Posted:
9/10/2024, 1:17:51 PM
Location(s):
Seattle, Washington, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ Washington, United States ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States
Experience Level(s):
Internship
Field(s):
Finance & Banking ⋅ Sales & Account Management
Workplace Type:
On-site
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Who we are and what we do:
Our Deal Structuring & Pricing (DSP) professionals make up a world-class, global pricing organization. We include experts in competitive market positioning, pricing architects, and financial architects all working in concert with solutions and sales to drive profitable growth for Accenture. If you have a financial or accounting background and are interested in business development, this could be the role for you.
The Deal Structuring (DS) team is part of DSP, and consists of more than 700 Accounting and Finance professionals with pricing and commercial structuring expertise worldwide and reports directly to the Accenture Chief Operating Officer. The DS team, also known as financial architects, works closely with our sales, solutions, and legal teams to help shape and price complex consulting and outsourcing arrangements. The team develops and structures business cases for client engagements, new Accenture offerings, and go-to-market opportunities with Accenture ecosystem alliance partners. Typical deal structures incorporate innovative financial solutions and sophisticated pricing and risk management concepts to address client business needs. DS professionals act as independent business advisors to the sales team as these deal structures are being developed and are accountable for the financial quality of bids.
Deal Structuring Analysts prepare the financial models for new managed services and consulting arrangements, supports the creation of the pricing approach and the client value proposition and uses accounting principles to prepare income statements, balance sheets and cash flows in compliance with US GAAP, Accenture Policy and Commercial Standards.
Additional responsibilities include:
Leveraging client cost data to develop cost baselines and client business cases
Identifying costs and performing the cost buildup for an individual opportunity
Identifying other cost saving opportunities within the deal
Applying the agreed upon pricing methodologies
Ensuring revenue recognition is US GAAP compliant and Accenture Policies are reflected accurately within the financial models
Here's what you need:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or other Business-related major with a graduation date between December 2025 and August 2026
6 credit hours or more in Accounting
Bonus points if you:
Have spent time learning and practicing financial accounting such as:
Reconciliation
Invoice Preparation
Processing financial transactions
Preparing financial budgets
Have experience in pricing and deal structuring
Are a PC user and know the Microsoft Office Suite
Can work on more than one project at a time
Like to work both independently and as part of a team
Feel comfortable talking with senior leadership
Have a strong attention to detail
Can work creatively and analytically to solve problems
Easily share your ideas in person and in writing
Professional Skills:
Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
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 in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Information on benefits is here.
Salary range by location:
California $27.00 to $27.00
Colorado $27.00 to $27.00
District of Columbia $27.00 to $27.00
Maryland $27.00 to $27.00
New York $27.00 to $27.00
Washington $27.00 to $27.00
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com
What We Believe
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Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here
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Website: https://accenture.com/
Headquarter Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1989
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Grant
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