Sr. Program Manager Oracle Financial Functional
- SANS
13 Hours Ago
NA
W2
Piscataway-NJ
15-20 Years
Required Skills: GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Record-to-Report, R2R, Procure-to-Pay, P2P
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager Oracle Financials Functional to lead large-scale Oracle Financials implementation, transformation, and optimization programs. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of IT/ERP experience, deep functional knowledge of Oracle Financials, and a proven track record of managing complex programs involving finance stakeholders, functional teams, system integrators, and business leaders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end Oracle Financials programs, including implementation, upgrades, cloud migration, process transformation, and optimization.
- Define program scope, objectives, roadmaps, milestones, budgets, resource plans, and governance structures.
- Oversee functional workstreams across General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management, and related financial processes.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, and IT stakeholders to gather business requirements and align solutions with organizational objectives.
- Drive functional solution design, fit-gap analysis, business process standardization, and configuration decisions.
- Manage multiple workstreams, functional leads, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated delivery.
- Oversee requirements gathering, functional design, configuration, data migration, integrations, testing, UAT, cutover, and go-live readiness.
- Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, escalations, and mitigation plans.
- Establish program governance, steering committee meetings, executive reporting, KPIs, financial tracking, and delivery forecasts.
- Ensure compliance with financial controls, audit requirements, data governance, and enterprise policies.
- Lead change management, business readiness, training coordination, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- 15+ years of overall IT/ERP experience, with substantial experience in Oracle Financials functional delivery and program/project leadership.
- Proven experience leading large-scale Oracle Financials implementations, finance transformation, or ERP modernization programs.
- Strong functional expertise in Oracle Financials modules, including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, and Cash Management.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials and/or Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS).
- Strong understanding of financial processes, including Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C).
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple functional workstreams, implementation partners, budgets, schedules, and resources.
- Experience in requirements management, fit-gap analysis, solution design, functional configuration oversight, and testing.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with CFO organizations, finance leadership, IT leadership, and executive steering committees.
- Strong program governance, risk management, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading global Oracle Financials rollouts or multi-country finance transformation programs.
- Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP migration and adoption.
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.
- Relevant Oracle Financials certifications.
- Experience in managing system integrators, third-party vendors, and geographically distributed teams.
Key Success Criteria:
- Successful delivery of Oracle Financials programs within agreed scope, timelines, and budgets.
- Standardization and optimization of finance processes across business units or geographies.
- Effective coordination between Finance, IT, functional teams, and implementation partners.
- Strong governance, risk mitigation, stakeholder satisfaction, and business readiness.
- Successful go-live, adoption, and transition to ongoing operations
