Life Sciences Finance Reinvention Partner - Consultant

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Life Sciences Finance Reinvention Partners is seeking a finance transformation professional to drive value across Finance processes in the Life Sciences sector. You will translate business requirements into practical process, data, and technology solutions and collaborate with client and project teams.

With 3+ years in consulting or finance operations, you will support end-to-end initiatives across Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and related areas.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in management consulting, Finance transformation, Finance operations, accounting, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Support Finance transformation workstreams from analysis and design through implementation.
• Document current-state processes, identify pain points and improvement opportunities, and help define target-state processes and requirements.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, synthesize findings, and translate them into clear client-ready insights and recommendations.
• Support Life Sciences Finance initiatives across core Finance and industry-specific domains, including Clinical and R&D Finance, Commercial and Gross-to-Net Finance, and Product Costing and Supply Chain Finance.
• Participate in client interviews, workshops, working sessions, and design reviews; prepare materials and accurately capture decisions and action items.
• Develop deliverables such as process flows, requirements, operating model components, business cases, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Work with functional and technology teams to translate Finance needs into data, analytics, automation, ERP, EPM, and emerging technology solutions.
• Support testing, deployment, change management, and value realization activities.
• Contribute to proposals, research, points of view, and practice-building activities.
• Stay current on Life Sciences, Finance, regulatory, data, AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI trends.
• Collaborate with and support the development of analysts and other team members.

Skills

Finance transformation

Analytical

Problem-solving

Client collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Administration/Information Systems/Engineering

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Workday

Anaplan

OneStream

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

We Are:

Life Sciences Finance Reinvention Partners work with Finance leaders to drive value across the enterprise. As Finance teams take on more strategic business-partner roles, they need better processes, data, technology, and ways of working to improve efficiency, manage costs, strengthen profitability, and identify new opportunities. We bring industry experience, functional knowledge, analytics, and digital capabilities to help clients reinvent Finance. Whether improving processes, transforming the digital core, or applying GenAI and Agentic AI, we help solve our clients' most important challenges.

You Are:

A finance transformation professional who combines strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an understanding of Life Sciences business models. You are comfortable supporting Finance transformation across processes such as Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury, while building expertise in industry-specific areas including Clinical and R&D Finance, Commercial Finance, Gross-to-Net, Product Costing, and Supply Chain Finance. You translate business requirements into practical process, data, and technology solutions and collaborate effectively with client and project teams.

The work:

• Support Finance transformation workstreams from analysis and design through implementation.
• Document current-state processes, identify pain points and improvement opportunities, and help define target-state processes and requirements.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, synthesize findings, and translate them into clear client-ready insights and recommendations.
• Support Life Sciences Finance initiatives across core Finance and industry-specific domains, including Clinical and R&D Finance, Commercial and Gross-to-Net Finance, and Product Costing and Supply Chain Finance.
• Participate in client interviews, workshops, working sessions, and design reviews; prepare materials and accurately capture decisions and action items.
• Develop deliverables such as process flows, requirements, operating model components, business cases, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Work with functional and technology teams to translate Finance needs into data, analytics, automation, ERP, EPM, and emerging technology solutions.
• Support testing, deployment, change management, and value realization activities.
• Contribute to proposals, research, points of view, and practice-building activities.
• Stay current on Life Sciences, Finance, regulatory, data, AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI trends.
• Collaborate with and support the development of analysts and other team members.

Here’s what you need:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in management consulting, Finance transformation, Finance operations, accounting, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Bonus points if:

• Experience in at least one Finance process area, such as Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Financial Close, Consolidation, or Reporting.
• Exposure to Life Sciences—including Pharma, MedTech / Medical Devices, or Medical Distribution—or a strong interest in developing industry expertise.
• Experience gathering requirements, analyzing processes or data, and developing client-ready deliverables.
• Ability to communicate clearly, work collaboratively, manage assigned tasks, and deliver high-quality work on time.
• Working knowledge of Finance operating models, controls, process design, and enabling technologies.
• Exposure to one or more ERP, EPM, analytics, or Finance platforms, such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Anaplan, OneStream, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Experience in Clinical or R&D Finance, Gross-to-Net or Commercial Finance, Product Costing, or Supply Chain Finance.
• Experience with Finance automation, analytics, RPA, AI, Machine Learning, GenAI, or Agentic AI.
• Experience supporting an ERP or EPM implementation, process redesign, operating model, or data transformation initiative.
• Familiarity with Finance technologies such as BlackLine, Workiva, Trintech, Anaplan, BPC, OneStream, or Hyperion.
• CPA, CA, MBA, or another relevant certification or advanced degree.

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