ICOE D365 ERP Solutions Architect

The Integrated Center of Excellence (ICOE) D365 ERP Solutions Architect (SA) will provide functional and solution envisioning expertise to the Avanade and Accenture sales teams and will support complex projects during delivery in part-time quality assurance roles. The SA will help develop and execute sales strategies, drive proposal efforts and provide functional sales support. The SA specializes in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Supply Chain Management with a specific affinity around Finance and provides expertise in lead qualification, opportunity assessment, opportunity development and proposal development.

Come join us:

The global ICOE brings the full breadth of Avanade's propositions, offerings, and capabilities to life for our clients, supporting our regions on complex, multi-country opportunities and project deliveries. The ICOE is a single organization that brings together Avanade's existing COEs (Center of Excellence) to deliver excellence at scale to Avanade and clients. The three missions of the ICOE:

* Driving client impact by providing competitive positioning and solutioning support on key deals; helping regions transition from sales to delivery and jump-start projects; and delivering a consistent SME-based and shared services capability across regions.
* Advancing our Solution Areas and Lines of Business by supporting and incubating innovative solutions; developing new capabilities; fostering technical skill development; and demonstrating Avanade's technical leadership in the market (e.g., speaking at conferences).
* Support Practice Development by collaborating to evolve innovative points-of-view, assets, and differentiators; supporting key learning mechanisms and knowledge sharing; and coordinating with Microsoft and Accenture as needed around each of our asset development roadmaps.

What you'll do:

* Help the customer see what is possible with technology (visionary)
* Manage customer information using internal tools such as the internal CRM system, solutioning & deal pricing tools
* Deliver quality presentations (both written and oral) and customized product demonstrations (POC)
* Serve as the Solution lead for new opportunities and support transition into delivery & customer/prospect training
* Build relationships with Accenture, Microsoft, industry groups and customers
* Represent at relevant customer/industry events and write POV documents/conduct webinars to create positive exposure for Avanade's brand
* Contribute to the development of Avanade intellectual property, including assets and knowledge capital

Skills and experiences:

* Deep functional and technical acumen and understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Supply Chain Management, with specific affinity to the Finance processes.
* At least 3 full life cycle D365 F&SCM Finance module implementations as a Solutions Architect.
* At least 7+ years of experience implementing Dynamics ERP applications in different roles.
* Understand and articulate integration architectures including development tools/products, and standards
* Business Process Analysis and Design
* A delivery background is desirable.
* Understand the concepts and applications of Microsoft technologies related to Dynamics 365 including the Power Platform and Microsoft Azure.

About you:

* Characteristics that can spell success for this role:
* Demonstrated success in the leading and managing of people in a team-based environment.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong consulting and client facing skills