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Skill required: FBM Performance and Advisory & Corporate Functions Finance - Finance Strategy
Designation: Finance Business Management Specialist
Qualifications:Master of Business Administration
Years of Experience:7 - 11 Years
What would you do?
Performance & Advisory is our new multi-dimensional finance capability that opens boundless opportunities for our people and reflects the strong culture of shared success that we aim to build. The Performance component directly reflects that success is based on business outcomes achieved; while the Advisory component represents the expected contribution further along the value chain, with shared accountability for results. P&A professionals will be equal team members on the Finance teams to which they are assigned, sharing ownership of business outcomes. Functionally aligned. Directly assigned. Within Performance & Advisory we have multiple towers, collaborating as needed in order to achieve shared outcomes and shared success-P&A Portfolio & Account Performance -P&A Forecasting & Planning -P&A Payroll and Cost Capability -P&A RDC P&A Forecasting & Planning tower is jointly accountable for the forward-looking view into the health of Accenture's business driving the submission of internal quarterly forecasts and annual plans, and continuously monitoring business portfolio performance indicators to advise leadership and manage landing position expectations. The advisory component of the job is key in order to originate value for Accenture. The Forecasting & Planning Associate Manager will belong to the Global and Market Cross Market team, which is responsible for Forecasting & Planning, closely collaborating with the Globa and Market F&P teams, the professionals of the other P&A towers and the local and global Finance community. The role requires working alongside and reporting directly to the Market Forecasting & Planning lead and to the Planning & Forecasting global lead. At the core, the scope of the tower requires active participation in the planning and forecasting process with key areas of responsibility including-Annual financial plan and quarterly forecast submissions that are reasonable, accurate, and aligned with Accenture ambitions, business aspirations and strategic goals -Upside & risk assessment to forward looking projections -Scenario planning and use of predictive analysis and stress tests -Stakeholder management including early warnings to leadership when a forecast goes off track; recommendation of corrective actions
What are we looking for?
Professional Skill Requirements
  • Expertise in financial modeling and predictive analysis; ability to drive key business insights from complex data
  • Strong business acumen and strong understanding of the economics that drive our business with working knowledge of Accenture's operating and economic models
  • Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams as a coach/supervisor
  • Executive presentation skills with effective communication and business advisory skills
  • Proactive attitude and self-motivated; takes ownership of tasks and work efforts
  • Ability to be flexible and work independently and analytically in a problem-solving environment
  • Ability to proactively identify areas for analysis or requiring attention; ability to interpret and synthesize recommendations from the analysis escalating and/or involving all parties required to achieve resolution. Timely and accurate preparation of management information is required with limited supervision necessary
  • Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills, with ability to work virtually and within virtual teams an essential requirement; confident dealing with finance and non-finance executives alike
  • Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
  • Knowledge of IFS, SAP BR, MMB, CBP, MMS, Accenture Economic and Operating Model, and Global standardized reporting
  • Advanced Excel skills. Proficient in MS Word, MS Outlook & MS Power Point
  • Fluent English Travel and Overtime Requirements
  • Some overtime should be expected during critical peak periods
  • Ability to be flexible in a remote environment; may be required to attend conference calls out of normal working hours
  • Minimal travel may be required Roles and Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities include the following
  • Collaborate extensively with the Global and EMEA Market Units F&P team, driving standardization, orchestrating processes and deliverables, developing best practices across the Market. Provide financial or technical guidance to the team as necessary
  • Make/propose improvements to deliverables collaborating with peers in the other Markets and on the global F&P team to develop standard best practice methodologies and operationalize within the Market Units
  • Serve as escalation point for any Market Unit related issues and coordination of Market Unit level deliverables regarding annual planning and quarterly projection as needed
  • Provide leverage to F&P leadership team including CFO and Deputy as required
  • Help to supervise and foster the development of Market Units F&P leads; provide a centralized support network encouraging collaboration
  • Ensure business runners receive the appropriate information to manage their areas of responsibility; promote the usage of standardized reports and actively identify where gaps in reporting analytics may exist
  • Leverage and build relationships within and outside of FBM including CFM, Services, Sales & Pricing and Client Groups
  • Plan preparation and plan submission, inclusive of a clear understanding of the assumptions
  • Prepare Plan dashboard and outline key outcomes
  • Forecast preparation and forecast submission, inclusive of a clear understanding of the assumptions
  • Prepare forecast dashboard and outline key outcomes
  • Breakout of Organic and Inorganic revenue growth in plan and forecasts
  • Consolidate the full plan/forecast P&L, including NCC from Payroll and Cost Optimization
  • Prepare fall forward analysis/what if scenarios
  • Prepare top-down forecasts (leverage on Corporate Revenue Analytics and P&A-F&P standards)
  • Establish self as trusted source of business analytics with key stakeholders or key contributors
  • Provide early warnings when the plan/forecast goes off track. Alert the F&P Market lead of significant issues, working collaboratively with stakeholders to address the issues
  • Provide actionable intelligence and expertise to help achieve targets
  • Increase awareness of Corporate expectations
  • Drive Forecast Accuracy
  • Analyze actual trends combined with projected trends
  • Review pipeline of opportunities and backlog, provide insights on trends, and various pipeline/backlog key performance indicators and health metrics
  • Deep Dive of big deals & top clients
  • Provide insights about the forward-looking view of the P&L in preparation of the monthly state of the business reviewsQualificationsMaster of Business Administration

    • Job Classification

    Industry: IT Services & Consulting
    Functional Area / Department: Finance & Accounting,
    Role Category: Finance
    Role: Financial Analyst
    Employement Type: Full time

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    Company: Accenture
    Location(s): Bengaluru

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    Keyskills:   business advisory predictive ms outlook business acumen financial modelling projections risk assessment sap forecasting emea sales business administration economics stakeholder management advanced excel cost optimization finance

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