S&C GN - TS&T – Strategic Technology Effectiveness - Tech Value Realization - Consultant

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**Job Description: Technology Strategy - Tech Value, Technology Spend Assessment & Cost Takeout Consultant** **Practice:** Technology Strategy & Transformation, Capability Network **I** **Areas of Work:** Analyze & Investigate Technology costs and cost profiles to identify new opportunities for clients **I** **Level:** Consultant **| Years of Exp:** 6-10 Years **Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture** Are you passionate about leveraging technology for large-scale transformation and innovation for global clients? Are you passionate about being part of an inclusive, diverse and collaborative culture? Then, this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture Technology Strategy & Advisory. **The Practice – A Brief Sketch** The Technology Strategy & Transformation Practice is a part of Accenture Strategy and focuses on our clients’ most strategic priorities. We help clients achieve growth and efficiency through innovative R&D transformation, aimed at redefining business models. We provide you with a great learning ground, where you will get an opportunity to advice and work with our key global clients, driving end-to-end transformative strategic value and business growth. You would be working with senior leaders at client organizations and partner with them to create strategic solutions at the intersection of business, technology, and operations. As a part of this high performing team, these are some of the initiatives you will drive: - **Business problem assessment:** Interact with client stakeholders to understand their problems, define a problem statement, understand the scope of the engagement, and drive projects to deliver value to the client - **Analysis:** Understand the technology costs and do a deep dive within individual cost items. Analyze the cost profile through multiple lenses such as business lens, technology lens, etc. - **Deliver Value:** Guide your team to suggest the right solutions to meet the needs of clients and help draw up practical implementation road maps that position them for long-term success - **Understand and deploy the key value drivers of a business**, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement - **Ensure Continued Success:** Mentor junior members of the team and groom them for more responsibility; contribute towards developing assets and accelerators to improve the Tech ROI offering, and support GTM activities and business development work **Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:** - 3-4 years of relevant experience in excel modeling, pivots, macros, statistical analysis of large datasets, data interpretation skills, creating sharp narratives out of data and outstanding story telling skills for content creation is slides. - Understanding of multiple technology cost areas such as Technology Cost components, IT Budget forecasting, IT Chargeback process, Cloud Financial Management, IT Value realization, AI Value Management, IT Org sizing, Preferred experience in IT strategy, Sourcing & workforce strategy - 3-4 Years of relevant experience in Tech Cost & Debt Reduction, Financial Analysis of Organization’s Technology Business, Value Office Strategy, Digital Strategy Formulation, People & Sourcing Optimization. - Able to create CXO narrative, core consulting skills, Leadership values, stakeholder management skills and team handling capability. - Experience of creating business cases (quantitative and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformation - Quickly understand the **key value drivers of a business**, how they impact the scope and approach of the engagement - Advanced presentation, public speaking skills and ability to **drive C-suite/senior leadership level discussions** - Ability to manage **budgeting and forecasting activities** and build financial proposals - Advanced number crunching on Excel or dashboards / reports on Power BI - Create expert content and take part in professional forums - **Maximize capacity to develop high impact thought leadership** that articulates a forward-thinking view of the market and work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. - Promote a **culture of experimentation and innovation**. **Read more about us.** - Recent Blogs **Your experience counts!** - MBA from a tier 1 institute - Working experience across: - 6+ years of experience working as an IT strategist/consultant - 3+ years of relevant experience in Technology ROI/Cost Optimization, IT Benchmarking - Good knowledge of technology cost & value targeting concepts through practical experience - Knowledge of and passion for leading technology trends - Exposure to industry frameworks for Cost take-out- e.g., Zero Based Budgeting, Value Case Analysis, Business Case, Building Technology Investment Profile - Practical industry expertise in Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Goods, Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Transportation, Hospitality, Automotive/Industrial, Mining and Resources is of interest but experience in equivalent domains is also welcome. **What’s in it for you?** - An opportunity to work on **transformative projects** with key G2000 clients - Potential to **Co-create** with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies. - Ability to embed **responsible business** into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional. - Personalized training modules to develop your **strategy & consulting acumen** to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities - Opportunity to thrive in a **culture** that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization. **About Accenture:** Accenture is a leading global professional services company, pr