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Our centra 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
  • 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
  • Provide hands on setup and functional module implementation/configuration
  • 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
  • Bachelor’s 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
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