Microsoft Dynamics Systems Manager

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As part of our ongoing transformation of financial and project management systems, we are seeking a Project Management & Accounting D365 Administrator to support and enhance our use of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), Project Operations, and related applications. This role is essential to ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, driving adoption of best practices, and enabling accurate and efficient project accounting, billing, and financial management.

The successful candidate will serve as a key administrator, providing user support, maintaining configurations, guiding system strategy, and partnering with business and IT teams to optimize project management, invoicing, collections, and sales processes within D365.

• Provide timely end-user support for sales, project management, billing, and accounting functions within Dynamics 365 F&O and Project Operations.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for project accounting modules including sales & opportunities, project set up, billing, and collections.
• Administer and configure system settings, workflows, and security roles related to project, sales, and accounting functionality.
• Collaborate with business development, finance, IT, and project management teams to translate business needs into system solutions and reporting tools.
• Support month-end and cycle-close activities by ensuring timely support of project transactions, invoices, and revenue recognition.
• Partner with finance, IT and business stakeholders to plan and execute system upgrades, patches, and enhancements.
• Lead and participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing to validate system changes and ensure stability.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, including standard operating procedures, configuration records, and user guides.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting, and automate recurring tasks.
• Train and coach users on effective system use and best practices.

• Act as a strategic partner in system planning by aligning platform capabilities with organizational goals.
• Monitor industry trends, new features, and product roadmaps to recommend and plan system enhancements that improve efficiency and competitiveness.
• Support sales and business development teams in managing opportunity pipelines, customer and contact lifecycle management, and integration between CRM and ERP modules.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve end-to-end business processes across project delivery, sales, and finance functions.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on system performance, usage, and process optimization to leadership.
• Ensure alignment of system design with compliance, audit, and data governance requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, information systems, business administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of proven experience as a system administrator or support specialist with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and Project Operations; exposure to Dynamics 365 Sales or Customer Engagement is a plus.
• Strong understanding of project accounting concepts including billing types (T&M, fixed fee, intercompany), cost controls, and revenue recognition.
• Experie…