We Are: Our Utility Industry, Transmission & Distribution Practice is powering the progress to a safe, connected, and sustainable planet. Every day, we work with the largest electric, gas, and water utilities to deliver innovative solutions and help them become more efficient, reliable, environmentally friendly and safer places to work. We co-create the future with our clients at Accenture Innovation Hubs around the world and work alongside our clients to bring the future to life in the core of our client's operations. We are the marketplace leader in modernizing the Transmission and Distribution network, making it more resilient, secure and flexible to include new distributed energy resources. Our utility clients are looking for bold solutions in the era of rapidly changing technology, policy and workforce innovations. Are you the leader who wants to reinvent the Utilities' Transmission and Distribution and empower our clients to create a clean, sustainable and connected world? Join a team of industry practitioners with global footprint and local camaraderie.You Are: A skilled utility industry practitioner with the know how to help clients meet the challenges of digitization. You have the experience, creativity, and analytical power to design and implement the next generation of enterprise asset management solutions: your bread and butter are the utility processes underpinning enterprise asset management, asset health and maintenance, and asset performance lifecycles. You are not afraid to imagine next-gen solutions powered by artificial intelligence and automation. In fact, every day you are looking for opportunities to challenge the status quo and you are not satisfied with step change. You are a connector, inspiring teams to deliver your vision and new ways of thinking. You have a proven track record of assembling diverse, high-octane teams that harness people's strength and deliver radical insight. You understand that co-location with clients and teams is critical to innovation, and you are ready to partner at client sites.As a Senior Manager in our Enterprise Transformation capability in the Utilities sector (Electric, Gas & Clean Generation), you'll work as part with clients to help to solve complex business issues from strategy to sustainment.Key Responsibilities
Develop and implement enterprise transformation strategies that align with clients' sustainability goals and industry trends in the utilities sector for their enterprise services encompassing HR, Finance, EAM and Supply Chain functions.
Analyze and redesign enterprise processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance across HR, Finance, EAM and Supply Chain within the utilities sector.
Work with clients on regulatory and sustainability matters ensuring alignment across all enterprise functions.
Identify and implement best practices in financial management, HR operations, and supply chain management, including reporting and controls specific to the utilities sector.
Oversee the selection and implementation of enterprise management systems applying an utility industry lens, to support transformation efforts and enhance reporting capabilities across HR, Finance, EAM and Supply Chain.
Develop and manage reporting frameworks, dashboards, and analytics to provide actionable insights and drive data-driven decision-making in liaison with industry consulting and client stakeholders from HR, Finance, and Supply Chain.
Guide clients through the organizational transformation, including organizational structures, processes and talent management considerations to move their organizational towards new capability levels, support to ensure smooth transitions, and sustainment of new processes and systems across all enterprise functions.
Ensure that enterprise processes and systems adhere to relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards within the utilities sector.
Additional Roles & Responsibilities
Contribute to building and continuously refreshing the long-term vision and strategy to continue growing the business.
Take ownership in business development activities, pursuing opportunities, and leading their delivery.
Lead and build team members to drive excellence, meet team strategy and required KPIs, and be active in business development and thought leadership about specific enterprise matters.
Demonstrate strong project management skills (PMP) as the delivery role requires senior client and stakeholder management, project budgeting and finance management, coaching, and resource management on high-profile clients.
Create, review, and deliver complex client deliverables, including executive-level reporting through to detailed design documentation.
Manage a global mindset and ability to connect with colleagues across the consulting line of services and other lines of services, to bring high-value multidisciplinary solutions to clients.
Lead, coach, train, and mentor junior staff, supporting their growth and career development.
Ability to travel up to 80%
Skills and Competencies
7 years of experience in identifying, building and creating sustained business value cases to support our clients value journey
7 years of experience in conducting enterprise function assessments and opportunity funneling for pilots with a focus on the utilities industry
7 years of experience in providing process expertise for implementation in end-to-end processes (Order to Cash, Record to Report, Procure to Pay) covering design and implementation across HR, Finance, EAM and Supply Chain
7 years of experience in designing operating models, governance, and communication frameworks within the enterprise functions
7 years of experience with implementation and/or implementation supervision of full life cycle ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or others)
Professional Skill Requirements
Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Proven track record in sales of professional services
Proven track record in revenue under management (implementation oversight and control)
Proven experience in delivering high-quality strategic engagements in the utilities sector clients
Strong interest and passion for developing, growing, and leading a team through advanced coaching and mentoring, as well as proactive knowledge sharing
Desire to work in an information systems environment
Good understanding of change management and coaching needs to adopt in client environments
Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Our Commitment to You:
Your entrepreneurial spirit and vision will be rewarded, and your success will fuel opportunities for career advancement. You’ll make a difference for some pretty impressive clients. Accenture serves many of the Fortune Global 100 on high-profile projects. Opportunities to learn daily through training, assignments, and collaborating with experts across the company. Access to leading-edge technology.
Along with a competitive salary, Accenture offers a comprehensive package including generous paid time off, an employee healthcare plan and a competitive 401K program.
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