Senior Manager - Finance AI & Data Strategy (CGRT)

Accenture•Boston, MA

About The Position

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, AI and data with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Consulting, Strategy, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at accenture.com. In Consulting, we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world's leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360° stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate. Our AI and Data Strategy practitioners focused on Finance Transformation sit at the intersection of Finance functional expertise and applied AI. We are looking for practitioners who don't just advise on AI and data in the abstract — we need people who deeply understand how Finance functions operate, where the friction lives, and how to engineer smarter solutions using AI and data to fundamentally transform Finance processes. This is not a generalist role. Our clients need advisors who can credibly engage with a CFO, understand their FP&A cycle or Controllership challenges, and translate that into a concrete AI-enabled transformation roadmap. As an AI & Data Strategy Senior Manager focused on CFO & Enterprise Value, you will: Lead Finance-specific AI strategy engagements — define a compelling vision for how data and AI can reinvent core Finance functions including FP&A, Controllership, Financial Close, Treasury, and Tax. Apply an engineering problem-solving mindset — creatively identify where AI, automation, and data solutions can eliminate friction, reduce manual effort, and generate new insight within Finance processes. Conduct Finance AI and Data Assessments — evaluate the maturity of a client's Finance data assets, technology stack, and AI readiness to identify highest-value transformation opportunities. Design Finance Process Reinvention — map current Finance processes, identify AI intervention points, and develop future-state process designs that embed intelligence at their core. Develop Finance AI Functional Designs — translate Finance process requirements into AI solution designs, working closely with technology and data engineering teams to ensure buildability and fit. Build the business case and roadmap — create investment profiles, value models, and sequenced roadmaps to deliver Finance AI transformations with measurable ROI. Shape AI Operating Model design — define the people, processes, governance, and technology structures needed to sustain AI-enabled Finance operations. Infuse Responsible AI — embed ethical AI principles into Finance AI strategy and solution design, ensuring auditability, explainability, and compliance with Finance regulatory requirements. Build trusted client relationships — serve as a credible advisor to CFOs and Finance leadership, combining Finance domain fluency with hands-on AI and data expertise. Originate and shape new opportunities — lead go-to-market activities, develop points of view, and drive the full sales cycle for Finance AI & Data engagements. Ability to travel up to 80%; travel as needed based on client expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
7+ years of experience in Finance functional roles or Finance transformation consulting — you have direct, hands-on experience working within or transforming Finance functions (FP&A, Controllership, Financial Close, Treasury, or Tax)
7+ years of AI & Data experience — including solutioning, designing, or delivering AI & Data projects, with demonstrated application to Finance use cases
7+ years of high-value consulting experience, including large-scale delivery with minimal oversight and proven ability to lead workstreams and meet deadlines
2+ years in AI & Data delivery specifically within finance space
Demonstrable experience with one or more of the following in a Finance context: Finance AI Strategy & Business Case development Finance Data Assessment Finance AI Technology Assessment Finance Process Reinvention Finance Process AI Functional Design AI Operating Model Design for Finance functions
Experience leading senior-level (C-suite or C-level minus 1) conversations, including with CFOs and Finance leadership
Engineering problem-solver mindset — ability to apply technology creatively to complex Finance business problems
Strong program management and communication skills, both verbal and written
Driven and entrepreneurial: ability to originate and shape new deals and lead go-to-market activities
Excellent leadership and people skills: proven ability to build effective teams, foster collaboration and inclusion, and build strong client relationships
Fluent in English (both spoken and written)
Ability to travel up to 80%; travel as needed based on client expectations.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a relevant field (Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, Business, or related)
Experience with Finance AI platforms and tools (e.g., Anaplan, OneStream, SAP, Oracle EPM, Workiva, or AI-native Finance tools)
Familiarity with Finance regulatory and compliance frameworks relevant to AI (SOX, IFRS, GAAP)

Responsibilities

Lead Finance-specific AI strategy engagements — define a compelling vision for how data and AI can reinvent core Finance functions including FP&A, Controllership, Financial Close, Treasury, and Tax.
Apply an engineering problem-solving mindset — creatively identify where AI, automation, and data solutions can eliminate friction, reduce manual effort, and generate new insight within Finance processes.
Conduct Finance AI and Data Assessments — evaluate the maturity of a client's Finance data assets, technology stack, and AI readiness to identify highest-value transformation opportunities.
Design Finance Process Reinvention — map current Finance processes, identify AI intervention points, and develop future-state process designs that embed intelligence at their core.
Develop Finance AI Functional Designs — translate Finance process requirements into AI solution designs, working closely with technology and data engineering teams to ensure buildability and fit.
Build the business case and roadmap — create investment profiles, value models, and sequenced roadmaps to deliver Finance AI transformations with measurable ROI.
Shape AI Operating Model design — define the people, processes, governance, and technology structures needed to sustain AI-enabled Finance operations.
Infuse Responsible AI — embed ethical AI principles into Finance AI strategy and solution design, ensuring auditability, explainability, and compliance with Finance regulatory requirements.
Build trusted client relationships — serve as a credible advisor to CFOs and Finance leadership, combining Finance domain fluency with hands-on AI and data expertise.
Originate and shape new opportunities — lead go-to-market activities, develop points of view, and drive the full sales cycle for Finance AI & Data engagements.

Benefits

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

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