Job Title: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) Functional Consultant Finance

Experience: 5+ Years (Relevant Experience)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Key Responsibilities:

1. Functional Consulting:

- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from finance stakeholders.

- Conduct workshops and requirement-gathering sessions with business users.

- Translate business requirements into functional solution designs.

- Recommend best practices and standard D365 F&O capabilities to improve finance operations.

- Prepare Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), Solution Design Documents (SDDs), and process documentation.

2. D365 F&O Finance Modules:

- Provide deep functional expertise across the following Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations modules:

1. General Ledger (GL)

2. Accounts Payable (AP)

3. Accounts Receivable (AR)

4. Procurement & Sourcing

5. Fixed Assets

6. Cash & Bank Management

7. Budgeting

8. Financial Reporting

3. Implementation & Configuration:

- Configure D365 F&O Finance modules based on business requirements.

- Set up financial dimensions, fiscal calendars, chart of accounts, posting profiles, workflows, approval processes, and financial parameters.

- Configure vendor, customer, procurement, banking, and fixed asset processes.

- Support system integration with third-party applications where required.

- Participate in end-to-end ERP implementation projects, including new implementations, upgrades, and rollouts.

4. Business Process Improvement:

- Analyze existing finance processes and recommend improvements using D365 F&O capabilities.

- Support process standardization and automation initiatives.

- Identify gaps between business requirements and standard product functionality.

- Recommend functional enhancements and customizations when necessary.

5. Testing & Validation:

- Prepare functional test scenarios and test cases.

- Perform System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

- Validate system functionality and ensure business requirements are met.

- Coordinate defect resolution with technical teams.

6. Support & Maintenance:

- Provide post-go-live support and resolve functional issues.

- Analyze production incidents and recommend permanent solutions.

- Assist users with troubleshooting and functional guidance.

- Ensure timely resolution of support tickets within SLA timelines.

7. Stakeholder Management:

- Collaborate with business users, finance teams, project managers, developers, and architects.

- Conduct user training sessions and knowledge transfer activities.

- Provide regular project status updates and documentation.

- Build strong relationships with client stakeholders.

8. Documentation:

- Prepare business process documents, user manuals, training guides, and configuration documentation.

- Maintain solution documentation for future enhancements and audits.

- Ensure compliance with organizational standards and implementation methodologies.

Required Functional Skills:

1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations:

- Strong functional experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O).

- End-to-end implementation experience.

- Finance process consulting.

- ERP solution design.

- Business process mapping.

2. Finance Modules:

- General Ledger (GL)

- Accounts Payable (AP)

- Accounts Receivable (AR)

- Procurement & Sourcing

- Fixed Assets

- Cash & Bank Management

- Budgeting

- Financial Reporting

3. Functional Expertise:

- Requirement Gathering

- Gap Analysis

- Functional Design

- Configuration

- Workflow Setup

- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

- Business Process Improvement