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Accenture’s Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialised business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, help desk services, and HR. We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Service Delivery professionals are responsible for providing service delivery across the breadth of offerings such as accounting, information technology, application development and maintenance, helpdesk services, procurement, learning and training, and human resources. The work that is performed by our delivery professionals may serve one or more clients concurrently and they may be located directly at a client site or within our global delivery network.<\/p>\n OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB:<\/p>\n \u00a8 Serve as a liaison to the (finance) business community and participate in user and task analysis to maintain the business community’s perspective.<\/p>\n \u00a8 To ensure overall business analysis and project efficiency and system stability in the Group Finance area.<\/p>\n \u00a8 To provide concise and accurate feedback to Accenture Management and Edcon Management Accountants.<\/p>\n \u00a8 Responsible for analyzing and designing new business processes. Also responsible for identifying and defining detailed product requirements and use cases, setting up and maintaining the Requirements Traceability Matrix.<\/p>\n \u00a8 Works closely with the Business Process Architect and other planners to assess current capabilities and identify high-level customer requirement and with the project manager, architects, and other team members to define metrics and performance goals for the application.<\/p>\n \u00a8 Assist in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing.<\/p>\n \u00a8 Business Process Specialists will also participate in transitioning the requirements and use cases to the designers ensuring a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.<\/p>\n MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES\/TASKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Customer Relationship and Requirements Development<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to analyze and design business processes<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to develop product requirements based on input gathered from a variety of sources including analysis results and feedback from the finance user community<\/p>\n Team Project\/Support Management<\/p>\n \u2022 Effective project management skills.<\/p>\n \u2022 Provide accurate and useful project or issues status reports.<\/p>\n \u2022 Work with team members to enhance their business and technical knowledge.<\/p>\n Deliverable Quality Management and Creation<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to develop test conditions and expected results based on the application requirements<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to review project deliverables for completeness and quality, and compliance with established project standards.<\/p>\n Process Capability Development<\/p>\n \u2022 Familiarity with business process design concepts and principles<\/p>\n People Development and Management<\/p>\n \u2022 Develop and mentor people, act as a career counselor and create a high performing organization (foster relationships, resolve conflicts, etc.).<\/p>\n Special Initiatives \/ Other<\/p>\n \u2022 Participate in \/ lead special projects as needed<\/p>\n \u2022 Support organization transformation and communication efforts.<\/p>\n OTHER FEATURES OF THE JOB<\/strong> (e.g., location, travelling, shift hours, etc.):<\/p>\n \u00a8 Overtime when required<\/p>\n \u00a8 Open plan office<\/p>\n \u00a8 Support for stand-by problems.<\/p>\n Qualifications<\/p>\n EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE NECESSARY:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8 Appropriate and recognised formal IT\/Financial training<\/p>\n \u00a8 Minimum 6 years solid Financial management experience<\/p>\n \u00a8 Minimum 4 years at a Business Solutions Architect level<\/p>\n \u00a8 Minimum 3 year project management experience<\/p>\n \u00a8 Relevant training in business analysis and project management<\/p>\n \u00a8 Experience in the following areas would be an advantage<\/p>\n \u00a8 Oracle Financials (AP, GL, FA, CM)<\/p>\n \u00a8 Financial Planning and Budgeting (Hyperion)<\/p>\n \u00a8 Management Accounting<\/p>\n \u00a8 Deploying best practices in Accounting<\/p>\n \u00a8 Enterprise Performance Management<\/p>\n KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a8 Deep functional and project knowledge of Finance and Financial planning systems<\/p>\n \u00a8 Detailed understanding of Application Development processes and procedures<\/p>\n \u00a8 Capable of managing complex projects across domains<\/p>\n \u00a8 Will be responsible for creating a testing process\/methodology for the unit<\/p>\n \u00a8 Good knowledge regarding system development and maintenance methodologies and tasks<\/p>\n \u00a8 Strong oral and written communication skills, including the preparation of standardised PMO documentation<\/p>\n \u00a8 People Management<\/p>\n \u00a8 Project Management<\/p>\n Professional Skill Requirements<\/p>\n \u2022 Proven ability to work independently and as a team member<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment<\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Must display professionalism and confidence<\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent customer service skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Proven global expertise and perspective; executive level presence and influence<\/p>\n \u2022 Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation and conflict management skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent business acumen and industry acumen<\/p>\n Our people are our most important asset and as such we are continuously expanding our capability programs to provide you with opportunities to build and extend your professional, technical\/functional and management skills. Continuous learning takes place through a broad variety of opportunities and type of work. Access to the latest technological innovations and Accenture’s knowledge and expertise constitute a superb platform for your professional development. Your learning program will be determined by the requirements of your specific role but will usually involve specialized skills as well as personal and leadership development. You will work with your supervisor to determine what skills you need and how to build them.<\/p>\n Job Industry Specific<\/p>\n Primary LocationSouth Africa-Woodmead<\/p>\n Organization Outsourcing for Accenture Clients (Services)<\/p>\n Schedule Full-time<\/p>\n