Oracle EBS Finance Functional Lead with AP, AR, GL exp

Role: Oracle EBS Finance Functional Lead

Location: Calgary, AB (Hybrid)

Mode – Contract

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Job description

Detailed JD :

Key Responsibilities

1. Finance Transformation Consulting

• Engage with CFOs, Controllers, and senior Finance stakeholders to define the digital finance strategy and transformation roadmap.
• Lead finance process discovery, assessment, and fit-gap workshops.
• Recommend Oracle Finance best practices, target operating models, and standardized business processes.
• Drive initiatives related to process standardization, shared services, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Advise clients on Oracle Fusion Cloud migration and Oracle EBS modernization strategies.
• Identify opportunities to streamline finance operations and improve governance, controls, and reporting.

2. Solution Architecture and Design

• Define end-to-end Oracle Finance solution architecture across Oracle Oracle EBS, and hybrid environments.
• Develop global process templates, reference architectures, and scalable solution designs.
• Lead functional and technical design decisions across finance workstreams.
• Ensure that solutions meet scalability, security, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial and control frameworks, including SOX, IFRS, and GAAP.
• Define cross-module integrations with Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management, and third-party systems.
• Review and approve solution designs, integration approaches, reporting architecture, and security models.

3. Module Ownership

The role will provide architecture and functional leadership across:

• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Cash Management
• Fixed Assets
• Expenses
• Intercompany Accounting
• Financial Reporting and Analytics
• Tax and statutory compliance
• Multi-ledger, multi-currency, and multi-entity accounting

4. Implementation and Delivery Leadership

• Lead Conference Room Pilots, solution design workshops, and client demonstrations.
• Guide Oracle application configuration, setups, and solution realization.
• Define and oversee data migration, validation, reconciliation, and conversion strategies.
• Review Functional Design Documents, integrations, interfaces, reports, and customization requirements.
• Lead System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities.
• Establish governance mechanisms to manage project risks, dependencies, issues, and design decisions.
• Lead multi-location and multi-shore delivery teams across onsite, offshore, and nearshore locations.
• Ensure delivery quality, adherence to timelines, and alignment with the approved solution architecture.
• Identify automation, productivity improvement, and cost-optimization opportunities.
• Ensure system stability, business continuity, and timely resolution of critical incidents.
• Support AMS-led engagements by providing solution governance and functional leadership.
• Support RFP and RFI responses, solution proposals, effort estimations, and commercial discussions.

Required Experience

• 12 to 18 years of ERP Finance experience, with substantial expertise in Oracle Finance applications.
• Experience in multiple end-to-end Oracle implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs.
• Strong experience with Oracle E-Business Suite Financials.

5. Functional Expertise

The candidate should possess strong knowledge of the following finance processes:

• Record-to-Report
• Procure-to-Pay
• Order-to-Cash
• Financial close and consolidation
• Treasury and cash management
• Tax and statutory compliance
• Intercompany accounting
• Fixed assets and capitalization
• Financial planning, reporting, and analytics
• Multi-ledger, multi-currency, and multi-entity accounting

6. Leadership and Behavioral Competencies

• Strong consulting, solutioning, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior business and technology leaders.
• Strong delivery governance and program leadership skills.
• Ability to mentor teams and build functional and architectural capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to support proposals, estimations, and account growth.

7. Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience in consulting, system integration, or large-scale managed services organizations is preferred.

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