Lead Business Central Functional Consultant

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Phase 1: Multi-Subsidiary Implementation & Rollout

• Multi-Company Architecture: Design and configure a scalable Business Central environment where each subsidiary maintains its own independent books of accounts.
• Consolidation Pipelines: Establish automated data workflows to deliver centralized, group-level consolidated financial reporting and intercompany transaction matching.
• System Integration & Alignment: Lead the core deployment of Business Central modules, driving seamless data synchronization across Microsoft Project Operations and external third-party systems.
• Data Migration & Testing: Direct data mapping, cleansing, and validation from legacy platforms, while defining the UAT strategy to guide business users through validation phases.

Phase 2: Post-Go-Live Maintenance & Administration

• System Administration: Manage environment lifecycles, user licensing, security roles, and tenant permissions across the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Release Management: Monitor Microsoft’s bi-annual major release waves and monthly cumulative updates. Conduct impact assessments and regression testing to prevent operational downtime.
• Continuous Optimization: Audit platform performance, identify financial or workflow bottlenecks, and configure system enhancements as business operations evolve.
• Advanced Solution Support: Provide Level 2/3 functional support, acting as the primary technical liaison with Microsoft support.
• Reporting & Power Platform: Maintain and update Power BI dashboards, Jet Reports, and Power Automate workflows to ensure reliable corporate business intelligence.

Requirements

• Certifications: Must hold valid Microsoft credentials for both core ecosystems:
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate (Exam MB-800) – Mandatory
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (Exam PL-200) –Preferred
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate (Exam MB-820) – Preferred

Core Experience

• Consulting History: Minimum 3–5 years of hands-on consulting or internal lead experience implementing Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Rollout Track Record: Proven experience leading at least 2 full-lifecycle, multi-subsidiary enterprise deployments of Business Central.
• Financial Expertise: Strong proficiency navigating multi-currency corporate setups, group data consolidation pipelines, and complex localized chart of accounts setups.
• Integration Knowledge: Direct experience working with systems connected via Microsoft Dataverse, standard ERP connectors, or API pipelines.