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In this role you will support the Finance Transition Services (FTS) practice by implementing standard finance tools and processes, enforcing operational excellence & highest compliance standards, and driving profitability growth. Through effective change management plans, FTS transforms existing or acquired financial management processes bringing them in line with Accenture standards. FTS professionals work with Senior Management throughout the firm, across all Operating Groups, Growth Platforms, and Geographies.
 
A Finance Transition Services (FTS) Associate Manager can expect to supportwork efforts on the following deal profiles: Large Consulting or Outsourcing contracts in start-up or sunset phase, poorly performing financial contracts with enhanced complexity or risk, Finance integration activities on Ventures and Acquisitions / Divestitures
 
The Work:
Overall job responsibilities for an FTS Associate Manager include:
Provide value-added financial management, analysis, and advice to client engagement and/or acquisition teams to maximize the profitability of engagements / acquisitions.
Collaborate with client / engagement partners and acquisition executives, acquired leadership, Client Group Finance Leads (or equivalent), and other finance operations executives (including statutory accounting) to communicate the position and status of the account financial position. 
Participate in the implementation of post-merger integration processes for defining requirements, providing business insights, setting priorities, reviewing solutions, and providing planning inputs.
Execute account financial processes to ensure the quality and integrity of contract/project financial records
Provide new business support with sound pricing fundamentals for new and extended opportunities
Perform or supervise with the preparation of engagement, project, and program reporting as well as Accenture internal financial accounting processes
Perform or supervise account level forecasting process, including ad hoc and internal stakeholder management requests
Execute all global and local statutory, tax, Internal Controls, and US GAAP requirements as described by policy to ensure full compliance
Perform or Supervise Inventory and Receivables management, including monitoring of variances and follow-up on discrepancies
Ensure balance sheet accountability, including tracking of capital assets and technology rental equipment, hardware/software costs, and other items
Plan, oversee and drive assigned functional integration planning and execution activities for each Mergers/Ventures and Acquisition transaction.
May integrate and interlock with other functional areas to ensure functional work stream impacts are understood and factored in the overall solution.
Participate in the creation of documentation, tools and assets to enable reusable knowledge capital.