Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sr. Finance Solution Architect

About Ludia  Ludia Consulting is one of the fastest growing and innovative consulting firms in Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Supply Chain, Customer Engagement and Power Platform. We are looking for a team member that is committed to helping others and their communities while also growing professionally as part of our Ludia family.  We are not just a traditional organization; we are driven to help our partners and clients while delivering value every day. Our team members are also encouraged to grow by sharing their knowledge and experience through a multitude of community-driven channels, including local non-profit organizations.  The Role  As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SC Technical Architect, you will be a crucial member of our Ludia Family to understand and transition functional concepts into technical solutions using modern design principles and best practices in Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain for our customers and internal initiatives.  While working with management, you will be expected to create, estimate and deliver technical and integration designs. To succeed in this role, you must have excellent communication skills and experience in leading technical architecture designs and teams during Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain projects. This position combines a strong focus on consulting abilities with an equally important emphasis on technological know-how. To succeed, you will demonstrate the ability to learn new concepts quickly and communicate ideas effectively to deliver complex Microsoft Dynamics solutions. This role combines technical depth with the opportunity to grow into leadership with solution architecture, team mentoring, and client engagement.  Essential Functions:  * Lead technical project deliveries, including technical analysis, code design review, and code performance optimization -- contributing to successful Dynamics implementations.  * Plan, manage and execute Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain and Power Platform technical project deliverables.  * Directly communicate with stakeholders to provide technical deliverable updates and upcoming deadlines.  * Collaborate with project managers and business analysts to understand client requirements and translate them into technical specifications and project plans  * Act as a subject matter expert on Microsoft Dynamics 365 architecture while mentoring a growing team of Dynamics consultants.  * Establish and adhere to Enterprise architecture best practices across technical and functional lines and Microsoft Products.  * Develop and maintain technical documentation and project artifacts  * Collaborate with Microsoft FastTrack and Engineering teams to gain deep product insights along with customer solution design review.  * Act as a bridge between consulting leadership and technical team members in the organization.  * Participate in pre-sales activities, including solution design, scoping, and proposal development.  * Management of technical team as a peer and mentor.  Skills & Competencies:  * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Technology, MIS, CIS or a related field  * Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders  * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences  * 8+ years of experience in technical architecture and implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions  * Strong understanding of Dynamics 365 platform capabilities and limitations, as well as related technologies such as Azure and Power Platform  * Experience in multiple Dynamics 365 ERP projects is required  * Experience as a Lead Developer in an end-to-end customer implementation  * Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX/365 F&SC in the following technical areas:  * Minimum 12+ years X++ development experience  * Data Management Framework (aka DIXF).  * PowerApps, LogicApps, Azure Portal/ Services, SharePoint, C#, SQL Server, Common Data Service and other Azure Services, including Azure Functions, Azure Event Grid, etc.  * Understanding of Synchronous and Asynchronous integration patterns.  * F&SC Business Events and Service Bus.  * Role-based security design and customization.  * Extensible Data Security.  * SSRS Report development and Power BI.  * Code builds and deployments via Azure DevOps Pipelines and LifeCycle Services (LCS).  * Experience with both TFS and Git repositories.  * Experience with Unified Development Environments  * Understanding of Azure Licensing and Costing is a Plus.  * Experience with two or more Microsoft Dynamics functional areas, preferably: Finance, Trade & Logistics, Warehouse Management, Sales, Marketing, Service, Production, Manufacturing, and other modules  * Ability to organize, prioritize, estimate and deliver tasks meeting deadlines  * Ability to travel up to 25%  * Experience working with a multicultural and/or multilingual team across several time zones  * Microsoft Dynamics 365 certification(s) preferred  * Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform experience   Desirable Experience:   * Master's degree in information systems management; degrees in Business Administration, Computer Science or related field  * Dynamics 365, CE/CRM experience  * Project Management experience  Benefits / Why Ludia  * Remote when not traveling to customer sites  * Unlimited PTO  * Companywide time off at the end of the year  * Full health benefits, vision, and dental  * 401K  * …and more!   Ludia Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.

About Ludia   Ludia Consulting is one of the fastest growing and innovative consulting firms in Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Supply Chain (FSC), Customer Engagement (CE), and Power Platform (PP). We are looking for a team member committed to helping others and their communities while also growing professionally as part of our Ludia family.   We are not just a traditional organization; we are driven to help our partners and clients while delivering value every day. Our team members are also encouraged to grow by sharing their knowledge and experience through many community-driven channels, including local non-profit organizations.     The Role   Ludia Consulting is actively seeking a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (SCM) Senior Functional Consultant experienced in project-based environments and skilled in D365 Project Management & Accounting (PMA) within D365 FSC.  This resource will be expected to take an end-to-end, process-based approach to investigate our clients’ crucial business challenges.    Senior Functional Consultants are challenged to understand and respond to clients' varied business needs and work with clients to rapidly enhance the internal capabilities needed to improve operational and process performance.    As a Senior SCM Functional Consultant in our D365 practice, you will use your business process knowledge and operations consulting skills to quantitatively analyze issues and design and drive solutions to transform our client's business.    Essential Functions   * Create business performance and process diagnostics and assessments.  * Analyzing client’s business requirements and facilitate design sessions with clients for their project-based business processes, to include all Supply Chain Management processes including project-based time and expense tracking, sales & billing, and procurement.  * Configure, test and train customers on D365 PMA functionality, including project control, sales, billing and procurement solution design.  * Document high-level requirements to discuss with developers for technical feasibility to estimate time and delivery estimates.  * Developing and testing of detailed functional designs (FDD’s) as needed for business solution components and prototypes, particularly for:   * Project Management & Accounting (PMA) processes  * Supply Chain Management processes (including Sales and Procurement)  * Inventory Management processes  * Identify functional gaps and conflicts in requirements and drive toward a solution  * Collaborate closely with technical team members for application build, test, and deploy activities.  * Assist and/or lead planning and executing data conversion activities.  * Proactively drive test planning and execution.  * Personable, confident client-facing communication skills   * Self-motivated ownership of assigned workstream; work organization that exhibits thoughtful leadership in addressing client’s requirements to design and implement solution(s) for a given process and/or organizational change.    Skills & Competencies   * Bachelor’s Degree: Business or technology related BA/BS  * 6+ years of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations/Finance & Supply Chain/AX2012 implementation experience or corresponding Projects, Supply Chain / Warehouse/ Manufacturing experience with a full lifecycle implementation.  * Experience with at least 5 full end to end ERP implementation.  * Experience participating in requirements gathering process for IT systems.  * Working knowledge of at least one software development methodology.   * Proficient in Azure Dev Ops (ADO)  * Strong, clear and concise oral and written communications.  * Ability to lead people, teams, and projects.  * Understanding aspects of business management and strategic evaluation.  * Proficient in Microsoft Office products, including Visio.  * Highly self-motivated; consultative, client-oriented work philosophy.  * Able to work independently, taking personal responsibility for assigned work - while also comfortable working collaboratively as part of a large team.    Desirable Experience  * Master's degree in business or technology  * Dynamics 365 Certifications (F&O/F&SC or CE/FS)  * Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform  * Working knowledge of Microsoft Project  * 5+ years' experience with D365 Projects (PMA)  * 5+ years Supply Chain Management experience  * 2+ years D365 Project Operations experience  * D365 Dual-Write experience/expertise    Benefits / Why Ludia   * 100% Remote Role   * Unlimited PTO   * Companywide time off at the end of the year   * Full health benefits, vision, and dental   * 401K    * And more!    Ludia Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance