ERP Finance Transformation Advisor (Director)

Grant Thornton is seeking a ERP Finance Transformation Advisor (Director) to join the team in Hartford, CT.

As the ERP Finance Transformation Advisor (Director), this role is pivotal in enabling enterprise-wide transformation by assisting and advising accounting Subject Matter Experts regarding Grant Thornton’s ERP implementation. You will collaborate with various technology teams, finance teams, and business leaders to deliver a best-in-class ERP system.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Work side by side with Grant Thornton’s accounting department’s subject matter experts to implement ERP, providing insight and advice based on knowledge of ERP and ERP functionality.
• Provide configuration support to ERP Implementation team ensuring legacy / customized processes are transformed to leverage the ERP’s out of the box capabilities
• Coordinate/partner with the ERP programs Project Manager and Grant Thornton’s PMO to ensure Accounting workstream remains on track with implementation timeline commitments.
• Collaborate with adjacent departments (Billing, Procurement, FP&A) to ensure new ERP’s configuration satisfies their business needs
• Assist in developing system administrator requirements for post go-live environment, including playbook for migrating newly acquired entities onto the Grant Thornton ERP Platform.
• Once ERP is implemented, assist in migration of newly acquired entities onto the Grant Thornton ERP platform
• Other duties as assigned
• In conjunction/coordination with accounting SMEs conduct current state/future state policy and procedure gap analyses for individual areas.
• In conjunction/coordination with accounting SMEs, analyze existing as well as develop comprehensive requirements, including data fields, data sources, and any necessary formulas or algorithms, to produce insightful reporting.
• Assist in developing, defining and conducting user acceptance tests, ensuring the system functionality meets user requirements and expectations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting 
• 15+ years of work experience in an operational accounting leadership role at a $1B+ enterprise, including experience managing a tier 1 ERP (i.e. SAP or Oracle).
• Certifications CPA preferred.
• Communications skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills – recommend using this verbiage for all levels
• Ability to travel at short notice and work additional hours as necessary. 
• Travel percentage: up to 20%

At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better. 

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