D365 F&O Finance BPO

Contract type: Full-time freelance contract.

Location: Paris, France

Client sector: End client

Languages: Fluent French and English

Engagement model: Independent freelance consultant, working closely with client Finance, IT, business, and implementation-partner teams.

2. Responsibilities

D365 Finance Process & Solution Design

• Lead the design and optimisation of end-to-end Finance processes within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, translating business requirements into scalable and standardised ERP solutions.
• Conduct business-process analysis, requirements workshops, fit-gap assessments, and solution-design sessions with Finance and operational stakeholders.
• Prepare functional design documents, process flows, configuration specifications, and solution options aligned with Microsoft best practice.
• Ensure solutions support the client operating model, including multi-entity structures, intercompany transactions, procurement, inventory accounting, invoicing, credit management, and financial reporting.

D365 Configuration & Implementation

• Configure and implement D365 Finance functionality, ensuring alignment with business processes, financial controls, reporting requirements, and integration with other ERP modules and business functions.
• Support configuration across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Budgeting, Intercompany, workflows, tax, posting profiles, and reporting structures.
• Collaborate with technical consultants, developers, integration, and data teams on customisations, interfaces, data migration, master data, security, and reporting requirements.
• Validate that proposed solutions meet business, control, audit, and statutory requirements.

Testing, Deployment & User Support

• Lead functional testing, UAT, data validation, cutover, and go-live activities, while providing user guidance, training, issue resolution, and post-go-live support throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Prepare and execute test scripts, support system integration testing and UAT, triage defects, and coordinate functional resolutions with technical teams.
• Support cutover planning, go-live readiness, hypercare, and post-implementation stabilisation.
• Deliver training and knowledge transfer to Finance users, key stakeholders, and support teams.

Stakeholder Management & Continuous Improvement

• Act as the key link between finance stakeholders, business users, IT teams, and implementation partners, driving requirements, resolving functional issues, and identifying opportunities to improve automation, efficiency, controls, and overall D365 adoption.
• Facilitate workshops, solution reviews, steering discussions, and sign-off sessions; communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions clearly.
• Build effective relationships across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Sales, Operations, Treasury, Tax, and Controlling.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, data quality, reporting, and continuous D365 adoption.

3. Requirements

• Fluent French and English, written and spoken.
• 7+ years of ERP Finance functional consulting or implementation experience, with at least 4–5 years focused on Microsoft.
• Proven hands-on experience across the full D365 F&O project lifecycle: discovery, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Strong knowledge of Finance modules and processes, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, Budgeting, Intercompany, and financial reporting.
• Experience designing and delivering scalable Finance solutions in multi-entity, multi-country, or complex environments.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, financial controls, month-end and year-end close, financial reporting, and ERP data quality.
• Experience preparing functional design documents, test scripts, training materials, and configuration documentation.
• Strong stakeholder-management, facilitation, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as a freelance consultant while integrating effectively into client and partner teams.
• Exposure to Power BI, Power Platform, Azure integrations, data entities, APIs, or reporting tools is advantageous.