Graduate Financial Analyst

Job Description

Graduate Financial Analyst

Company Overview: As a Graduate at Accenture, you instantly gain access to a whole world of training, mentoring, and on-the-job training. You will have the chance to build deep, specialised and marketable skills in a global environment, which will allow you to expertly navigate the fast changing business world. Role Overview: As a Financial Analyst, you will be specialized in pricing, costing and financial structuring of Consulting and Outsourcing contracts across Accenture's Services: Accenture Strategy & Consulting, Accenture Interactive, Accenture Technology and Accenture Operations. As part of your role, you will work closely with the company's leadership and will have the opportunity to collaborate with different stakeholders such as sales, solution architects, legal and other finance teams to help shape large and complex deals in a dynamic and rewarding environment. The objective of the role is to act as business advisor to the different teams during the deal structuring and development phase, ensuring an optimum balance of risk and reward between Accenture and its clients. Responsibilities:

• Support Accenture's sales teams in the development and submission of pricing proposals to clients.
• Produce an accurate view of Accenture's sales, profitability and balance sheet position of contracts using Accenture's own financial models
• Provide advice to deal teams on financial levers to improve contract financials.
• Understand and apply accounting concepts and ensure compliance to the US GAAP Accounting standard.
• Prepare and present general financial analysis, including calculation of analytics such average daily rates, resource mix, profitability, capital exposure, scenario analysis and financial deal shaping simulations.
• Apply independent thinking, commercial and analytical skills to influence the creation of compelling business cases and financial value propositions for clients and Accenture.
• Prepare and present contract financials in internal leadership approval meetings.
• Working autonomously and independently managing timelines and deliverables.

Desired Skill Set and Attributes:

• Strong analytical and numerical reasoning skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a global and diverse environment
• Experience in MS Office suite with advanced skills in MS Excel (preferred)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight timelines.
• Ability to work with precision and have a keen eye for detail
• Good commercial acumen
• Ability to learn quickly in a challenging and rewarding environment

To be eligible you must:

• Have completed a minimum of bachelor's degree in Commerce (Finance or Accounting major preferred) within the last two years
• Be an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian permanent resident at the time of submitting your application.
• Be located in Melbourne or be willing to re-locate to Melbourne.
• Be available to meet travel requirements, when applicable. This may involve local, interstate or overseas travel for training or business development work. This will be discussed prior to confirming any travel.

To apply: Submit your CV, Academic Transcript and Cover Letter

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About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 506,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at http://www.accenture.com/. At Accenture, our philosophy is anchored in recognising that our people are multi-dimensional. We take an intersectional human approach to create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day. We believe that equality drives innovation. Our commitment to accelerating equality starts at the top with our board and CEO and extends across every part of the company. This comes to life when our people own the equality agenda, making it part of their jobs - every decision, every day - and feel free to speak up and to act. We do not tolerate discrimination because of differences, such as age, ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, or sexual orientation. We want a workplace that is inclusive and diverse to that end we are setting bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect infomation that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs. Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement. Sara Francis is the Recruiter managing this role. As the team experience high volumes of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely process.

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