Utilities CFO Transformation Consultant

Accenture; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Accenture in the United States (Florida) seeks a Finance Transformation consultant to modernize accounting, fixed assets, and finance operations for utilities clients. You will partner with CFOs and finance leaders, translate strategic priorities into scalable ERP solutions, and work across GL, AP, AR, and fixed assets to deliver value.

You bring hands-on ERP implementation experience (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP) and strong communication, delivering data-driven improvements, faster close, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years Finance transformation consulting experience—process design, controllership, close optimization, or CFO advisory work.

Responsibilities

• Support finance transformation programs for utilities CFO and controller organizations, including finance process redesign, solution design, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and post-go-live adoption.
• Lead or contribute to workstreams across core finance areas — General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets / capital accounting, Project Accounting, Intercompany, and regulatory/FERC reporting.
• Design and deliver Fixed Asset and capital accounting capabilities tailored to utilities — including CWIP, unitization, asset retirement obligations (AROs), depreciation studies, regulatory asset treatment, and integration with Projects and GL.
• Translate utilities CFO priorities into measurable enterprise value cases — building business cases, value architectures, and KPI baselines that link finance capabilities to outcomes such as faster close, improved forecast accuracy, rate-case readiness, and reduced cost-to-serve.
• Analyze finance process data — chart of accounts, sub‑ledger mappings, master data, journals, asset registers, and reconciliations — to inform design, cleanse legacy data, and validate cutover readiness.
• Collaborate across client stakeholders, Accenture delivery teams, product teams, integration teams, testing teams, training teams, and offshore resources to deliver coordinated finance transformation outcomes.
• Support scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, user story development, acceptance criteria, demos, and defect triage for finance workstreams.
• Provide hands‑on training, coaching, and enablement for utilities finance users, super users, and project team members to support long‑term adoption.
• Support execution of cutover activities, deployment readiness, change enablement, and stakeholder communications for finance releases.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery methods, solution quality, and cross‑team collaboration while helping utilities CFOs realize finance transformation value.

Skills

Finance transformation

ERP implementation

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (6 years) work experience

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Cloud ERP

Job description

Accenture in the United States (Florida) seeks a Finance Transformation consultant to modernize accounting, fixed assets, and finance operations for utilities clients. You will partner with CFOs and finance leaders, translate strategic priorities into scalable ERP solutions, and work across GL, AP, AR, and fixed assets to deliver value.

You bring hands-on ERP implementation experience (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP) and strong communication, delivering data-driven improvements, faster close, and