Utilities Finance Transformation Consultant

Accenture; Walnut Creek (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Finance Transformation Consultant to help utilities CFOs modernize accounting, fixed assets, and finance operations. You will lead design, data conversion, and post‑go live adoption while coordinating across global teams.

You will bring hands‑on ERP experience (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP) and deep knowledge of fixed asset accounting, regulatory reporting, and controllership. Travel up to 100% may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years Finance transformation consulting experience.
• Minimum of 3 years hands‑on experience implementing or supporting ERP Finance solutions (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP).
• 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

ERP Finance implementation

Fixed Asset accounting

Finance data management

Utilities industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (6 years)

Associate's Degree with 3 years experience

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Cloud ERP

SAP Group Reporting

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Finance Transformation Consultant to help utilities CFOs modernize accounting, fixed assets, and finance operations. You will lead design, data conversion, and post‑go live adoption while coordinating across global teams.

You will bring hands‑on ERP experience (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP) and deep knowledge of fixed asset accounting, regulatory reporting, and controllership. Travel up to 100% may be required.