Marketing & Communications - Planning & Programs - Strategy, Industry & Function Marketing- Finance Budget Associate Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 740,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Corporate Functions – Marketing & Communications

As part of this team, you’ll play a key role in helping Accenture execute its strategy. You’ll work with a diverse team of innovative marketing experts who focus on the following areas: global brand management and advertising; global events and sponsorships; internal communications; marketing research; media and industry analyst relations; corporate and financial communications; internet marketing; recruitment marketing; client-centric marketing; and industry, service line and geographic marketing campaigns.

The Accenture Marketing + Communications Planning & Operations team is looking for a highly motivated and collaborative Associate Manager: Planning & Operations – SIF/Services Finance/Budget Lead for our Budget/Finance team.  This person will work closely with the Finance and P&O team lead and will be responsible for financial/ budget mapping, controlling, and reporting for SIF and Services Global Functions within M+C.

Accenture is looking for a self-starter who is excellent with budget management and Accenture finance, HR and operations acumen, a strategic thinker who loves to brainstorm and solve challenges, and with strong process focus in a friendly global working environment

While there will never be a typical day at Accenture, here’s a look at some of your responsibilities:

• Work closely with Direct manager, Accenture Finance, and M+C Leadership to ensure budget planning and actuals management align to Accenture corporate targets annually, quarterly, and monthly.

• Serve as the people lead for an analyst also responsible for SIF and Services financials and budgeting, including task assignment and management, coaching mentoring, performance achievement and talent outcomes management

• Under the guidance of the team lead, estimate and capture budget needs for SIF and Services by major work category on an ongoing basis, with initial planning at the start of the fiscal year, and quarterly refreshes.

• Provide guidelines on Accenture financial requirements and processes for the team, as well as for others within M+C.

• Incorporate and update the budget into function maps as programs and activities are funded.

• Allocate and track against budgets for programs throughout the year while also preparing and delivering regular reports as required.

• Other ad hoc tasks required by the role such as

  • Budget planning and controlling

  • Variance analysis

  • Accruals & prepayment consolidation

  • Other finance related processes

  • Procurement related activities as invoice tracking, BuyNow and Fieldglass

  • HR-related activities as Workday support and Utilization Reports