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Oracle Fusion - Project Financials Functional - Manager
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Fusion Project Financials Functional Manager with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience and strong project accounting and financial management expertise. A qualified Chartered Accountant with relevant post-qualification experience is mandatory. The role requires extensive hands-on implementation and leadership experience across Project Foundation, Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts and Project Control, including budgeting, forecasting, cost collection, burdening, capitalization, intercompany and interproject processing, invoicing, revenue recognition, accounting, period close and reconciliation. The successful candidate will lead functional delivery, solution design, finance stakeholder workshops and project teams while remaining actively involved in configuration, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Lead end-to-end Oracle Fusion Project Financials implementations, rollouts, upgrades and support engagements, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Provide hands-on functional leadership across Project Foundation, Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts and Project Control.
- Analyse project accounting and financial management requirements and map them to standard Oracle Fusion Cloud processes and controls.
- Design project organizations, project units, templates, classifications, expenditure types, transaction sources, burden schedules, rate schedules, budgets, forecasts, billing plans, revenue methods and accounting options.
- Lead cost collection, cost allocation, burdening, capitalization, project asset creation, intercompany and interproject billing, customer invoicing, revenue recognition and project close solution design.
- Lead fit-to-standard workshops, requirement gathering, process design, solution walkthroughs and finance stakeholder sign-offs.
- Prepare and review functional design documents, configuration workbooks, process flows, test scripts, reconciliation templates, training materials and operating procedures.
- Manage integrations with General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Fixed Assets, Procurement, Expenses, Time and Labor, HCM, EPM and external applications.
- Drive CRP, SIT, UAT, data migration, cutover, go-live and hypercare activities, including project cost, revenue, invoice and accounting reconciliation and defect resolution.
- Validate subledger accounting, accounting distributions, period close, project-to-ledger reconciliation and project performance reporting.
- Manage scope, estimates, plans, risks, issues, dependencies, quality, governance and senior stakeholder communication.
- Lead, mentor and review the work of functional consultants while collaborating with finance, technical, integration, data and reporting teams.
Experience:
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in Oracle Projects, Project Accounting or Project Financial Management, including substantial hands-on experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Project Financials.
- Qualified Chartered Accountant with relevant post-qualification experience in project accounting, financial control, audit, revenue, costing or management accounting is mandatory.
- Strong implementation and support experience across Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, Project Control and Project Foundation.
- Deep knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, cost collection, allocations, burdening, capitalization, project assets, invoicing, revenue recognition, accounting, period close and reconciliation.
- Experience in at least three full lifecycle Oracle Projects or Project Financials implementations, including at least two Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations.
- Proven experience leading Project Financials workstreams, client workshops, solution design, testing, data migration, cutover, period close, reconciliation and post-go-live support.
- Experience with integrations across General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Fixed Assets, Procurement, Expenses, Time and Labor, HCM and EPM.
- Experience in client-facing delivery, project planning, effort estimation, team management and senior stakeholder communication.
- Experience in project-centric sectors such as engineering and construction, professional services, energy, real estate, oil and gas, government, or power and utilities is preferred.
Competencies / Skills:
- Strong Oracle Fusion Project Financials functional, project accounting, financial control and team leadership skills.
- Ability to lead Project Financials workstreams independently, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Sound understanding of accounting standards, project costing, revenue recognition, capitalization, subledger accounting, period close and financial reconciliation.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate finance and business requirements into functional designs.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, reconciliation, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to assess financial process and control implications and apply sound professional judgement.
- Ability to drive delivery governance, quality reviews, release priorities and team development.
- Must have a valid passport for business travel involving work at client sites and be willing to work MENA shift timings (Sunday to Thursday).
Education:
- Mandatory qualification: Qualified Chartered Accountant from a recognised professional accounting body, with relevant post-qualification experience.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud Project Management or Project Financial Management certification is preferred.
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