ERP Functional Finance SME

RSM Solutions Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RSM Solutions, Inc is seeking a seasoned Functional Finance SME to guide ERP migrations within a manufacturing environment. The role is remote for a contract of at least 3 months, focusing on finance processes, budgeting, and data management, with close collaboration to executives.

You will partner with CEO, CFO, COO, and CIO to shape the roadmap for ERP migrations during mergers & acquisitions, leveraging DelmiaWorks and Microsoft Dynamics 365 as system of record tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–10 years as Functional Finance lead for ERP, manufacturing focus.
• Led ERP migrations during mergers & acquisitions.
• Experience guiding C-level executives through ERP integrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main functional resource for finance in ERP projects.
• Roadmap and coordinate planning for GL, AP, AR, ERP modules.
• Configure and support GL, AP, AR, Cash/Cost/Tax in ERP.
• Translate business requirements into functional specs and configurations.
• Develop test plans, support UAT, and provide end-user training documentation.

Skills

ERP knowledge

Finance leadership

M&A experience

C-suite liaison

Budgeting experience

Tools

DelmiaWorks

Microsoft Dynamics 365

ERP software

Job description

Thank you for taking time to stop by and take a look at the Functional Finance SME role I posted here on LinkedIN, I appreciate it.

Before we dive in, let me just introduce myself a bit. My name is Tom Welke. I am Partner & VP at RSM Solutions, Inc and I have been recruiting technical talent for almost 25 years and been in the tech sector since the 1990s. Due to this, I am going to be incredibly focused on 'fit'...more than anything else. Fit comes in two forms...social and technical, and we will dive into this. As you might guess, I am an actual real, live breathing, human writing this...so, no 'bots' no 'Ai'...no 'optimization efforts' in this posting.

A couple things before we dive right in:

• I am not working with external vendors on this. So, if you are an external vendor saying 'I have an ideal candidate', please stop...I am not working with external vendors.
• The client for this role cannot provide immigration sponsorship now or in the future. As a result, I’m only able to work with candidates who have permanent authorization to work in the U.S. and will never require sponsorship (typically U.S. citizens or Green Card holders). With that in mind, I cannot work with candidates that require employer sponsorship at any point to continue working in the U.S., including under H1, EAD, STEM, OPT, or other time-limited work authorization.
• I am only working with candidates that reside in the US for this role.

This is a contract role that will go for at least 3 months. Yes, this role could extend, but I don't want to promise that until it actually happens. The role is being done remotely.

This role is a 90/10 split of 90% functional and 10% technical. So, as you might have guessed, this is a solid functional role as opposed to a technical one. You will be working with internal user groups focused on finance. So, a solid understanding of how balance sheets work, how income statements work, and so on, will be very important to success in this role. You will be working, hand-in-hand, with the business side of the house on an ERP migration effort. The client is going through some M&A activity and they have decided that DelmiaWorks will be their system of record for Manufacturing, and Microsoft Business Central will be the system of record for Finance.

In this role, you will be working - hand in hand - with the CEO, CFO, COO and CIO to help guide and drive decision making on how to put together the roadmap for a successful migration. So, experience working on ERP Migrations during mergers & acquisitons will be absolutely needed for success in this role.

Solid functional finance experience will be necessary for success in this role as well. So, this includes planning, budgeting, account reconciliation, AP, AR, GL and enterprise financial data management will be fundamental to success in this role. If you have 'held court' with financial teams in your past, that is spot on with regards to what we are seeking in this role. You will be driving decision making, getting answers (as opposed to just waiting to get those), and work on getting consensus in terms of decisions to move forward.

Here are some of the key responsibilities for this role:

• Serve as the main 'go to' functional resource for finance.
• Work with Planning & Budgeting, Financial Consolidation, Account Reconciliation, AP, AR and GL modules from a roadmapping standpoint.
• Functional support and configuration of GL, AP, AR, FA, Cash Management, Cost Management & Tax.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional specs and sys configs.
• Develop & execute test plans, support UAT, and ensure successful deployments. This will also include - as you might guess - ongoing support, training & documentation for end users & stakeholders.

Here is what we are seeking (these are all must haves):

• At least 8 years (we would prefer 10-15 years) of experience as a Functional Finance lead for ERP. ERP packages will need to be manufacturing in focus. So, IFS, JDE, Oracle, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics 365 will do the trick.
• At least one engagement where you were the functional finance lead during an M&A.
• Experience being the primary guide to C level executives during mergers & acquisitions for ERP integrations and ERP migrations. This is not a role for someone that 'worked on a team'...rather, this is a role for that go to person that was the primary SME and guide to the C-Suite.