Business Transformation Manager

Responsibilities:
Managing and leading finance and accounting transformation initiatives with a specific focus on the record-to-report process.
Evangelizing end-to-end RTR transformation solutions for clients, encompassing both their retained and outsourced organizations, to achieve "Future Ready" operations.
Maintaining a strong pipeline of RTR-focused proposals through enhanced stakeholder experience and by consistently delivering measurable business outcomes.
Accelerating the journey to digital, data-driven, intelligent operations within the RTR domain by integrating innovative digital technologies, process expertise, and industry insights.
Drawing data and insights from client engagements, industry trends, and business process expertise to identify RTR optimization opportunities.
Engaging with client senior leadership to create transformation roadmaps specific to RTR, define target operating models, and optimize tactical value.
Anchoring RFP responses for client needs related to RTR and supporting detailed solution run-throughs during the sales cycle.
Driving the adoption of automation (RPA and Cognition - AI/ML) as a strategic enabler within RTR, including defining organizational structure, governance models, RACI matrices, and integrating with BPM and other point solutions.
Undertaking due diligence processes and acting as a trusted advisor to internal and external stakeholders on building a robust ecosystem for data mining and transformation within the RTR cycle.
Driving Work Orchestration through Intelligent Finance, Flexible Operating Models, and Automated and Agile Workforce specifically for RTR processes.
Evangelizing RTR solutions by collaborating with various Accenture digital ecosystem teams and partners, bringing solutions to life through demos and innovation labs.
Understanding the commercial structures of transformation proposals and their impact on P& L, particularly within the context of RTR projects.
Designed to take the Accenture Operations Digital Transformation story related to RTR to the client's retained organization, as well as create newer avenues of platform-based transformation solutions.
Brings design thinking to the way we run our RTR operations and how upstream and downstream processes can be combined in our overall transformation roadmap while driving buy-in from client stakeholders.
Expected to unlock the potential of white spaces in the overall business transformation journey of our client's operations, thereby exploring opportunities for new asset creations, third-party product partnerships, and co-creation concept approval from the clients, with a focus on RTR.
Requirements:
Record-to-report processes and the impact of upstream processes on RTR.
Strong ERP functional skills with an understanding of SAP/Oracle to adapt processes to enable efficient RTR functioning and avoid bolt-on automations.
Strong experience in design thinking and customer journey mapping tools and frameworks, having run programs on data mining and persona mapping to arrive at an end-to-end problem-solving plan for RTR.
Ability to identify automation/improvement opportunities and create automation/transformation roadmaps specifically for RTR.
Well-versed with industry-proven technologies and leading tools, automation, AI, and analytics relevant to RTR, with a proven track record of implementing digital solutions.
Understanding of BPaaS, new-age disruptive technologies (GenAI/Agentic) and their applicability in RTR business processes.
Strong consulting mindset to challenge the current norm and leverage ever-changing technology solutions for RTR.
Demonstrated ability to have delivered large-scale end-to-end process transformation projects for global clients, with significant RTR components.
Ability to hold conversations with CXO/CXO-1 levels, lead solution defense, and manage ambiguous client situations related to RTR Tx.
CPA/CA/accountant/BCom/bachelor's degree and MBA from a premier institute.
12 years of strong experience in operations, consulting, and digital transformation solutions with a significant focus on finance and accounting, particularly record-to-report processes.
Consulting experience engaging with CXOs on the client side, with a strong focus on billability and outcomes in RTR transformation.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt/Green Belt trained; certifications preferred.
Excellent communication skills, result-oriented, self-driven with a high energy level, analytical and structured, with extensive experience in managing high-performance teams and delivering large-scale RTR transformation projects.
Drive rigorous metrics related to the Balance Score Card to evaluate performance and drive reduction in variability/defects in critical RTR business processes.
Strong people management skills.

Experience
13-17 yrs