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.