The work

In the CFO & Enterprise Value team of Accenture Strategy & Consulting, you will manage a wide variety of projects that are on and related to the agenda of the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs). The Finance Transformation & Enterprise Performance Management team operates at the intersection of Strategy, Process, Data, and Technology. As a Principal Director, you will drive Finance business advisory through end-to-end project delivery, which means that you will be involved in all stages of a project, from strategy to implementation. You play a key role in business development and relationship management with our clients across various industries, focusing on Finance Strategy, Digital Finance Transformation, Enterprise Planning & Analytics, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) amongst others.

In your role, you will lead projects and collaborate with international and diverse teams to build and develop the practice of our team.

• Processes: You will play a crucial role in improving finance processes within organizations by bringing expertise, best practices, and strategic insights. You will collaborate with CFOs and their teams to perform process assessments and recommend and implement finance industry leading practices to improve their finance operations through (ERP) system optimization, policy & procedure development, operating model re-design and more.
• Technology: CFO organizations are embracing digitally driven business models, empowering finance functions to excel in the digital world. As a manager, you will lead small finance teams, cooperating with technology experts on the selection, implementation and integration of finance systems and tools, utilizing advanced analytics and cutting-edge technologies like GenAI to enhance efficiency and provide valuable insights.
• People: connect with C-level client stakeholders and play a critical role in transforming finance operations by prioritizing talent development, nurturing a culture of continuous improvement, and leading organizational change management initiatives. Recognize change management needs within finance teams to ensure employees are equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, and capabilities to effectively embrace new processes, tools, and technologies.
• Data: Data plays a crucial role in maximizing efficiency and delivering value. As part of our team, you will utilize financial data to provide key insights and help CFOs become more data-driven, enabling true business partnering in Finance required for sustainable growth and decision-making.

Who we are

In today’s world, business leaders want to reinvent rapidly and confidently to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.

Strategy & Consulting is one of five services that make up one Accenture – the others are Operations, Technology, Song and Industry X.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Master’s (WO) degree in Strategy, Business, Finance, Economics, and related topics.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in project delivery in Finance, either through strategy or management consulting, or finance function industry experience.
• Extensive experience with the challenges that CFOs face, finance operating models, intelligent finance processes and enabling ERP technologies.
• Experience with data modelling, analytics and data visualization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies
• Ability to tell stories by delivering compelling presentations and narratives.
• Experience with establishing connections with finance experts
• Leadership and communication skills to mentor, challenge, advise, and coach team members and foster a team-oriented environment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy, demanding and team-oriented environment.
• Fluency in English, Dutch preferred.

What’s in it for you?

Accenture is a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Our people are Change Makers, and to support them as an employer, we make five promises:

• Work with flexibility, in a culture based on trust
• Embrace a sustainable growth mindset
• Live a human-led culture of Inclusion & Diversity by caring deeply for all our people.
• Lead and transform our clients with technology
• Connect with our global network of 700.000 colleagues.

These promises are reflected through our excellent employee benefits, including:

• Flexible working hours (4x9) & work location
• ‘Do Good’ volunteering program
• Paid leave: Parental leave, Paternity leave for all non-birthing parents, Bereavement leave, and Gender affirmation leave.
• Paid transport (budget for electric bicycle or car, NS-Business card)
• Pension scheme, discounted Accenture shares, annual bonus, collective health insurance scheme

What we believe

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. Our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger, and more equitable company for future generations to create positive, long-lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Our position as partner to many of the world’s leading businesses, organizations and governments affords us both an extraordinary opportunity and a tremendous responsibility to be effective. Sustainability is one of our greatest responsibilities, which we embed in everything we do and for everyone we work with.

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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