Finance Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Toronto, Ontario

Finance Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Toronto, Ontario

11 Sep
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Huron Consulting Group
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Toronto

11 Sep

Huron Consulting Group

Toronto

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Huron is a global professional services firm that helps organizations in healthcare, education, financial services, and commercial industries solve their most complex challenges and build sustainable success.

The Digital, Marketing & Analytics practice designs and delivers technology solutions, including the Microsoft Business Solutions (MSBS) practice, which focuses on Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, Microsoft Fabric, the Power Platform, and applied AI, delivered through a global model spanning the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

Huron

Canada is looking for a Finance Lead to bring deep finance business acumen to Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management implementations for manufacturing and automotive clients. This is a Lead role, not a Solution Architect role: the primary mandate is to understand a client's financial operations, close process, cost accounting, and financial reporting, deeply enough to shape business process design and hold finance stakeholders through it, working side by side with the solution architecture and technical teams who own the underlying system build. The Lead directs how AI-enabled tools, including Copilot and Dynamics 365 AI-driven forecasting and automation capabilities, are used in workshops, requirements capture, and testing to increase the speed and quality of the implementation.

This is an on-site role based in the Toronto, Ontario area and requires Canadian citizenship.

Finance

Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 | Manufacturing and Automotive Toronto, Ontario area. On client site, with travel as the engagement requires. Lead client business process reviews across financial close, cost accounting, treasury, and financial reporting, assessing current-state maturity and shaping future-state design.

Own functional requirements definition for the finance workstream, translating business needs into a solution design that the architecture and technical teams configure and build. Facilitate and document design sessions with client finance process owners and subject matter experts to confirm requirements are met and understood. Understand the cross-functional effect of supply chain and manufacturing transactions on financial performance and reporting, and coordinate with the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Leads accordingly.

Direct the use of AI-enabled tools, Copilot, and Dynamics 365 AI-driven forecasting and automation capabilities in discovery, requirements capture, test scripting,



and user enablement to compress timelines without sacrificing quality. Identify where AI-driven forecasting, predictive analytics, or intelligent automation can strengthen the client's future-state finance design. Relationship building.

Build and sustain trusted, on-site relationships with client finance executives, controllers, and process owners, serving as a trusted advisor. Serve as the client's day-to-day point of contact for finance questions throughout the implementation. Team leadership and delivery quality Lead and guide internal and client team members through finance configuration validation, testing, training, and deployment.

Mentor consultants on finance business process design and client-facing delivery discipline. Willingness and ability to work on-site at the client location in the Toronto, Ontario area, with travel as the engagement requires. Deep business acumen in corporate finance and accounting operations: financial close, cost accounting, treasury, and financial reporting, gained through industry or consulting experience.

A track record of leading finance business process design and requirements definition on ERP implementations, in a role accountable for the business outcome rather than the technical build. Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading design workshops with finance executives and subject matter experts. They are bonus attributes that strengthen a candidate's ability to direct a Dynamics 365 finance workstream, on top of the core business acumen qualifications above.

Direct, hands-on functional experience with Dynamics 365 Finance. Automotive industry experience, including OEM or Tier 1/2 supplier environments.

Experience with AI-driven forecasting, predictive analytics, or intelligent finance automation tools. Microsoft certifications relevant to Dynamics 365 Finance (e.g., CPA, CMA, or equivalent accounting designation. You hold the details of complex finance processes in view at the same time as the big picture.

You build trust quickly with in office client stakeholders and sustain it across the life of the engagement. Bachelor's or Master's degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience. ~5-7+ years of related experience with cloud implementations in a consulting role. ~ End-to-end project implementation experience in one or more of the following areas: Cloud ERP, EPM, or CRM offerings.



~ The ability to train and participate in the professional development of Huron staff in both project management and technical dimensions. ~ Proven ability to contribute on multiple projects of differing scale and duration. ~ Willingness to travel up to 50% as needed to work with client or other internal project teams. ~ MUST BE A CANADIAN CITIZEN TO QUALIFY FOR TN VISA AND TRAVEL TO U.LI-Remote The estimated base salary for this job is $130,000.00 - $160,000 CAD.. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.

This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $149,500- $200,000 CAD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

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Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

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Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business.

📌 Finance Lead, Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Toronto, Ontario
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