Enterprise Business Services Specialist (Finance Focus)

Accenture Federal Services • Arlington, VA

5d • $81,000 - $154,700

About The Position

The Enterprise Business Services Specialist (Finance Focus) serves as a technology partner for the Finance Corporate Function. The role supports operational priorities and drives intake, roadmap planning, solution design, and delivery of Finance initiatives, ensuring alignment between business priorities and IT execution while supporting cross-functional integration.

The specialist acts as the IT–Business integration point for Finance, communicates priorities, releases, updates, and issues, and leads functional and user acceptance testing for Finance releases. The role partners with Finance intake leads and delivery teams to define requirements, plan major system changes and implementations, shape product direction, and support timely resolution of application issues. It also applies Finance process knowledge and promotes simplified, agile delivery approaches.

Accenture Federal Services describes itself as a technology company serving the US federal government, with a collaborative community that supports employee growth through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. The position requires US citizenship. The listed base pay range for specified states and the District of Columbia is $81,000–$154,700 USD. The company offers a wide variety of benefits, with further details available through its benefits information.

Requirements

• US citizenship.
• 3–5 years in the listed business and delivery capabilities.
• Advanced business requirements analysis, including translating complex Finance needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Advanced business process design and workflow optimization, including mapping and optimizing Finance workflows aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Advanced Agile methods and ceremonies, including creating user stories, leading backlog refinement and sprint planning, and supporting iterative delivery.
• Advanced stakeholder management and communication, including facilitating intake discussions, prioritization, and alignment with Finance stakeholders.
• Intermediate documentation and configuration management, including preparing accurate requirements documents, functional specifications, and configuration support materials.
• Advanced solution design and functional architecture, using knowledge of Finance operations and Corporate Function technology patterns.
• Intermediate to advanced UAT and functional testing leadership, including planning and executing UAT cycles, managing defects, and validating release readiness.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of release coordination, change control practices, and deployment readiness.
• Proficiency with JIRA for backlog refinement, intake prioritization, user story creation, and roadmap tracking.
• Exposure to test planning tools such as JIRA to support UAT execution and defect management.
• A process simplification and workflow optimization mindset, with demonstrated ability to streamline documentation and intake workflows.
• Experience coordinating across Corporate Functions, IT delivery teams, and stakeholders to drive integrated Finance solutions.
• Strong executive-level communication skills, including translating technical, security, and regulatory topics into actionable business-aligned content.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint, TM1, Cognos BI, ServiceNow, Blue Prism, and/or Power BI Analytics.
• Advanced skills in MS Office software, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the IT–Business integration point for Finance, communicating priorities, releases, updates, and issues.
• Lead functional and UAT testing for Finance releases, including planning, script execution, and defect management.
• Serve as an escalation point for Finance application issues and coordinate timely resolution.
• Partner with Finance intake leads to capture, refine, and prioritize regulatory and functional requirements.
• Support updates to the Finance portion of the IT Enterprise Transformation Roadmap and plan major system changes and implementations.
• Work with Project Managers and Delivery Leads to support solution planning and execution.
• Define MVP scope, inform release planning, and shape product direction for Finance-aligned initiatives.
• Apply functional knowledge of Finance processes to support solution design.
• Promote simplified, agile approaches that improve Finance delivery efficiency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed