Finance Transformation Manager

About the Company

Accenture is a premier global professional services firm aiding leading businesses, governments, and organizations worldwide in digital transformation, operational optimization, revenue acceleration, and improved citizen services. With a workforce of 800,000 across over 120 countries, Accenture merges extensive technological expertise, especially in AI and generative AI, with industry-specific knowledge, functional skills, and global delivery capabilities. Their broad suite of offerings includes Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Accenture Song, driven by a culture focused on shared success and creating comprehensive value for all stakeholders.

Role Overview

The Finance Transformation Manager is a key role designed to advise CFOs and senior executives on enhancing enterprise performance to deliver tangible business value. This role covers AI-supported enterprise performance management (EPM) and financial planning & analysis (FP&A), cost transformation initiatives, finance operating model redesigns, and capital efficiency improvements. The ideal candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams through complex transformation projects aimed at improving profitability, cash flow, and return on invested capital. They will be accountable for full engagement delivery, financial outcomes, maintaining senior client relations, and contributing to business development.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and drive finance transformation strategies linking business objectives to performance gains, encompassing CapEx analysis and working capital enhancements.
• Lead the creation of enterprise EPM and FP&A frameworks involving strategic planning, integrated budgeting, driver-based forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Develop cost and profitability models, such as activity-based costing, product costing methods, and implement zero-based budgeting approaches.
• Establish value-driver hierarchies, key performance indicator systems, management reporting tools, and executive dashboards along with governance frameworks spanning performance management and finance function operations.
• Specialize in either treasury transformation (improving cash flow visibility, liquidity, and risk management controls) or comprehensive post-merger integration, aligning strategy, operations, technology, and finance for synergy realization and continuity.
• Construct detailed business cases and financial scenarios to assess investment returns, risks, and cash flow considerations, aiding resource and initiative prioritization.
• Conduct executive workshops to challenge and validate assumptions, manage varying priorities, and obtain formal stakeholder approval for critical solutions.
• Manage engagement delivery including scope, resource allocation, milestones, risk monitoring, quality assurance, and economic management.
• Lead, mentor, and coordinate consultants and experts, fostering strong client relationships to unlock further business opportunities.
• Support proposal development and account growth through innovative solution design, scope planning, staffing strategies, and commercial evaluation; contribute to reusable thought leadership materials.
• Identify AI and automation opportunities within finance functions by defining business needs, assessing data readiness, establishing control measures, and prioritizing adoption benefits.

Preferred Experience

• 7 to 9 years in roles related to Finance Strategy, CFO Advisory, Strategy Consulting, or Value Creation Services with experience managing complex projects.
• Proven expertise in EPM, FP&A design, cost and profitability management, finance operating model transformation, driver-based planning, zero-based budgeting, and AI-enabled finance functions.
• Track record in leading value creation initiatives impacting revenue growth, margin improvement, cost restructuring, working capital, and capital deployment, yielding measurable EBITDA, cash flow, and ROIC gains.
• Demonstrable skills in treasury transformation or enterprise-wide post-merger integration leadership.
• Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing project scope, commercial terms, risk mitigation, stakeholder influence, and approval processes.
• Successful history of building senior client relationships, shaping business development efforts and proposals.

Required Skills

• Finance Strategy Development and CFO Advisory
• Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Value Creation Programs and Capital Allocation
• Cost Transformation and Profitability Analytics
• Financial Modeling and Business Case Preparation
• Finance Operating Models and Governance Frameworks
• Treasury Transformation or Large-scale Post-Merger Integration Expertise
• Finance Automation, AI Application, and Data Governance
• Executive Communication and Stakeholder Management
• Project Delivery Leadership and Commercial Oversight
• Business Development and Proposal Management
• Team Leadership and Mentoring

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or quantitative disciplines such as Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
• MBA or relevant master’s degree with emphasis in finance, economics, or quantitative fields is preferred.
• Professional certifications like CFA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalents are considered a plus.
• Experience working with multinational corporations, diversified business groups, sovereign wealth funds, investment entities, or regulated industry clients, particularly within Saudi Arabia or the Gulf Cooperation Council region.