Oracle EBS Financial and Accounting systems lead

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