Lead Feed ERP & Accounting Implementation Specialist

Datacor

8d • Remote

About The Position

Datacor is a leading provider of software solutions, including ERP, CRM, Asset Tracking, Simulation and Formulation, to the process manufacturing space. The company's mission is to equip the industry with software solutions and move it forward by building thoughtful, intuitive products that solve customers’ most difficult problems. Datacor is passionate about serving its customers and helping them use data as a competitive advantage. Customers create products that extend and sustain lives through sanitizing, fertilizing, beautifying, cleaning, and recycling. Datacor helps these customers make those products more safely, cost effectively, and more efficiently through its technology platforms and applications.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience such as staff/senior accountant, cost accountant, assistant controller, or controller.
• Demonstrated depth in one or more of: inventory accounting and valuation, cost accounting in a manufacturing environment, general ledger management, or AR/AP operations.
• 3+ years of ERP experience as an end user, implementation consultant, or both, including at least one full-cycle implementation or major system conversion.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Strong understanding of how operational transactions, production, inventory movement, shipping, receiving, billing - translate into financial entries.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial and technical concepts clearly to both plant-floor and executive audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Proven ability to manage time effectively and work independently in a remote environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites as required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP, particularly the Financials, Inventory, Purchasing, and Sales Order Processing modules.
• Background in agriculture, feed milling, food manufacturing, or another process/batch manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Datacor Animal Nutrition products (Feed Mill Manager, Pennent Mill Manager, Brill, ARA, Feed Tags).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and the ability to write or read basic SQL for data validation and reconciliation.
• Experience with data migration, opening balance conversion, or parallel testing during a system cutover.
• CPA, CMA, or equivalent certification.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, especially advanced Excel.
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT

Responsibilities

• Lead installation, configuration, testing, training, and go-live support for Datacor Animal Nutrition products at customer sites and remotely.
• Partner with Delivery Managers to execute project plans, hit milestones, and manage scope across concurrent implementations.
• Analyze customer business processes and consult on best practices for system configuration, workflow design, and process optimization.
• Support cutover, go-live, and hypercare, including opening-balance loads, cutover inventory counts, and first-close support.
• Design and configure the accounting foundation of each implementation: chart of accounts mapping, GL posting accounts, account segmentation, and integration setup between mill operations and the financial system.
• Configure and validate inventory costing methodology (standard, average, FIFO/LIFO as applicable), cost roll-ups, variance accounts, and work-in-process treatment for batch manufacturing.
• Set up and test AR, AP, and GL integration points between Feed Mill Manager / Pennent Mill Manager and accounting systems, including batch posting, distribution accuracy, and error handling.
• Validate that manufacturing, shipping, receiving, and billing transactions produce correct financial results, and lead reconciliation of sub-ledgers to the general ledger during parallel testing.
• Advise on pricing, contract, freight, discount, and tax configuration and their downstream accounting impact.
• Deliver end-user and administrator training across operational and financial workflows, tailored to mill operators, office staff, controllers, and executives.
• Develop and maintain training documentation, user guides, configuration workbooks, and internal knowledge base materials.
• Troubleshoot configuration, process, and data-related issues with clear, timely customer communication.
• Contribute implementation insights and lessons learned back to the delivery and support teams to improve methodology.
• Manage multiple engagements simultaneously while completing administrative responsibilities time entry, status updates, taskray and recap documentation accurately and on time.

Benefits

• Own the accounting backbone of implementations that directly affect how our customers cost, price, and profit.
• Work with a collaborative delivery team supporting impactful, real-world manufacturing solutions.
• Gain exposure to complex ERP implementations across a specialized and growing industry.
• Grow your ERP and accounting expertise while helping customers succeed from implementation through go-live and beyond.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior