Oracle Fusion Finance Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership & Requirements Leadership

• Lead discovery workshops with Finance leaders and SMEs (Controller AP AR Treasury FP&A) using finance/business terminology.
  
• Translate business processes into Oracle Fusion solution design including fit-gap analysis process redesign recommendations and target-state documentation.
  
• Create clear functional deliverables: BRDs/FRDs process flows configuration workbooks test scenarios and training materials.
  

Oracle Fusion Finance Functional Ownership (End-to-End)

• Own functional design and configuration guidance across Oracle Fusion Finance including:
  
• General Ledger (GL)
  
• Accounts Payable (AP)
  
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
  
• Cash Management (CM)
  
• Fixed Assets (FA)
  
• Expenses
  
• Tax
  
• Intercompany
  
• Collections (if in scope)
  
• Revenue Management / Revenue Recognition (as applicable)
  
• Budgetary Control (public sector / compliance-driven clients if applicable)
  
• Advise on accounting structures: COA ledgers legal entities business units balancing segments intercompany rules accounting calendars and subledger accounting.
  

Solution Design Testing & Stabilization

• Guide the end-to-end lifecycle: design configure test train cutover support stabilization.
  
• Partner with technical/integration teams to define functional requirements for:
  
• Integrations (banking procurement payroll billing platforms third-party tax engines etc.)
  
• Reporting (OTBI BI Publisher Financial Reporting Studio)
  
• Security roles and approvals (in partnership with security specialists)
  
• Lead/UAT support: test strategy defect triage business validation and sign-off.
  

Stakeholder Communication & Governance

• Run functional workstreams and provide crisp status updates: risks issues dependencies and decisions required.
  
• Proactively identify process/control gaps and propose best-practice improvements.
  
• Mentor internal team members and provide knowledge transfer.
  

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of Oracle Finance experience with strong Oracle Fusion Finance functional expertise.
  
• Demonstrated experience covering all core Oracle Fusion Finance modules (GL AP AR CM FA Expenses Tax Intercompany; plus Revenue/Collections/Budgetary Control as applicable).
  
• Proven ability to communicate with business stakeholders in their language including Controllers and Finance leadership.
  
• Strong understanding of finance processes: R2R P2P O2C close reconciliations cash positioning asset lifecycle tax/compliance.
  
• Experience leading workshops documenting requirements and driving fit-gap/design decisions.
  
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-entity multi-ledger multi-currency environments.
  
• Experience with Oracle Fusion reporting (OTBI BI Publisher FRS) and reconciliation/close tooling.
  
• Prior consulting background delivering end-to-end implementations and/or post-go-live stabilization.
  
• Experience in regulated or audit-heavy environments (SOX public sector healthcare/life sciences etc.).
  

Key Competencies (What Good Looks Like)

• Speaks fluently with Finance stakeholders: can discuss accruals allocations intercompany eliminations reconciliations aging cash forecasting capitalization policies revenue rules etc.
  
• Balances best practices with practical delivery under tight timelines.
  
• Drives clarity and decisions quickly; knows how to manage ambiguity.
  
• Structured thinker with crisp written and verbal communication.