Welcome to Accenture, one of the world's leading providers of management consultancy services.
Are you ready to put yourself to the test on business' biggest challenges?
Do you want to work in an environment where the bar is raised every day and high performance is just the entry ticket? Think you're up to it?
We are currently looking for candidates for the following offices: Edinburgh, London and Manchester.
Key features of the role
The Solution Architect (SA) plays a critical role in helping Accenture's clients achieve high performance. The SA will operate alongside Business and IT stakeholders to understand the relevant business processes and the role information technology must play as an enabler. The SA will analyze, design and present options for how to achieve a client's strategic vision in respect of their retail commercial operations. During qualifying, contracting and delivering, the SA will define pragmatic, cost-effective, proven solutions, clearly articulating considerations, risks, mitigating strategies, etc. During delivery, the SA will lead the design, build, test and deployment of the solution.
What's in it for you?
This role offers the opportunity for the successful candidate to be involved with a new and exciting Commercial Retail Utility offering within Accenture. This enables the candidate to work with some of Accenture's largest clients. The candidates will also become integral to supporting Accenture in cultivating and delivering new and exciting opportunities as well as to help in the creation of assets and offerings in the market place.
On top of this, we have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days vacation per year, gym subsidies, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.
What we're looking for
You should have strong experience of implementing the Ventyx or former-Lodestar software products for the commercial arm of retail utilities and/or the energy trading arm of retail utilities. You will also have experience of implementing IT solutions in one of the following areas: Forecasting, Pricing, Settlements, Position Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management.
Qualifications
What other qualifications or skills do I need?
• Excellent degree results or equivalent
• Strong problem-solving, statistical and analytical skills
• Proven training and coaching abilities
• Your base location will be London, although most of our consultants work on lengthy client engagements within the UK and Ireland. Therefore you must be willing to work away from home Monday to Friday as required.
Please also note that Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
