Title: D365 F&SCM Financial Consultant
Location: (Durham, NC [North Carolina]), preferably hybrid model over remote. Remote is an option if the resource is exceptional.
Role Description
D365 F&SCM Financial Consolidation Consultant, to assess and remediate the existing configuration, consolidation, and multi-level group reporting. The role is expected to lead implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, UAT, and go-live activities.
Responsibilities:
· Configure the established consolidation structure in D365, based on the current ownership structure: consolidation companies, nested consolidations, ownership roll-ups, and alternate hierarchies for reorganizations and ownership changes.
· Configure the established intercompany accounting and elimination rules in D365 by main account and financial dimension, including pairwise intercompany accounts.
· Build consolidated balance sheet, income statement, and equity reporting at each hierarchy level using D365 Financial Reporting.
· Define consolidation-only accounts, security, audit trail, and batch automation of the consolidation close.
· Reconcile consolidated results against the legacy consolidation process during testing and parallel runs.
· Advise on where native D365 consolidation reaches its limits at this scale and recommend workarounds, with evidence.
· Review system integrator configuration; write and execute UAT scenarios; train the corporate accounting team.
Required Skills / Qualifications:
· 5+ years of D365 Finance (or AX 2012 followed by D365) with hands-on consolidation and intercompany design.
· Delivered consolidation for 100+ legal entities with at least three hierarchy levels.
· Strong technical accounting: eliminations, minority interest/noncontrolling interest, equity roll-forward, US GAAP group reporting.
· D365 Financial Reporting (Management Reporter) report design: row, column, and reporting tree definitions.
· Clear understanding of financial dimensions, account structures, and their impact on consolidation.
· Experience joining an implementation already in progress: assessing the existing configuration, identifying gaps, and fixing issues through testing and go-live
· Experience in renewable energy, project finance, or holding structures with tax-equity or special-purpose entities - nice to have
