Life Sciences Finance Reinvention Partner - Manager

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

3d•$80,400 - $293,800

About The Position

The Life Sciences Finance Reinvention Partner works with Finance executives to create enterprise value and help Finance leaders become effective business partners. The role draws on life sciences industry experience, functional expertise, analytics, and digital technology to improve efficiency, manage costs, increase profitability, and identify new opportunities. Areas of transformation include agentic AI, digital core modernization, and generative AI. The Manager advises Finance leadership on end-to-end processes, including Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury, with particular emphasis on R&D, Commercial, and Supply Chain Finance in Pharma, MedTech/Medical Devices, and Medical Distribution. The role translates operational complexity into scalable finance processes, data models, and enabling technologies. The position sets transformation vision, strategy, goals, and outcomes with clients and internal teams; leads digital transformation and solution development; manages project risks, economics, deliverables, and client alignment; and serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter resource. It also contributes to business development, proposal responses, practice growth, and team development.

Requirements

At least 5 years of finance management consulting experience.
At least 5 years of functional experience in Finance operations, such as Financial Close, External Reporting, Intercompany, Consolidations, Order-to-Cash, Invoice-to-Pay, or FP&A.
At least 3 years of experience with leading finance ERP/EPM platforms, such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Anaplan, or OneStream.
At least 3 years of experience leading projects and/or small to mid-size teams of 10–15 people.
At least 3 years of experience with Finance functions, operating models, and supporting organizational structures, including analytics, forecasting, or core Finance.
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, or Business Administration.

Nice To Haves

Ability to communicate clearly with clients, lead client workshops, document requirements, and articulate value propositions and business cases.
Solid understanding of process best practices for designing Finance, accounting, planning, forecasting, and reporting solutions.
Experience or understanding of automation for Finance, including RPA, Applied Intelligence, AI, machine learning, GenAI, or agentic AI.
Experience with FinTech solutions such as Anaplan, Hyperion, BPC, OBIEE, Tableau, and Fusion.
Ability to improve engagement for a business, practice, or people development.
Experience as a leader or functional team member on ERP implementations, with knowledge of SAP, Oracle, and/or Workday.
Experience with Finance-enabling technologies such as Blackline, Workiva, and Trintech.
Experience defining and shaping financial, management, or regulatory reporting and/or developing Finance Master Data strategy.
MBA, another advanced degree, or an accounting designation such as CPA or CA.

Responsibilities

Help clients modernize Finance by working with internal and external teams to set vision, strategy, goals, and key outcomes.
Support Clinical/R&D Finance transformation, including portfolio prioritization, pipeline strategy, and trial cost planning and management.
Lead or advise on Commercial Finance initiatives, including Gross to Net Finance sales initiatives.
Lead or advise on Supply Chain Finance initiatives, including standard cost design and integration of manufacturing, quality, and finance data.
Understand client challenges and apply relevant leading practices to develop solutions to complex business problems.
Serve as a subject matter advisor to other projects and proposals and support business development activities.
Manage risk, project economics, deliverable content, and client buy-in.
Act as a trusted advisor to client leadership.
Encourage team innovation and support team members’ ideas and career goals.
Create strategies and blueprints using advanced operating models, processes, and emerging technologies to improve operations and redefine how work gets done.
Oversee clients’ digital transformations and identify needed skills, data, operating models, process automation, analytics, workflows, and enabling technology.
Identify modern technology and data solutions for clients and share industry best practices.
Participate in key business development activities and cycles to grow the practice.
Stay current on trends, technologies, and regulations affecting digital finance, analytics, and the CFO ecosystem.
Lead and assemble teams to respond to proposals and drive incremental sales.