Sales Excellence - COE - Avanade Application Architecture Support Associate Manager

Title: Sales Excellence – CoE - Avanade Application Architecture Associate Manager

Role (Job Profile): Sales Effectiveness Associate Manager

Management Level: Associate Manager (L8)

About Accenture:

At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity and your best true self to your work. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change.

We Are:

Sales Excellence at Accenture. We empower our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to build and mature their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.

You Are:

A confident, self-motivated person who enjoys variety and a fast pace. You thrive in a fast moving, dynamic environment where you collaborate with your global colleagues to help deliver key services to your stakeholders. You find satisfaction in applying a proven approach to deliver high quality results.

The Work:

The Sales Excellence - Center of Excellence Application Architecture team provides functional architecture support for our sales and pricing tools, ensuring their stability, alignment, and performance.

As an Application Architecture Associate Manager in the Integration space, you will work with various teams and stakeholders to manage and execute the integration requests between various applications and our sales and pricing data sources. You will also contribute to the design, testing, and maintenance of our tools and processes.

The role requires a high level of attention to detail, process orientation, and communication skills. As Associate Manager you will also contribute to the improvement of existing processes, documentation, and training of junior members.

You will:

Support the integration of sales and pricing data between different applications and platforms

Manage the workflow of requests and approvals using PowerApps tool

Participate in meetings and document notes and action items

Ensure the completion of Sales Excellence actions and follow up with stakeholders

Gather and manage access lists from Application teams

Collaborate with the Security team to enforce access policies and standards

Create and revise the process guides for operational tasks and procedures

Provide feedback and suggestions for improving the design and functionality of the tools and processes

Work closely with the CIO Integration teams to support integration requests

Review the access and usage of the Sales and Pricing data sources and identify any issues or gaps

Contribute to the advancement of the integration related objectives and strategies

Train and mentor the junior members of the team

You May Also Need:

A home office or work area that is suitable for productive remote work, per local guidelines. This includes a safe, ergonomic workspace and a high-speed internet connection that is stable and secure.

Must Have:

Typically have a minimum 8+ years of relevant experience in incident management, release management, security management, enhancements, and testing.

English language fluency (oral and written)

Proficient in Excel and familiar with formulas and data manipulation

Detail-oriented and process-driven, able to follow the established procedures and protocols

Independent and team-oriented, able to work autonomously and collaboratively

Basic knowledge of sales and pricing data and tools and how they are used in the business

Experience managing tools similar to "manage my sales" and be familiar with the software development lifecycle

Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, able to interact with various stakeholders and teams

Ability to understand the high-level requirements and expectations of the different teams and applications

Potential to supervise a small team with guidance from a supervisor

Confident in engaging with senior leadership within the scope of responsibility

Responsible for an area of medium size and complexity

Must be flexible with work hours according to business needs (e.g., when interaction/conference calls with team members in other time zones is

required, release cutover weekends, when a critical issue requires immediate resolution).

Good to Have:

Business Management education desirable

Experience with PowerApps and/or working with CIO Integration teams

Understanding of sales processes and tools (e.g., Manage mySales) preferred