Job Title : Senior / Lead Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O) Functional Consultant - Finance & SCM
Experience
7-12 years of ERP experience with strong end-to-end D365 Finance & Operations implementation exposure, including functional leadership, technical solution awareness, automation enablement, and environment governance.
Role Summary
We are looking for a Senior / Lead D365 F&O Functional Consultant with strong expertise across Finance and Supply Chain Management (SCM). The role involves translating complex business requirements into scalable D365 F&O solutions, driving fit-gap analysis, supporting automation and intelligent process improvements, and ensuring technical architecture and environment governance alignment. The consultant will work closely with CFOs, finance leaders, and operations stakeholders and play a key role in large, enterprise ERP programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead structured business and finance workshops to gather and analyze requirements across Finance and SCM.
- Map business requirements to D365 F&O standard functionality, leveraging best practices and reusable patterns.
- Perform FIT/GAP analysis, document gaps, and define configuration, extension, integration, or automation approaches.
- Use Business Process Priorities (BPP) to guide solution design, prioritization, and phased implementation.
2) Finance Functional Ownership
- Hands-on responsibility for core Finance modules, including:
- General Ledger (GL)
- Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Strong expertise in:
- Cash & Bank Management
- Budgeting and Budget Control
- Deep understanding of invoicing and AR lifecycle processes (billing, collections, settlements, aging, disputes).
3) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Exposure
- Functional exposure to D365 F&O Supply Chain modules, including:
- Procurement & Sourcing
- Ability to assess and design Finance-SCM integration touchpoints, including:
- Sub-ledger to GL postings
- Costing, inventory valuation, and landed cost impacts
- Preferred experience in Service industry environments.
- Exposure to process automation in D365 F&O, including:
- Power Automate-based approvals and notifications
- Business events and integration triggers
- Awareness of automation and agent-based scenarios in Finance and SCM:
- Reducing manual accounting and operational tasks
- Enhancing controls, alerts, and exception handling
- Ability to identify automation opportunities and guide their implementation with governance controls.
5) Technical Architecture Awareness
- Strong functional understanding of D365 F&O technical architecture, including:
- Data migration and reporting considerations
- Ability to work closely with architects and developers to:
- Review technical solutions for scalability and performance
- Ensure alignment with platform standards
6) Environment Governance - LCS & PPAC
- Good understanding of D365 platform administration and governance, including:
- Lifecycle Services (LCS) - implementation management, issue tracking, updates, monitoring
- Awareness of:
- Access control, SoD considerations, and change governance
- Audit-ready and compliance-driven delivery practices
7) Documentation, Training & Change Enablement
- Own and maintain:
- FRDs / FDDs
- Business process flows
- Configuration and setup workbooks
- Training material and SOPs
- Conduct solution walkthroughs, training sessions, and knowledge transfer.
- Drive user adoption and readiness.
- Prepare and review test scenarios and scripts.
- Lead and support SIT and UAT cycles with business users.
- Support cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support teams.
Project Leadership & Delivery Expectations
- Experience managing functional teams of 10-15 members.
- Successfully delivered minimum 2 ERP implementations with effort size exceeding 40 man-months.
- Strong exposure to:
- Module-wise estimation and effort sizing
- WBS, delivery planning, dependency and risk management
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sure Step or equivalent ERP delivery methodologies.
- Strong experience with master data setups and core configuration (legal entities, dimensions, posting profiles, parameters).
- Strong D365 F&O Finance + SCM functional expertise.
- Proven experience working with CFOs and senior finance/operations stakeholders.
- Integrated exposure to business processes, automation, technical architecture, and governance.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and documentation skills.
Good to Have
- Reporting ecosystem understanding (Financial Reporting, embedded analytics, Power BI).
Education & Certifications (Preferred)
- Bachelor's / Master's in Finance, Accounting, IT, or Business.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate certification (preferred).