Skills

Dynamics Organization Project Management Accounting

Job Specifications

Senior Consultant – Fixed Asset Management

We are seeking an experienced Senior Consultant to help design and implement an improved, system-driven approach to Fixed Asset Management within a large industrial environment. The organization currently uses Microsoft Dynamics for its fixed asset ledger but faces functional limitations, particularly around asset componentization, partial disposals, and integration with maintenance systems.

Role Overview

The consultant will assess current-state processes and system constraints, then develop a scalable solution—either within, alongside, or integrated with Microsoft Dynamics—that enables:

Component-level tracking of large assets
Accurate management of partial disposals
Robust calculation of depreciation, useful life adjustments, and replacement component activity
Improved alignment between the fixed asset ledger and maintenance systems
Reduced reliance on manual Excel-based calculations
Improved visibility into component replacements to prevent last?minute write-downs at reporting periods

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate current fixed asset processes, data structures, and Dynamics configuration
Recommend and design a system-based solution to enable component tracking and depreciation automation
Support evaluation of third-party tools or add-on solutions to enhance Dynamics
Build a roadmap toward future ERP improvements, including a larger fixed-asset workstream within the longer-term ERP program
Provide best practices and technical guidance based on deep knowledge of fixed assets in industrial operations

Required Experience

Extensive experience in Fixed Asset Management within large industrial or asset-heavy companies
Hands on experience designing or implementing componentization or partial disposal solutions
Familiarity with depreciation models, asset lifecycle accounting, and integration to maintenance or CMMS systems
Ability to translate accounting, operations, and system requirements into practical solutions

Engagement Details

Duration will depend on the recommended solution
Strong potential for long-term involvement, including participation in a future full ERP program focusing on fixed asset functionality

About Katalyst Group

Katalyst Group is a provider of executive search, project and interim placement solutions with expertise in supporting Accounting, Finance, and Business Transformation executives with special projects created by workforce gaps. As a human capital partner for our clients, we solve business problems across organizations in the areas of Risk and Compliance, Governance, and Technology.

Katalyst was founded in 2019 to help finance executives rapidly assemble project resources to address special projects, and recruit individuals for key hires within their respective organizations. The Katalyst team are former accounting, finance, program and project management professionals that have made a career of curating networks and connecting the dots. Our values-based culture extends to those we engage; therefore, we are selective and discerning about the organizations we support to ensure they are a good fit for those we represent.

About the Company

Katalyst Group is a boutique executive search and project resources firm specializing in the representation of corporate finance, accounting, and human resources professionals. Through trust-based relationships established throughout our home base in Chicagoland and across the United States, Katalyst Group connects individuals and organizations together for advancing career goals and building high-performance teams. Know more