SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant - Utilities

About the role

We are a professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. We combine unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries to deliver strategy and consulting, interactive, technology, and operations services. Over 500,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity globally.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client Finance stakeholders to understand current-state pain points and translate them into SAP S/4HANA Finance requirements.
• Contribute to business cases, roadmaps, and client presentations that articulate the value of SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions for the CFO agenda.
• Design and configure end-to-end Finance solutions across GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and Product Costing, leveraging SAP S/4HANA, Central Finance, and partner solutions.
• Analyze finance process data to inform design, cleanse legacy data, and validate cutover readiness.
• Execute and coordinate system testing, defect triage, cutover activities, and hypercare for SAP Finance releases.
• Apply SAP’s Business AI capabilities and GenAI use cases in finance delivery to improve efficiency in close, controls, and reporting processes.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams in a Global Delivery model, coaching analysts and junior team members, contributing to internal assets and best practices, and continuously deepening SAP S/4HANA Finance expertise.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of functional experience in SAP Finance, including hands-on exposure to GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and/or Product Costing.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with SAP Asset Accounting / Fixed Assets, including capitalization, depreciation, and parallel ledger requirements.
• Minimum of 2 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA or SAP Finance implementations in a configuration, functional, or delivery role.
• Minimum of 3 years of finance transformation consulting experience — including process design, controllership, close optimization, or CFO advisory work.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with SAP Asset Accounting / Fixed Assets, including capitalization, depreciation, and parallel ledger requirements.
• Minimum of 2 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA or SAP Finance implementations in a configuration, functional, or delivery role.
• Minimum of 3 years of finance transformation consulting experience — including process design, controllership, close optimization, or CFO advisory work.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience.

Skills

• Experience with SAP Central Finance, Group Reporting, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or SAP Datasphere.
• Familiarity with embedding GenAI / agentic AI into close, controls, and reporting processes.
• Experience supporting workshops and design decisions across system build, configuration, testing, cutover, and go-live in the SAP Finance area.
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional business, technology, integration, testing, training, client, and offshore teams in a Global Delivery model.

Benefits

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Pay

Annual Salary Range: $70,350 to $205,800

Schedule

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.