Utilities Finance Transformation Consultant

Accenture; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental/ Vision

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture in the United States is seeking a Finance Transformation consultant focused on utilities CFO and enterprise value. You will redesign finance processes, implement ERP finance solutions, and guide fixed asset and capital accounting initiatives across GL, AP, AR, and regulatory reporting.

Travel may be required as you collaborate with client teams, offshore resources, and product groups to deliver measurable value, faster close, and improved forecast accuracy in a dynamic, regulated

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years finance transformation consulting experience.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience implementing ERP Finance solutions (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP) across GL, AP, AR, or Fixed Assets.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with Fixed Asset / capital accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, and integration with Projects.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with finance process data — chart of accounts design, sub‑ledger to ledger reconciliation, data conversion, or finance master data management.
• Minimum of 1 years of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (6 years) work experience. If an Associate's Degree, 3 years of work experience is required.

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

Process design

Controllership

CFO advisory

Data analysis

Scrum/Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Cloud ERP

SAP SAC / Oracle EPM

Job description

Accenture in the United States is seeking a Finance Transformation consultant focused on utilities CFO and enterprise value. You will redesign finance processes, implement ERP finance solutions, and guide fixed asset and capital accounting initiatives across GL, AP, AR, and regulatory reporting.

Travel may be required as you collaborate with client teams, offshore resources, and product groups to deliver measurable value, faster close, and improved forecast accuracy in a dynamic, regulated