Oracle Financial Lead

About the job Oracle Financial Lead

Oracle Financial Lead
Location: Austin, TX
Type: Full-time salaried
Office: Hybrid

Our central Texas client is looking for a Financial & Accounting Systems Lead located in the Greater Austin area. The company has global business units and is in the middle of a multi-phase ERP transformation on Oracle e-Business suite. This position will also play a key role in the Finance & Accounting center of excellence (CoE). The ideal candidate would be a hands-on subject matter expert in both processes and technology related to Oracle e-business suite financial modules and its integration to Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Manufacturing and Costing.

Required Qualifications:

Prior Experience in defining systems requirements, designing and prototyping solutions, consulting with users on process transformation, testing, training, go-live, expertise in system cutovers and defining support procedure
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management and to operate across functional lines
Experience managing work stream scope, change requests, delivery against defined milestones; mitigate and remediate risk factors and propose solutions based on best practices
Ability to balance multiple projects and prioritize competing business needs while delivering consistently high quality and timely work
Experience in at least three EBS implementation cycle in current release of Oracle EBS Applications (R12)
10+ years of Oracle EBS (eBusiness Suite) functional implementation experience
Hands-on Experience with Oracle General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Cash Management, TCA Customer Model, SLA, EB-Tax
Complete and thorough knowledge of EBS integration of Supply Chain, Finance and manufacturing process
Prior experience working with business that had intercompany and multi-currency transactions
A good combination of skills in functional and technical aspects of Oracle EBS core applications
Data analysis and management of all operations data not limited to but including Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, WIP, BOM, Master Data
Ability to manage the changes required for better adoption of new solution driven processes
AIM methodology and Waterfall / Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Create and initiate a center of excellence for operational finance process and associated applications and systems for continuous improvement of financial processes.
Promote the adoption of best practices in finance application management
Planning and delivery of strategic and tactical initiatives to the business leveraging Oracle e-Business Suite financial modules.
Ensure the successful delivery of business requirements, functional configuration and delivery of business requirements leveraging Oracle e-Business Suite.
Prepare and/or validate solutions for enhancements against Oracle best practices
Conduct business workshop sessions and facilitate/document business requirements to understand business demand and initiatives
Provide hands on setup and functional module implementation/configuration
Demonstrated ability to improve process efficiency and promote and manage change in the organization
Serve as the business process and system solutions subject matter expert to assist organization in optimizing, standardizing, and improving system solutions and business processes.
Proactively partner with financial systems providers to understand relevant best practices and deliver new system functionality and solutions to support accounting, reporting, and financial planning
Remain current on Oracle applications knowledge ensuring compliance throughout the project initiatives
Enable and support monthly, quarterly and yearly financial close
Collaborate with project stakeholders and analyze solutions for process improvement
Ownership and accountability of the release management process to include prioritizing, planning, building, testing and execution in accordance with compliance requirements
Responsible for data conversion, cutover, go-live and production support
Education and Certifications

Bachelors degree in business management, Finance Information Systems, or related field
In depth knowledge of accounting transactions and internal financial controls
Certification in Oracle EBS
Nice to have, but not required

Certifications: CPA/CSCP/CPIM/CPSM
PMP Certification