Oracle Fusion Financials Functional Lead

Role Purpose

Own the end-to-end Oracle Fusion Financials solution for Mada Media, from fit-to-standard design through configuration, migration, testing, cutover and stabilization. The lead is accountable for a coherent finance design across General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Tax, Expenses, revenue-related accounting, financial close and reporting, while integrating Finance with Procurement, Enterprise Contracts, CRM, Projects, EPM, AMS and external services.

Key Responsibilities

• · Lead Financials discovery, CRP1/fit-to-standard and CRP2/TO-BE workshops and translate agreed processes into an implementable Oracle Fusion design.

• · Own enterprise financial structures and configuration decisions including ledgers, legal entities/business units where applicable, chart of accounts, calendars, currencies, accounting options and reference data.

• · Lead configuration and validation for GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Tax and Expenses; cover revenue/receivables accounting touchpoints relevant to Contracts and CRM.

• · Design finance approval workflows and Delegation of Authority requirements with Security/GRC teams and ensure segregation-of-duties considerations are incorporated.

• · Own the Financials sections of RD.011, RTM and BF.016/application configuration baseline and ensure all approved requirements are traceable to configuration or accepted gaps.

• · Define Finance data migration scope, mapping and reconciliation rules with the Data Migration Lead; approve trial-load results and final financial reconciliation evidence.

• · Define Finance integration requirements with Procurement, Enterprise Contracts, CRM, Projects/EPM, AMS, banks/payment services and other approved external systems; review MD.050/MD.070 content where applicable.

• · Define reporting, BI Publisher/OTBI and finance KPI requirements and validate outputs with the Reporting/Analytics team.

• · Prepare and support SIT/UAT scenarios, manage functional defects, validate regression results and drive business acceptance through TE.040/TE.130 evidence.

• · Support cutover planning, opening balances, final data loads, period/control readiness, production validation and hypercare reconciliation.

• · Lead and quality-review the work of the Financials Consultant and provide structured knowledge transfer to Mada Media Finance users and administrators.

Requirements

• Experience & Qualifications

• · 10+ years in Oracle Financials implementation/consulting preferred, with strong Oracle Fusion Cloud experience.

• · At least 3 end-to-end Oracle Fusion Financials implementations strongly preferred, including one complex multi-module integration programme.

• · Hands-on experience configuring and leading GL, AP, AR, Cash, Assets, Tax and Expenses; experience with Fusion receivables/revenue integrations is important.

• · Proven ownership of finance migration, reconciliation, SIT/UAT and cutover activities.

• · Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems or related discipline. Oracle Fusion Financials certification and accounting qualifications are advantageous.

• Key Delivery Outputs / Accountabilities

• · Financials TO-BE design, fit/gap decisions and RTM content.

• · Approved BF.016/application configuration baseline for Finance.

• · Finance data-migration mappings and reconciliation criteria under CV.010.

• · Finance integration/report requirements and applicable MD.050/MD.070 inputs.

• · TE.040 finance test scenarios/evidence and TE.130 UAT acceptance support.

• · Cutover, opening-balance, production-validation and hypercare reconciliation support.

• Candidate Success Profile

• The preferred candidate is not only a configurator. They should be able to lead senior Finance stakeholders, defend fit-to-standard choices, understand accounting consequences, manage cross-module dependencies, and personally drive the controls, data reconciliation and acceptance required for a safe go-live.

• Role Boundaries / Interfaces

• · EPM planning/consolidation is owned by the EPM Consultant, although this role must manage Finance-EPM dependencies.

• · Project Management/Project Financials are owned by the PPM Consultant where designated, with cross-functional Finance design jointly agreed.

• · Enterprise Contracts/CRM functional ownership remains with the CX lead; Finance owns accounting, receivables, collections and reconciliation impacts.

• · Technical integrations are built by OIC/technical resources; this role owns functional rules, mappings, validations and acceptance.