Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations Solution Architect

About the role

Join Centric Consulting, where we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses. As a Finance Architect, you’ll lead the functional design and implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) for clients, ensuring robust financial processes and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the finance functional design across general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, cash and bank management, and budgeting.
• Design the chart of accounts, financial dimensions, dimension sets, account structures, and advanced rules to support both statutory and management reporting.
• Define the legal entity and organization hierarchy design, including intercompany accounting, consolidation, elimination, and multi-currency treatment.
• Configure and validate posting profiles, journal controls, workflow approvals, and segregation of duties within the finance modules.
• Design the financial close process, including subledger to GL reconciliation, financial period close workspace, and close calendar and task assignment.
• Perform fit-to-standard analysis on finance requirements and recommend standard functionality, ISV solutions, or Power Platform extensions before custom code.
• Author functional design documents and configuration workbooks for developers, testers, and client teams.
• Design the financial reporting layer using Financial Reporter, including report definitions, row and column definitions, and reporting trees.
• Advise on Business Performance Analytics, Power BI, and Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse where reporting requirements extend past Financial Reporter.
• Map client reporting requirements back into the dimension and account structure to ensure reports are supportable without rework.
• Position first-party Copilot and agent capabilities in finance where they deliver measurable value to the close and day-to-day accounting work.
• Lead requirements and design workshops with controllers, accounting managers, and finance process owners.
• Build and demonstrate the configured solution through conference room pilots and iterative design reviews.
• Define the finance data migration approach, including opening balances, open transactions, fixed asset history, and DMF entity selection and mapping.
• Support user acceptance testing, training, cutover, and hypercare, including the first live close.
• Diagnose and resolve complex finance issues in live environments and document root cause and resolution.
• Partner with the project manager on estimates, sequencing, risk, and change control for the finance workstream.
• Support pursuits through discovery sessions, finance solution positioning, and estimating.
• Build reusable finance assets including configuration playbooks, templates, and demo data.
• Mentor consultants on finance functional depth, configuration discipline, and client presence.
• Track the Microsoft release wave roadmap for finance and translate updates into guidance for clients and the team.

Requirements

• Five or more years implementing Microsoft Dynamics ERP, with at least three years on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations or Dynamics AX 2012.
• Two or more full lifecycle D365 F&O implementations leading the finance workstream.
• Deep functional command of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, cash and bank management, and financial dimensions.
• Hands-on experience designing a chart of accounts and dimension structure that serves both statutory and management reporting.
• Demonstrated command of period close, month-end reconciliation, and audit and control requirements in a live production environment.
• Working experience with Financial Reporter or Management Reporter, including report and reporting tree design.
• Experience with finance data migration and the Data Management Framework.
• Practical understanding of Lifecycle Services, environment strategy, and the One Version release cadence.
• Ability to lead workshops with finance leadership and drive decisions to closure.
• Microsoft Certification (MB-310 - Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including health coverage and wellness programs.
• 401K company match and self-managed PTO.
• Unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments.
• Remote and hybrid work options.
• Professional development opportunities, including growth, skill development, and collaborative team environments.

About Centric Consulting

Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, Centric Consulting is built on three fundamental principles: enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. With over 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we’re committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering unmatched experiences. Our culture celebrates individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships, fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.