teams to bring together the right expertise for each opportunity.
• Contribute to bid management activities and help ensure proposals meet a consistently high standard.

Skills

Problem solving

Collaboration

Customer solutions

Pre-sales experience

Bid management

Written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial awareness

Job description

The work we do matters

CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

About the role

Do you enjoy turning complex ideas into clear, compelling stories? Are you motivated by helping teams win new business and build strong client relationships? We’re looking for someone to join our specialist pre-sales team, and we’re open to people from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds.

As a Consultant in our Cyber & Cloud Solutions team, you'll play a key role in helping customers address their most critical cyber security challenges, by helping our teams shape client opportunities, prepare high-quality proposals, and communicate our solutions in a way that is both persuasive and easy to understand.

Working across our Commercial & Solutions Group and partnering with specialists from every CyberCX service line, you'll help shape customer engagements from the very beginning - bringing together technical expertise, commercial thinking and customer insight to create effective solutions.

If you enjoy bringing people together, solving complex business challenges and helping customers achieve better outcomes - we'd love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll support the development of tailored solutions for a wide range of enterprise and government customers.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Partner with technical specialists and business leaders to develop customer solutions.
• Assist in translation of customer requirements into deliverable outcomes.
• Support the preparation of high-quality proposals, presentations and customer materials.
• Conduct research, assist development of work effort estimates and contribute to commercial pricing models.
• Help design innovative cyber and cloud solutions that deliver real business value.
• Work across multiple specialist teams to bring together the right expertise for each opportunity.
• Contribute to bid management activities and help ensure proposals meet a consistently high standard.

As your experience grows, you'll have the opportunity to lead development of customer opportunities from qualification through to proposal submission.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, collaborating with others and turning ideas into clear, effective customer solutions.

You’ll likely bring some of the following. We don’t expect every candidate to tick every box, and we actively encourage you to apply if you meet most of these:

• Around 2+ years' experience in professional services, technology, cybersecurity or a related field.
• Exposure to cyber security, cloud technologies or digital transformation.
• Experience supporting customer engagements, pre-sales, bid management or solution development.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to develop clear, compelling documentation.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance customer outcomes with business objectives.
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills - able to work with technical specialists and senior leaders.

Formal qualifications in any discipline are valued, though equivalent practical experience is equally considered. You may have backgrounds in Business, Technology, Communications, Law or related fields - all are relevant - what matters most is your ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and work well with others.

Why Join Us

This is a genuine opportunity to develop your consulting and solution design capability while working alongside some of Australia's leading cyber security professionals.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work on high-profile cyber security opportunities across a broad range of industries.
• Collaborate with specialists across every cyber security discipline.
• Develop expertise in solution design, commercial strategy and customer engagement.
• Build a long-term career at the intersection of cyber security, cloud and customer solutions within a leading Australian cyber security business.
• Be part of a team where different perspectives, backgrounds and ways of thinking are genuinely valued.

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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