Senior, Business Solutions Consultant
About this role
Senior, Business Solutions Consultant
Department: Professional Services
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: USA, Ashburn
Compensation: $110,000 - $133,000 / year
Description
The consultant acts as a trusted advisor during Abas implementations, translating complex manufacturing finance requirements into efficient, standardized solutions. This includes leading finance related sub-projects, guiding customers through process transformation, and ensuring best-practice financial governance in manufacturing organizations.
Responsibilities
- Finance & Controlling Subject Matter Expert for manufacturing environments, including:
- Financial Accounting, Controlling, Cost Accounting
- Product costing, work-in-progress (WIP), variance analysis
- Post-calculation, inventory valuation, and manufacturing cost rollups
- Integration of Finance with Production, Supply Chain, and Logistics
- Analyze and consult on end-to-end financial processes with customers, focusing on manufacturing-specific finance requirements
- Advise finance leadership and functional stakeholders throughout the change process, ensuring financial transparency, compliance, and control
- Identify, promote, and apply manufacturing finance best practices within Abas
- Design integrated financial and controlling processes aligned as closely as possible to Abas standard functionality; define functional enhancements where required
- Prepare customers for go-live from a finance and controlling perspective and support financial activities during go-live and stabilization
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional project team members and report progress, risks, and outcomes to the Project Manager
- Support pre-sales activities including processing tenders, estimating scope, and preparing implementation proposals with a strong finance focus
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, Operations Management, or Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum 3 years as a Business Solution Consultant or 5+ years as an ERP user, with strong hands-on finance or controlling experience in a manufacturing environment
- Proven expertise in manufacturing finance concepts, including costing methods, inventory valuation, and financial integration with production processes
- Solid understanding of manufacturing models such as Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock, and Engineer-to-Order
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate finance requirements into ERP system designs
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage finance executives and operational stakeholders alike
- High customer orientation with a structured, solution-driven consulting approach
- Willingness to travel up to 40%
Company at a glance
Founded in 2012, Forterro has grown to become a category leader software solutions for the industrial market – with strongholds in Europe’s top production economies, as well as regional service hubs and development centres around the world. From more than 40 office locations, our 2,500 employees provide and support software for more than 25,000 industrial businesses. Our products are deeply rooted in the demands of their local geography. And each is designed to strengthen and accelerate our customers’ ability to operate efficiently and compete effectively.
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