Mavericks of Business Central: Use your professional background to your advantage
Mavericks of Business Central career episode (about 2 min). A former financial controller explains moving into Business Central consulting. The speakers say practical experience in finance, sales, purchasing and warehouse work helps implementations, and that implementation talent is in demand because the market is picking up. They also note that young people are comfortable with new technology such as AI.
- Career transition from financial controller to Business Central consultant
- How financial knowledge accelerates learning Business Central
- Practical domain knowledge as a competitive advantage
- Talent needs and generational technology perspectives
Overview
A short interview-style video from the Mavericks of Business Central series. The speaker describes moving from financial controller work to a role at cron focused on development and technical work, then to consulting after getting to know Business Central and liking the product.
The speaker argues that practical knowledge from business areas such as sales, purchasing and warehouse operations cannot be learned from the system alone and helps make a consultant successful. The video also says the market is picking up and new talent is needed to handle the workload.
Key points
- The speaker moved from financial controller to Business Central consultant after liking the product.
- Financial knowledge helps you learn Business Central quickly, especially the settings, though the background behind them is harder to learn.
- Practical knowledge from sales, purchasing and warehouse work helps with implementation and makes a consultant successful.
- That practical knowledge cannot be learned in the system.
- New talent is needed because there is a lot of work, the market is picking up and many implementations need to be done.
- Young people are described as closely connected to new technology, from social media to AI.
Quotes
- 0:12 “I basically got a job at cron where I could focus on the development part and Technical part”
- 0:32 “I got to know Business Center and I like the product so much that I decided to become a consultant”
- 0:52 “the Practical knowledge you have will really help you to implement and to make you a successful consultant”
- 1:12 “we need new Talent uh because we have a lot of work right uh the the market is picking up”
Presenters (as heard): Unknown speaker 1, Unknown speaker 2.