Oracle Fusion Finance Functional Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Requirement Gathering:

    Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their financial management processes, requirements, and pain points.

2. Solution Design:

    Develop functional designs and solutions that leverage Oracle Fusion Financials modules to address business needs, such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, etc.

3. Configuration and Customization:

    Configure Oracle Fusion Financials applications based on the business requirements. Customise and extend the applications using built-in tools and frameworks like Oracle Application Composer.

4. Testing:

    Develop and execute test plans to validate the functionality of the configured system. Ensure that the solution aligns with business requirements and industry best practices.

5. Data Migration:

    Collaborate with technical teams to define data migration strategies and oversee financial data migration from legacy systems to Oracle Fusion Financials.

6. User Training:

    Train end-users on effectively using the Oracle Fusion Financials applications. Create user documentation and guides.

7. Support and Troubleshooting:

    Provide Support to address user issues, troubleshoot problems, and ensure the system’s smooth operation.
8. Ticket Management – The candidate is expected to manage the support tickets and resolve the issues/queries raised by the users.
9. SLA Management – The candidate must adhere to the SLA defined for the ticket severity.
10. User Training – The candidate must ensure the user training wherever required as per the issue trend
11. Coordination – Coordination with Cross-Functional Team for the Issue resolution
12. Communication – The candidate must have good communication to interact with the users.
13. Documentation / KB – The candidate needs to prepare the documentation for the issue resolutions.

14. Integration:

     Collaborate with technical teams to design and implement integrations between Oracle Fusion Financials and other systems, such as SCM, HRMS, and third-party applications.

15. Stay Current:

     Stay updated with the latest releases, features, and best practices related to Oracle Fusion Financials. Continuously enhance your knowledge and skills.

Profile Requirements

1. Education:

    A bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications (such as Oracle certifications) are a plus.

2. Experience:

    2 - 3 years of prior experience as an Oracle Fusion Financials Functional Consultant or similar ERP implementation roles. Experience with other Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle Cloud applications is beneficial.
3. Candidate must have worked experience on Budget and Encumbrance Accounting.

4. Technical Skills:

    Proficiency in Oracle Fusion Financials modules, including configuration, customisation, and integration. Knowledge of Oracle tools like Application Composer, Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI), and Oracle Financial Reporting Studio.

5. Business Acumen:

    Strong understanding of financial and accounting processes, principles, and best practices. Ability to translate business requirements into effective system solutions.

6. Communication:

    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders, convey complex ideas clearly and provide training and support to end-users.

7. Analytical Thinking:

    Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to diagnose issues, propose solutions, and optimize system performance.

8. Team Player:

    Collaboration and teamwork skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
9. The candidate is expected to work autonomously in supporting, educating, training, and analyzing the Client’s business requirements and map them into the application to enhance work efficiency.
10. Candidate will report directly to his Team Leader

Skills

• Strong analytical abilities Strong knowledge of configuring and solving system issues in Financials Modules e.g., GL, AR, AP, FA, CM, Public Sector Financials
• Must be collaborating with the Client to establish clear business requirements, then propose optimal system design, configure, test and deliver the solution to Production.
• The engagement involves a mixture of providing business and IT consultancy meaning the consultant must have good interpersonal, facilitation as well as written and verbal communication skills.