D365 Finance Transformation Lead

D365 Finance Transformation Lead to architect and execute the end‑to‑end rebuild of ERP environment, including legal entity structure, chart of accounts, intercompany processes, posting logic, allocations, and consolidated reporting. This individual will also lead ERP modernization across Finance and Procurement, define enterprise data governance standards, and oversee middleware/interface design to ensure accurate and secure cross‑system data flows. This is a senior‑level, hands‑on Finance transformation role—ideal for an experienced Controllership or ERP leader who has rebuilt financial systems at scale and delivered successful enterprise‑wide Finance transformations.

• Conduct a full current‑state assessment of all Finance and Procurement systems, including ERP, procurement, and T&E platforms.
• Diagnose manual processes, pain points, suboptimal financial structures (e.g., legal entity design, chart of accounts), inconsistent system flows, and operational inefficiencies.
• Develop a target‑state architecture and transformation roadmap that unifies D365, Workday, Coupa, Concur, One Stream, and related systems into a cohesive and scalable ecosystem.

• Reengineer the legal entity structure, consolidation model, and financial reporting framework.
• Redesign the chart of accounts, dimensional model, posting profiles, allocations, and financial logic.
• Rebuild GL entry logic, intercompany automation, allocation engines, and elimination processes.
• Oversee the re‑architecture of financial statement production, including consolidated reporting logic.

• Serve as a critical partner to the data leader to define enterprise‑wide data governance, including:
• Master data management standards
• Metadata frameworks
• Data reconciliation and data quality controls
• Establish Finance and Procurement data ownership models and long‑term governance processes.

• Design, build, and maintain middleware and system interfaces to ensure accurate, timely, secure data movement across all systems.
• Oversee integration architecture supporting Workday–D365, Coupa–D365, Concur–D365, and D365–One Stream financial data flows.
• Ensure integration monitoring, error‑handling, audit controls, and ongoing reliability of cross‑system connectivity.

• Lead stabilization of D365 Finance modules (GL, Intercompany, AP, AR, FA, Project Accounting).
• Identify and remediate design flaws, configuration errors, data issues, and broken integrations.
• Drive master‑data cleanup, data governance, and process standardization across Finance and Procurement.

• Lead the end‑to‑end ERP Modernization Program across Finance and Procurement, from strategy through deployment.
• Partner cross‑functionally with FP&A, Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement, and PMO to align system logic with business needs.
• Establish testing cadence, release management framework, change control processes, and an enduring ERP governance model.

• Serve as Finance process architect across close, consolidation, reporting, and operational workflows.
• Lead cross‑functional workshops, define future‑state design, and guide implementation execution.
• Mentor ERP team members and act as the senior‑most Finance owner for the D365 transformation.

• Stabilized, reliable D365 platform supporting all core Finance and Procurement activities.
• Rebuilt legal entity hierarchy, COA/dimensional structure, and end‑to‑end intercompany processes.
• Accurate, automated consolidations and financial reporting with reduced manual intervention.
• Significant reduction or elimination of manual reconciliations, reclassifications, shadow systems, and workarounds.
• Mature enterprise data governance, metadata management, and reconciliation controls.
• Strong release management, testing discipline, and cross‑system architectural coherence.

• 20+ years in Finance, Controllership, or Finance transformation leadership roles.
• Deep accounting knowledge: US GAAP, consolidations, intercompany, allocations, and close cycles.
• Proven experience leading large‑scale ERP re‑implementations (D365, SAP, or Oracle).
• Deep expertise in ERP technologies, enterprise architecture, and multi‑system integration.
• Extensive experience designing legal entity structures, COA frameworks, financial dimensions, and allocation models.
• Hands‑on experience resolving complex system design issues and rebuilding broken ERP environments.
• Strong leadership across Accounting, FP&A, IT, HR, Procurement, and PMO.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex Finance transformations at scale.