Finance – M3 Senior Consultant

Job Description

Job Description:

Responsibilities:
* Understand customer specific financial and costing requirements, document the requirements and obtain customer approval of correct expectations.
* Map customer requirements to M3 standard processes and provide in-depth Fit/Gap analysis.
* Focus on process improvement and minimize need for customizations.
* Provide Company’s M3 functional specifications based on business requirements or provide the combined functional and technical specifications for customizations.
* Provide additional M3 configurations and /or refine the existing application configurations.
* Work with the project manager, solution architect and other functional consultants for finding the best possible solutions to complete the business requirements classified as gaps.
* Build prototype solutions for user validation.
* Perform unit test prior to the solution delivery.
* Assist users in testing activities and provide resolutions to issues and defects.
* Provide user education and knowledge transfer supported by Company or self-created documentation.
* Execute project activities in accordance with the project plan.
* Provide timely status reporting to the project manager and to the client partner.

Requirements:
* Must be familiar with Company’s M3 multi-tenant environment. Should be experienced with impact of time zone in a cloud-based ERP.
* Must have sound knowledge of M3 general navigation, use and build of home pages.
* Must have over six years of experience with M3 finance covering GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets and Cost Accounting.
* Must be very familiar with financial master data.
* Excellent experience with designing accounting rules with exceptions and priorities based on in scope events and M3 standard and customization capability.
* Experience in Food and Beverage industry is a plus.
* Must be familiar with financial database tables and M3 AdHoc reports.
* Excellent organization/time management skills.
* Ability to support/work in a multi-user/multi-client environment.
* Knowledge of tools, techniques, and good practices for protecting the integrity of corporate data and processing.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to work remotely and commute to client offices when required; willing to travel up to 50% of consulting time.

Additional Skills:
* M3A/M3 Applications Products/Functional/Finance