Dynamics 365 CE Senior Solution Architect

BDO USA • Denver, CO

2d • $145,000 - $197,000

About The Position

Job Summary: To support our double-digit growth goals, BDO Digital seeks an Experienced Manager who will be part of an Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) team supporting projects in the areas of EBA strategy and implementation, in addition to Business Transformation and Operational Excellence efforts. This role will conduct discovery, requirements gathering, process documentation, configuration, and implementation management of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), HCM (Human Capital Management) and other related business applications functioning as a key resource for our clients spanning, finance, product distribution, manufacturing, job costing, field service, sales, marketing, service, and reporting. Job Duties: Strategy, Requirements & Selection: Participates in defining needs for existing and new EBA solutions Documents existing enterprise business applications, related business processes, and personas impacted Identifies existing inefficiencies, potential improvement opportunities, and critical differentiating business requirements Envisions and develops representations of recommended future state options for evaluation by clients Understands related security structures and best practices Designs and develops scorecards for evaluation of candidate business applications Creates dashboard presentations of quantitative and qualitative scoring of candidate options Supports Technical Leads, Developers and Managers by providing functional clarifications and setting expectations with team and client Solution Functional Design: Performs functional (business process) solution design in business applications (ERP, CRM, HCM & related) contexts, to provide maximized business value and deliver strong business agility while meeting applicable requirements and constraints Consulting: Gains a deep understanding of client needs, analyzes best practices, and plays an integral part in defining and proposing business value solutions that meet or exceed client expectations Program & Project Management: Supports, and manages aspects of business applications implementations Documents and maintains project milestones, phases, elements, and budget Monitors project progress by tracking risks, actions, issues, decisions, and other activities Develops references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation; providing help desk support; training users Implementation and Support: Provides functional support of EBA solutions and related technologies Manages and resolves issues, defects, and change requests Manages and performs systems configuration tasks (but not coding/development) for process workstreams as directed Provides ongoing support during project implementations and post-go-live support Responsible for configuration of solution based on requirements Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with the team Travel – up to 25%, as needed Other duties, as required Supervisory Responsibilities: Owns and drives completion of projects and large key workstreams within as directed by practice leaders Manages projects and larger workstreams as directed Reviews quality of team deliverables Mentors and develops senior consultants

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and eight (8) or more years of industry experience with ERP systems, required OR High School Diploma/GED and nine (9) or more years of industry experience with ERP systems, required
• Eight (8) or more years of business process analysis and/or business application education or experience, required
• Five (5) or more years of education or experience with ERP, HCM or CRM Product, required
• Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint, required
• Experience with one or more ERP/CRM/HCM Solution technology, required: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), CRM, Business Central, F&SCM), Ceridian Dayforce Solutions (Talent and Benefits Intelligence, Workforce Management (WFM), Payroll, HR or Advanced HR Analytics), Salesforce, Oracle NetSuite, Acumatica, SAP, Infor, Sage, Syteline, JDE, IFS, or any other ERP/CRM Software, Smartsheet, preferred
• Strong analytical, problem solving, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills
• Business process analysis, design, and process flow skills
• Excels at operating in a fast-paced technical environment

Nice To Haves

• Some client facing best practice consulting experience, preferred
• One or more current business applications technology certifications, preferred
• Enterprise software strategy, selection, and implementation experience, preferred

Responsibilities

• Participates in defining needs for existing and new EBA solutions
• Documents existing enterprise business applications, related business processes, and personas impacted
• Identifies existing inefficiencies, potential improvement opportunities, and critical differentiating business requirements
• Envisions and develops representations of recommended future state options for evaluation by clients
• Understands related security structures and best practices
• Designs and develops scorecards for evaluation of candidate business applications
• Creates dashboard presentations of quantitative and qualitative scoring of candidate options
• Supports Technical Leads, Developers and Managers by providing functional clarifications and setting expectations with team and client
• Performs functional (business process) solution design in business applications (ERP, CRM, HCM & related) contexts, to provide maximized business value and deliver strong business agility while meeting applicable requirements and constraints
• Gains a deep understanding of client needs, analyzes best practices, and plays an integral part in defining and proposing business value solutions that meet or exceed client expectations
• Supports, and manages aspects of business applications implementations
• Documents and maintains project milestones, phases, elements, and budget
• Monitors project progress by tracking risks, actions, issues, decisions, and other activities
• Develops references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation; providing help desk support; training users
• Provides functional support of EBA solutions and related technologies
• Manages and resolves issues, defects, and change requests
• Manages and performs systems configuration tasks (but not coding/development) for process workstreams as directed
• Provides ongoing support during project implementations and post-go-live support
• Responsible for configuration of solution based on requirements
• Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with the team
• Owns and drives completion of projects and large key workstreams within as directed by practice leaders
• Manages projects and larger workstreams as directed
• Reviews quality of team deliverables
• Mentors and develops senior consultants

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees