Resources - Finance Transformation Consultant

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

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a finance transformation professional to partner with CFOs and finance leaders, helping modernize finance functions through strategy, data, processes, and technology. You will work with ERP systems, analytics, and GenAI to drive efficiency and growth across client organisations.

The role emphasizes collaboration, client workshops, and delivering value in a fast-paced, global environment with opportunities across industries.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with clients clearly, participating in client workshops, and documenting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in modernizing finance functions by consulting with internal and external teams to set vision, strategy, goals, and key outcomes.
• Assist project teams in managing risk, identifying client challenges, and managing deliverables.
• Be able to collaborate effectively with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Participate with clients' digital transformations to drive efficiency, effectiveness, experience, and growth using finance data, processes, and enabling technology such as FinTech apps and AI/GenAI.

Skills

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Finance/Business Administration

MBA or advanced degree or accounting designation (CPA/CA)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Workday

Anaplan

OneStream

Hyperion

BPC

OBIEE

Tableau

Fusion

Blackline

Workiva

Trintech

Job description

CFO & Enterprise Value, and we partner with Finance executives to drive value across the enterprise. As Finance leaders move into business partner roles, they need processes, technology and people to help drive efficiencies, manage costs, improve profitability, and identify new areas of opportunity. We’ve got the deep industry experience, functional proficiency, insightful analytics, and the digital technology leadership to help our clients reinvent themselves. Whether we are improving processes, transforming the digital core, or harnessing the power of GenAI, we solve our clients’ toughest problems. Visit us here to find out more about CFO-Enterprise Value.

You are:

A numbers person, a techie, and above all, a team-player. You’ve always understood the power of technology to make financial functions easier, and now you’re ready to work collaboratively to help get clients ready for the future of finance.

The work:

Support clients in modernizing their finance functions by consulting with internal and external teams to set vision, strategy, goals, and key outcomes. Assist project teams in managing risk, identifying client challenges, and managing deliverables. Be able to collaborate effectively with clients. Be a good team member and partner with cross-functional teams. Participate with clients' digital transformations, help them drive efficiency, effectiveness, experience, and growth: assist in identifying needed skillsets, data, operating models, process automation, analytics, workflows, and enabling technology (i.e., FinTech apps, AI/ML/GenAI, etc). Aid in finding modern technology and data solutions for clients and share best practices across the industry. Stay on top of current trends, technologies, and regulations influencing digital finance, analytics, and the CFO ecosystem.

Here’s what you need:

• Minimum 3 years of finance management consulting experience
• Minimum 3 years of functional experience in Finance operations, such as the Financial Close, External Reporting, Intercompany, Consolidations, Order-to-Cash or Invoice-to-Pay, etc
• Minimum 2 years of experience with finance ERP/EPM platforms (i.e., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Anaplan, OneStream)
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with clients clearly, participating in client workshops, and documenting requirements.
• Experience in one of the following industries: Banking, Insurance, Consumer Goods & Retail, Energy, Health, High-Tech Industrial, or Utilities
• Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Economics, Finance, or Business Administration
• Bonus points if: Understanding of RPA, Applied Intelligence, Machine Learning, or GenAI for Finance
• You’ve worked with these FinTech solutions: Anaplan, Hyperion, BPC, OBIEE, Tableau, and Fusion
• You’re a great functional team member on ERP implementations and know your way around SAP, Oracle, and/or Workday
• You have worked with the Finance function, enabling technologies such as Blackline, Workiva, and Trintech
• You’ve got an MBA after your name or another type of advanced degree or an accounting designation (i.e CPA, CA, etc.)

Compensation

At Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forec… We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/12/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location & Annual Salary Range

• California $70,350 to $205,800
• Cleveland $59,100 to $164,600
• Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
• Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
• Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• New York $66,300 to $205,800
• New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Washington $80,200 to $189,300

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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