Senior D365 Finance Consultant

HSO Success and Ambition

HSO has grown organically to have more than 400 people throughout the UK and we expect to continue to grow significantly in the next five years. We are a leading member of the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle, founded in 1987, and specialize in sectors such as Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Financial Services and Local Government. We’ve won several prestigious awards over the last few years including being voted in the UK’s top 10 Best Large companies to work for the last 3 years running. This year we are also proud to have been named the D365 Finance Microsoft Partner of the Year Award and Finalist for D365 Sales & Marketing.

HSO is the place to work for those in the Microsoft Dynamics channel. People join and stay because we care; about adding value to our customers, about delivering what we say we will, striving to improve ourselves, being inclusive and having fun.

The core values that enable us to work so well together, also mean our customers want to work with us. We choose to be different to other Microsoft Partners. Caring about our people, customers and quality of work differentiates us. We always support our people and customers to achieve shared, agreed goals.

Reason for vacancy

Due to the continued growth of the business, there is a need to increase the team to ensure that our customers received the best attention we can give them

Job Purpose

To deliver application consultancy, implementation services, presales, training and support to customers, prospective customers and operational processes as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and implement the Financial modules of Dynamics AX
• Deliver high quality business and software application services to clients
• The creation of high quality and sustainable client solutions
• Deliver all consultancy according to our Project Methodology, ensuring that all software applications are implemented successfully according to the project plan
• Meet customer expectations of business knowledge, skills and behaviour
• Identify business/project risk and mitigate or communicate as necessary
• Communicate progress updates to relevant parties both formally and informally
• Achieve above-minimum levels of chargeable utilisation and charge-out rates
• Participate in pre-sales activities as requested
• To carry out additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed and agreed by Consultant Director
• In all activities, ensure timely completion of internal process and requirements as per the Company Handbook and operate in such a manner as to conform to the Company’s Quality System.
• Represent HSO in a professional and positive manner at all times
• Adhere to health and safety policy, and other requirements relating to care of equipment
• Ensure that all Microsoft Certifications and Accreditations required to fulfil this role within HSO are met as determined by you and the Consultant Director

Requirements

Essential

• Expertise in providing financial consultancy in an AX environment; 5 + years as an ERP consultant, 3+ years in AX Financials
• Accounting qualification – an accounting qualification is preferable (eg. ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS, CIPFA)
• A financial background in early part of career
• Experience with Dynamics AX in a Lead Financials Consulting role
• Experience of at least two ERP implementations – large projects preferred

· Adept at Business Requirement Analysis

· Pre-sales experience

• Excellent presentation and demonstration skills

· Project Management experience

• Business process mapping, modelling and documentation knowledge

Desirable

• Educated to degree level, preferably in an IT or Accounting related field
• Experience of Stock, Manufacturing, and Project Accounting

Key Competencies:

· Commercial and budget awareness

· Client facing

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills

· Planning and organising

· Decision-making

· Influencing and leading

· Delegation

· Team work

· Negotiation

· Conflict Management

· Flexibility

Location:

Based where appropriate whether on client site or in the office or working from home. Travel will be extensive to various locations. It will be a requirement to spend some time in the office in order to develop relationships in-house with the rest of HSO, as well as keeping abreast of the developments of the business and understanding the company’s approach to the market

Benefits

Parking and close to Public transport at Office locations

Holidays

Pension

Healthcare

Dental

Life Insurance

Tonic Wellbeing

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