Capital Markets Operations Manager

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Skill required: Asset Management - Accounting & Financial Reporting Standards Designation: Capital Markets Operations Manager Qualifications:Any Graduation Years of Experience:13 to 18 years 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, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 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 www.accenture.com What would you do? • Manage end-to-end delivery of the in-scope Corporate Finance sub-processes for client Accounts Payable; Time & Expense; Revenue Controllership; Compensation Controllership; GP Controllership; Corporate Controllership; Regional Controllers; and Financial Planning & Analysis against the agreed service levels and control standards. • Accountable for the quality and timeliness of every pack, draft account, reconciliation, model and report the team produces. • Act as the primary day-to-day contact and first escalation point for client Corporate Finance, and lead, resource and develop the supervisory and execution layers. • Experience of delivering a period-end close across multiple entities, including reconciliation control and the escalation of unresolved differences. • Experience of the FP&A cycle: budget coordination, forecasting, and variance and KPI reporting. • Experience of managing service levels and KPIs in a service delivery or shared services environment, and of reporting performance to a client. What are we looking for? • 13+ years of experience, including experience of managing managers in a finance operations environment. • Chartered Accountant, CPA or MBA (Finance), or an equivalent professional qualification. • Strong knowledge of end-to-end Corporate Finance processes: accounts payable, travel and expense, period-end close, controllership, statutory reporting, and financial planning and analysis. • Hands-on delivery experience of these processes on a major ERP or finance platform (for example SAP, Oracle, NetSuite or Workday). The platform matters less than the process depth. • Experience of Workday Financial Management; core accounting, Accounting Center and financial reporting on which the client processes run. • Exposure to Workday reporting (Report Writer, Composite Reports, Discovery Boards), Prism Analytics or Adaptive Planning, or to comparable FP&A planning tools. • Working understanding of private markets fund structures, GP and carry vehicles & capital account mechanics, & of revenue recognition (ASC 606, IFRS 15) in an asset management context. • Experience of multi-entity consolidation, intercompany elimination & multi-jurisdiction statutory reporting. Roles and Responsibilities: • Delivery management; • Manage day-to-day delivery across Accounts Payable, Time & Expense, the revenue, compensation, GP, corporate and regional controllership streams, and Financial Planning & Analysis, through the Associate Manager (CL8) layer. • Run the delivery plan against the period-end close and payment-preparation calendars and confirm readiness and cut-off adherence ahead of each close. • Deliver the FP&A cycle; budget coordination, rolling forecast and re-forecast, variance and trend reporting to the agreed tolerances, and the monthly KPI and ad hoc packs. • Drive service level and KPI performance across the sub-processes: investigate misses, agree corrective action, and report performance at the monthly review. • Quality and control; • Review the reconciliations, draft accounts, statements, models & reporting packs before they are released. • Maintain the quality framework & the control and audit calendar; maker checker discipline, sampling, root cause resolution, audit evidence & remediation tracking. • Escalate control weaknesses, ageing exceptions, unresolved differences and mistaken or duplicate payments. • Stakeholder management and improvement • Run the weekly and monthly operating cadence with client Controllership, Treasury, HR and FP&A counterparts, and prepare the service performance content for governance reviews. • Translate policy and system decisions into process change, keep documentation and job aids current, and track client side dependencies, reporting service impact where they are not met. • Identify, prioritize and deliver process improvement and automation opportunities, and lead transition workstreams: knowledge capture, training, parallel run and steady-state sign-off. • People and resourcing • Lead & develop the Associate Manager layer &, through them, the Specialist, Team Lead & Analyst population: objectives, performance management & capability building. Any Graduation 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 approximately 791,000 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. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.