ERP Finance Consultant

Avanade•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

The ERP Finance Consultant (Business Analyst) is responsible for identifying, developing, and deploying end-user solutions in system implementation. This role ensures business requirements are adequately met and provides leadership and advisory services around project management, business process development, implementation support, and end-user training. The consultant will lead project planning, implementation, and requirements gathering efforts to solve complex problems and act as a liaison between Avanade clients and consultants, particularly during the initial project phases. A background in accounting and accounting processes is ideal.

Requirements

Background in accounting and accounting processes are ideal.
Identify, develop, and deploy end-user solutions in system implementation.
Ensure business requirements are adequately met.
Provide leadership and advisory services around project management, business process development, implementation support, and end-user training.
Lead project planning, implementation, and requirements gathering efforts across projects to work through complex problems.
Act as a liaison between Avanade clients and consultants, particularly during the initial phase of projects.
Define functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring they align with the business processes.
Translate business requirements into logical and technical models, linking them to business processes.
Elicit, document, and validate business requirements from clients and stakeholders.
Own and manage the requirements process, ensuring approval, communication, traceability, and re-use.
Interface with clients and internal technical teams to ensure a clear understanding of functional requirements.
Lead client workshops, analyzing business process decomposition, and designing solutions for application and process gaps.
Prototype and configure business processes to align with customer constraints.
Utilize workflow technology to automate business processes, ensuring the system reacts as per defined constraints.
Test system behavior, including extensive testing of configurations to guarantee adherence to functional requirements.
Document business requirements, system settings, and prepare comprehensive system documentation.
Educate and train key-users and end-users on the functionality of the implemented solutions.
Support key-users during user acceptance testing, addressing issues and ensuring the system meets clients’ expectations.
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to determine necessary patches and upgrades for the system.
Stay updated on technologies, including new releases and updates, to implement the latest advancements in solutions.

Responsibilities

Define functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring they align with business processes.
Translate business requirements into logical and technical models, linking them to business processes.
Elicit, document, and validate business requirements from clients and stakeholders.
Own and manage the requirements process, ensuring approval, communication, traceability, and re-use.
Interface with clients and internal technical teams to ensure a clear understanding of functional requirements.
Lead client workshops, analyzing business process decomposition, and designing solutions for application and process gaps.
Prototype and configure business processes to align with customer constraints.
Utilize workflow technology to automate business processes, ensuring the system reacts as per defined constraints.
Test system behavior, including extensive testing of configurations to guarantee adherence to functional requirements.
Document business requirements, system settings, and prepare comprehensive system documentation.
Educate and train key-users and end-users on the functionality of the implemented solutions.
Support key-users during user acceptance testing, addressing issues and ensuring the system meets clients’ expectations.
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to determine necessary patches and upgrades for the system.
Stay updated on technologies, including new releases and updates, to implement the latest advancements in solutions.