Corporate Strategy Associate Manager

Accenture PLC; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a high-caliber professional for a cross-industry finance growth and strategy role in Mumbai. You will drive growth initiatives, analyze complex data, and deliver strategic insights to shape revenue and margin expansion.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders and lead multi-functional projects to optimize offerings and costs. The role requires an MBA/PGDM and 6-8 years of experience in financial data analysis and strategy execution, preferably in IT/ITeS/BPO

Qualifications

• Post Graduate MBA/PGDM from a top university.
• 6-8 years of total experience.
• 3-4 years of financial data analysis, modelling & business insights generation; 1-2 years in corporate/growth strategy is preferred.
• Management consulting experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with digital transformation in a global enterprise is a plus.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders on strategic thinking and execution.

Responsibilities

• Act as custodian of financial data in Finance RP G&S team and analyze data for strategic insights.
• Develop and implement growth strategies aligned with company objectives.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive strategic projects and initiatives.
• Monitor KPIs to measure effectiveness of growth strategies and prepare reports for senior management.
• Engage senior leadership to refine offerings and cost structures, and support sales enablement.

Skills

Communication

Structured thinking

Financial analysis

Data insights

Excel modelling

Storyboarding

Market research

Financial acumen

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Post Graduate MBA / PGDM

Tools

Excel

Job description

Skills needed

• Excellent communication skills
• Structured thinking approach to unstructured problem statements
• Financial analysis & modelling, exposure to growth modelling is preferred
• Ability to analyze and draw insights from complex data sets
• Proficient in Excel modelling and presentation creation
• Superlative storyboarding skills
• Strong market research & competition analysis skills
• Financial acumen and data-driven decision-making
• Project management and leadership
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Overall Responsibilities

• This is a cross-industry role within Accenture Finance RP Growth and Strategy team.
• Responsibilities will include executing various internal and external projects that contribute to Accenture’s revenue and margin growth such as:
• Custodian of financial data in Finance RP G&S team
• Analyze data, create strategic insights on business financials (growth, profitability, specific initiatives)
• Develop and implement comprehensive growth strategies aligned with company objectives.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive strategic projects and initiatives.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of growth strategies.
• Prepare strategic plans and progress reports to senior management.
• Establish and leverage internal and external networks (e.g. Analysts) to stay on top of the latest and greatest tools, frameworks, practices and solutions within Accenture and for competition
• Work closely with leadership team to refine existing offerings and solutions and define new ones
• Support other practice teams in strategic initiatives including - driving standardization of solution, optimizing solution cost structure, defining and formalizing the process of solutions costing & validation and working with marketing and communication teams to ensure client-readiness of sales collaterals

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Business Diploma / MBA from a top university/college
• 6-8 years of total experience
• 3-4 years of experience in financial data analysis, financial modelling & business insights generation1-2 years of experience in corporate and growth strategy preferable - strategy design and execution experience, preferably in IT/ITes/BPO firm
• Management consulting experience is preferred but not necessary
• Preferable to have digital transformation experience in a global enterprise
• Experience in working with senior stakeholders (internal or client) on strategic thinking and execution

Other Requirements

• Must be able and flexible to work across time-zones, if required
• Limited travel required

About Accenture

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