Accenture India | Delivery Operations Team Lead

Roles and responsibilities

• Purpose of the role The Specialist serves as a critical subject matter expert within the FP&A function, driving complex financial analysis, investment appraisals, and strategic insights that influence key business decisions.
• This role is responsible for coordinating budget preparation and forecasting cycles, delivering expert-level variance analysis with actionable commentary, and ensuring quality and compliance with Group FP&A standards.
• Support the coordination of budget preparation and forecasting cycles, consolidating inputs from the business and reviewing outputs from The Hub.
• Deliver variance analysis and provide commentary with actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with The Hub to ensure financial projections are robust and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Conduct and review complex financial analysis, modelling, and investment appraisals.
• Deliver insights that support business cases, pricing decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Own P&L analysis at category and SKU level, tracking gross margin, markdown impact, and shrinkage against plan.
• Ensure quality of reporting and commentary, adhering to Group FP&A standards.
• Provide clear financial narratives to support decision-making at leadership levels.
• Own the rolling forecast for revenue and gross margin lines within assigned categories.
• Support annual budgeting and long-range planning inputs for the retail vertical.
• Support target setting and KPI tracking for the business unit.
• Drive continuous performance monitoring, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Provide analytical support on revenue, cost, margin, and working capital drivers.
• Serve as a key liaison between FP&A team and business stakeholders.
• Respond to complex stakeholder queries with expert-level insights and recommendations.
• Build strong relationships with Finance Business Partners and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment on FP&A deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance FP&A efficiency and quality.
• Support automation initiatives and drive adoption of best practices.
• Ensure compliance with controls, governance, and documentation standards.
• Contribute to standardization efforts across FP&A processes.
• Mentor and guide Senior Finance Analysts and Analysts, building capability within the FP&A team.
• Support the Finance Business Partner, FP&A Manager, Divisional General Manager in team leadership, planning, and execution of key initiatives.

Requirements

• Hands-on FP&A, Commercial Finance business acumen with exposure in commercial, retail, wholesale, merchandise, CPG or product-driven environments preferred.
• Analytical, collaborative and data-driven problem-solving abilities.
• Advanced financial / scenario modelling and predictive/advanced analytics.
• Communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, expert knowledge will be an added advantage Tools.
• Advanced Excel — financial modelling, large datasets, pivot analysis, complex lookups.
• Familiarity with Snowflake or data warehouse reporting layer Team Management Mentor analysts; support capability building and foster high-performance culture.
• Experience in Product costing and Pricing

Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company working in strategy and consulting, technology, operations and digital transformation. It took its current name in 2001 after separating from Arthur Andersen, where it began as Andersen Consulting.

India is one of Accenture's largest talent bases. Finance professionals there mostly work in finance and accounting operations for global clients: record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, financial planning and analysis, and related advisory work.

• Industry: Professional services and IT
• Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
• In India: Delivery centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Gurugram and other cities