Financial Systems Manager – Oracle Fusion Cloud PPM​/P2P

Job Summary

The Financial Systems Manager (FSM) - ERP PPM & P2P is responsible for the strategic management, optimization, and support of Oracle ERP Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) modules within the Finance department.

The FSM will be responsible for being the primary contact regarding the company’s financial systems, from system configuration processes to sophisticated accounting and reporting that is actively used in PPM and P2P.

This role will lead cross-functional team members and participate to ensure seamless integration of PPM and P2P processes, drives system enhancements, and supports end users in maximizing the value of Oracle Cloud solutions, manages system upgrades, troubleshooting, configuration of existing and new functionality, and documentation to support operational excellence in PPM and P2P, provides on-call support during off business hours on a rotational schedule, manages implementations related to mergers and acquisitions, and coordinates testing of quarterly system updates to maintain platform stability and compliance.

Collaboration with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, audit, compliance and delivering high-quality support and training are key aspects of this position.

The FSM will have strong communication skills and must interact regularly and comfortably across various departments, speaking in business acumen with the business field with the ability to effectively translate to technical acumen with IT teams and cross functional Management teams.

The FSM will have leadership qualities of mentoring, growing and motivating financial system professionals, along with taking responsibility and accountability of accomplishing team goals.

• Leads the implementation, configuration, and optimization of Oracle ERP PPM and P2P modules
• Manages and/or participates in ERP system upgrades, patches, and enhancements for PPM and P2P to ensure optimal performance
• Coordinates with business users to gather requirements and translate them into PPM and P2P system solutions
• Develops and maintains documentation for PPM and P2P processes, configurations, functional specs and user guides
• Provides training and support to end users on Oracle ERP PPM and P2P functionalities
• Monitors system performance and resolves technical issues in collaboration with IT and Oracle support
• Ensures compliance with internal/external audit controls, policies, and regulatory requirements for PPM and P2P processes
• Assesses impact of change requests related to PPM and P2P business requirements, managing updates, enhancements, integrations, testing, and ensuring compliance with firm change control and change management procedures
• Investigates and resolves complex issues by collaborating with internal and external resources to develop solutions for PPM and P2P modules
• Provides leadership, management, and coordination for project direction, goal setting, planning, estimating, resource allocation, and assignments for PPM and P2P initiatives
• Collaborates with IT, Finance, FPA and procurement teams to drive system efficiencies in PPM and P2P
• Maintains data, application and report security procedures and responds to security inquiries related to PPM and P2P modules
• Engages with Senior Management or Internal/External Audit to clarify security requests for PPM and P2P
• Participates in internal audits of PPM and P2P system procedures, presenting evidence of executed processes and reports in compliance with defined controls
• Develops and proposes strategies to grow adoption of Oracle ERP PPM and P2P modules, along with emerging technologies and automation
• Coordinates and trains team members on processes to conform to audit controls for PPM and P2P projects, operations, documentation, process improvements, implementations, fixes, and updates
• Participates in preparing project budgets, staffing plans, and recommendations for PPM and P2P initiatives
• Leads and participates in driving effective data stewardship across functional business owners through data integrity, efficient configurations, and data validation in PPM and P2P
• Oversees…