Consultant

Job Description

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission statement is a commitment to our customers. We deliver on that commitment by striving to create technology that is accessible to everyone. This is what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. At Microsoft, we also work to empower our employees, so that they can achieve more. Our leadership is focused on bringing out the best in our people, supporting their goals, and allowing them to find deep meaning in their work.Growth mind-set: At Microsoft, we re insatiably curious and continuously learning. We lean into uncertainty, take risks and learn fast from our mistakes. We build on each other s ideas because we are better together.Customer obsessed: We are passionate about helping our customers achieve more. We listen and learn about our customers with a beginner s mind; bringing solutions that meet their needs and innovation to surprise and delight them.Diversity and inclusion: We don t just value differences, we seek them out and invite them in. Microsoft is a place where employees can be who they are. As a result, we have better ideas, better products and our customers are better served.One Microsoft: We are a family of individuals united by one mission. We work together, build on each other s ideas and collaborate across boundaries to bring the best of Microsoft to our customers as one.Making a difference: We stand in awe of what human s dare to achieve and we are motivated every day to empower billions of people to achieve more through our technology and innovation. Our employees harness the power to build on the company s far-reaching momentum and are driven to change the world.We are committed to reinvent business processes and productivity, build the intelligent cloud platform and create more personal computing. These three goals are interconnected; allowing us to attract, develop and retain the best talent to be more innovative in the products and services we develop, in the way we solve problems, and in the way, we serve the needs of an increasingly global and diverse customer and partner base.The Consultant RoleThe Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Consultant helps identify, pursue and close strategic business development opportunities, whilst continually contributing to existing project success. Therefore, the Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Consultant must be effective in fostering executive level relationships. You will play a key role in leveraging partners and off-shore teams as part of the overall Microsoft services delivery model. Additionally, you will assist to improve the mapping of industry specific requirements to the functions of the new Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations platform. Identifying solution gaps and developing solution options, such as the inclusion of components from Independent Software Vendors, other Microsoft products or customer-specific customisations, is also crucial in this role.Responsibilities

• Establish an overview of the requirements defined by the customer including definition of business, technical, and architectural requirements.
• Recognise any inconsistencies, assumptions, and critical elements.
• Aid in the design the end-to-end functional architecture and solution design.
• Document, propose and discuss the architecture and solution options, recommendations and implications.
• Facilitate and accelerate the decision process, considering the customer s business strategy, drivers, requirements and challenges; whilst bearing in mind the relevant industry trends.
• Implementation of Dynamics 365 including configuration, customisation and development of the Dynamics 365 platform.
• Assist in pre-sales efforts, apply advanced analysis skills and experience in principles of Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Solutions to provide detailed reliable options and estimates for service implementations
• Contribute best practices, lessons learned and IP from projects to the global community with focus on continuous improvement

This is a unique opportunity for individuals with a profound ERP solution background. The role will require both a broad and deep industry knowledge and the ability to design solutions by mapping customer business expectations to reusable end-to-end business application solutions. The Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Consultant will engage in senior level business decision maker discussions related to agility, business value, and business processes. This position will focus on delivery of the largest, most complex, and most strategic projects, Required skills

• Ability to apply advanced analysis skills in principals of the Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Solution to provide detailed, reliable solutions and estimates for service implementation.
• Up-to-date and in-depth experience with implementations of large ERP solutions, such as Microsoft s Dynamics 365 FO and/or competitive ERP solutions such as SAP, Infor or Oracle.
• Understanding of competitive technology to accurately assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions hosted on non-Microsoft platforms.
• Advanced business knowledge in ERP, and relevant fields within one or more industries.
• Knowledge in Cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) with relative experience in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or similar.
• Provide quality oversight throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and demonstrate proficient management skills.
• Deliver effective strategic presentations to audiences of varied sizes and possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• A sincere passion for the customer, which is demonstrated through professionalisms and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience.
• Flexible with travel. Travel (up to 65%) is an integral part of this job as well as high levels of recognition and visibility. Living close to a major city/airport will be an advantage.

Preferred skills

• Dynamics AX ISV solutions
• Industry vertical knowledge Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Healthcare, Distribution, PSA etc.
• AzureDevOps (Team Foundation Server/ VSTS)
• Power Apps / Power BI

Required Experience

• The successful candidate will have a BS/BA degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 8 years of relevant work experience, with 3+ ERP multi-phase enterprise large scale projects, implementing global ERP solutions (such as Dynamics, Oracle, SAP, Infor etc.) in multiple industries.
• Successful candidate will have relevant analysis, design, development and implementation experience in ERP based solutions around Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Retail, HR etc.

Experience working in a Services organization in a consulting capacity is strongly preferredDisclaimerMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. Join an international work environment that is characterized by flexibility, an informal atmosphere, and a fast pace. We offer competitive pay and a wide range of benefits. Microsoft acknowledges your performance by investing in your health and financial future and by ensuring your work-life-balance.Microsoft s privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.mspx

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microsoft azuremicrosoft productsbusiness strategystrategic businesssupply chainmicrosoft dynamicsbusiness knowledgeweb servicescustomer focusbusiness developmentinternational workoffshore teams