Global EPM TechnoFunctional Lead

About the role

Accenture’s Finance Reinvention practice helps CFOs and finance leaders transform their organizations into engines of value creation. We combine deep finance domain expertise, industry knowledge, and cutting-edge technology — including AI, cloud, and intelligent automation — to reimagine what finance can do. From strategy through execution, we partner with clients to modernize their finance operating models, unlock data-driven insights, and deliver measurable business outcomes at speed and scale.

You Are

A proven leader with strong expertise in formulating, selling, and delivering complex global finance transformations enabled by EPM platforms. You are a well-rounded EPM Techno-Functional Solution Architect with end-to-end design, build, implementation, and maintenance experience. You possess deep industry and finance process knowledge and can articulate effective, scalable solutions that bring together strategy, technology, and people. You serve as the primary authority on platform design decisions, integration strategy, and solution quality — bridging technical architecture and functional finance knowledge across enterprise-grade implementations.

You have deep understanding and experience in establishing and managing a forward-looking Center of Excellence (COE) that serves global client needs from concept to commissioning. You are respected for mentoring cross-functional practice teams, developing and maintaining best practices for the COE, client delivery, platform expertise, and industry knowledge. You have a unique skill and experience in collaborating across global teams, internal stakeholders, partner, and client leaders to constantly serve the best by Accenture, enabling us to be the #1 leader in the market and maintain that status. You are measured on obtaining and sustaining referenceable clients based on the successful delivery of high-quality EPM solutions across the full implementation lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Client & Market facing (≈60%)
• Work on one or multiple assigned strategic client pursuits and lead complex delivery at a rapid pace to meet client needs and contractual objectives
• Responsible for end-to-end delivery of the project as the accountable delivery leader across business, process, and technical objectives and required contract metrics
• Own the end-to-end technical and functional architecture of EPM implementations across consolidation, planning, reporting, and close management
• Lead discovery workshops with CFO, Controller, and finance leadership to capture business requirements and translate them into architectural blueprints
• Design comprehensive EPM application architecture including cube structure, dimensionality, workflow profiles, security models, and data integration frameworks
• Establish platform governance standards, coding best practices, and solution design principles across all development workstreams
• Design and deliver a total enterprise architecture including necessary cross-functional integration architecture between EPM and upstream/downstream systems including ERP, HCM, CRM, and data warehouses
• Evaluate and select marketplace solutions, custom extensions, and third-party tools aligned with business needs
• Lead technical and functional reviews, ensuring solution quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Serve as escalation point for complex technical and functional issues during implementation and post-go-live
• Transform user requirements into a comprehensive EPM design utilizing object-oriented principles to create fully extensible applications
• Lead clients and team members through all aspects of consulting and delivery phases including discovery, visioning, blueprinting, requirement gathering, design, process transformation, system configuration, testing, deployment, support, and value realization
• Grow the practice by owning the new business proposal process — business case creation, SOW preparation, RFP responses, driving client conversations and presentations to develop business opportunities
• Manage resource supply and demand planning for both in-flight and upcoming projects
• Guide and mentor project resources across project(s)
• Build and Maintain a COE (≈20%)
• Establish and manage EPM Center of Excellence (COE) to serve global client needs from concept to commissioning
• Develop and own methods, standards, and best practices; continuously improve the COE to be the gold standard for enabling client engagements, delivery, platform expertise, and industry knowledge
• Manage the talent plan, training, and certifications required to differentiate our talent advantage
• Develop lessons learned repository that serves as a direct input to best practices refinement and enrichment
• Own and maintain industry-specific assets including defining and creating new assets as required
• Collaborate across global teams, internal stakeholders, partner, and client leaders to constantly serve the best by Accenture, enabling us to be the #1 leader in the market and maintain that status
• Business Development (≈20%)
• Manage the work intake process, allocate resources, coordinate with industry and account teams to ensure a compelling, winning proposal is developed, presented to clients, and results in an executable contract
• Collaborate with partner resources to align and manage deal mechanics aligned to Accenture business pursuit guidelines

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience designing and developing EPM solutions, including at least 3 full lifecycle enterprise implementations
• Minimum of 5 years performance management consulting (consolidations or planning) experience
• Minimum of 5 years experience in COE establishment and management (EPM platform)
• Minimum of 3 years experience leading and facilitating requirement and design workshops
• Minimum of 3 years of industry expertise/knowledge in key strategic areas (Manufacturing/Retail, Financial Services, and Energy)
• Minimum of 2 years of EPM transformational experience (a thorough understanding of the EPM platform functionality and capabilities)
• OneStream Certified (OPC) or willing to get certified is highly beneficial; Lead Architect or Core Platform Architect
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years’ work experience). If Associate’s degree, must have equivalent minimum 6 years’ work experience

Bonus Points

• Completed one of the OneStream application build courses (Application Build for Consultants or Administrators or Essentials Trainings)
• Completed any OneStream level 2 courses
• Sensible AI training/experience
• Experience designing and/or developing OneStream modules (SML, People Planning, CAPEX, Thing Planning, etc.)
• Experience designing and/or developing solutions with similar planning and analytics technologies such as Oracle/Hyperion, Cognos TM1, SAP, Anaplan, Adaptive, Host Analytics, etc.
• Obtained OneStream certifications
• Proven success in contributing to a collaborative environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Desire to work in an information systems environment
• Desire to learn modern technologies like AI/ML and how they augment EPM
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral), and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan and bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays and paid time off

Pay

Compensation varies depending on office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Below are role location annual salary ranges:

• California: $132,500 to $271,000
• Cleveland: $122,700 to $216,800
• Colorado: $132,500 to $234,100
• District of Columbia: $141,100 to $249,300
• Illinois: $122,700 to $234,100
• Maine: $112,900 to $199,500
• Maryland: $132,500 to $234,100
• Massachusetts: $132,500 to $249,300
• Minnesota: $132,500 to $234,100
• New York: $122,700 to $271,000
• New Jersey: $141,100 to $271,000
• Virginia: $122,700 to $249,300
• Washington: $141,100 to $249,300

Additional locations may apply.