Principal NetSuite Consultant | Non-Profit

Principal NetSuite Consultant | Non-Profit

As a Principal NetSuite Consultant at Plative, you will be the senior functional authority for our nonprofit customer portfolio, including community foundations, food banks, and First Nations organizations. You will lead complex ERP transformations end to end, from executive discovery through go-live, and mentor consultants across the team. You will advise customer stakeholders on nonprofit finance and program processes, and partner with sales on pre-sales scoping and solution architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead executive-level discovery sessions and map fund accounting, grant management, and donor management requirements to recommended NetSuite configurations.
• Own the full project lifecycle for complex NetSuite implementations: solution design, configuration, and go-live readiness.
• Act as the senior subject matter expert for nonprofit finance: fund accounting, grant budgeting and reporting, restricted/unrestricted revenue, and multi-funder allocations.
• Guide program and grant workflows specific to community foundations, food banks, and First Nations/Indigenous organizations.
• Mentor senior consultants and analysts, and review their solution designs and configuration work across the portfolio.
• Partner with sales and account teams on pre-sales scoping, technical discovery, and SOW development.
• Identify project risks and technical constraints early, and work with delivery leadership to resolve them.
• Maintain executive-level customer relationships, and identify opportunities for platform optimization and expansion.
• Build reusable delivery assets, including blueprints and templates, for nonprofit engagements.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience implementing and configuring NetSuite ERP, with a focus on Nonprofit organizations, at least one full cycle implementation of NFP organization.
• Strong expertise in fund accounting, grant management, and restricted/unrestricted revenue recognition.
• Deep understanding of nonprofit program and grant lifecycle processes.
• Proven ability to lead executive-level discovery sessions, functional design workshops, and full-lifecycle ERP delivery.
• Strong communication skills, with experience advising executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using AI technologies such as Claude Code or Codex to improve daily delivery workstreams.
• Knowledge of Waterfall and Agile delivery methodology.

Desired Qualifications

• NetSuite certifications, such as ERP Consultant or SuiteFoundation.
• Experience with community foundations, food banks, or First Nations/Indigenous organizations specifically.
• Experience with Salesforce NPSP and donor CRM integrations.
• Experience in pre-sales solution scoping and SOW development.
• Consulting experience within a NetSuite partner or professional services firm.
• Experience with NetSuite OneWorld or multi-subsidiary implementations.
• Experience in Jira and Google Workspace.