Oracle ERP Finance Functional consultant

* Act as the primary functional point of contact for Finance and PPM business stakeholders in Italy.
* Conduct workshops and discussions with business users to understand current processes, pain points, requirements, and future-state needs.
* Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
* Translate business requirements into Oracle ERP functional solutions.
* Challenge existing processes where appropriate and recommend Oracle-standard or optimized business processes.
* Facilitate discussions between business stakeholders and technical/IT teams.
* Prepare and maintain requirements documentation, process flows, functional specifications, and solution documents.
* Drive requirement sign-offs and obtain necessary business approvals. Oracle Finance Functional Responsibilities
* General Ledger (GL)
* Accounts Payable (AP)
* Accounts Receivable (AR)
* Fixed Assets (FA)
* Cash Management
* Tax
* Intercompany
* Period close and reconciliation processes
* Understand end-to-end Finance processes and their integration with other ERP modules.
* Define and validate functional configurations and business process solutions.
* Support functional design, testing, defect resolution, deployment, and post-go-live activities. Oracle PPM Responsibilities
* Strong understanding of Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM) processes and functionality.
* Experience with areas such as: o Project Costing o Project Accounting o Project Management o Project Contracts o Project budgeting and forecasting
* Understand the integration between PPM and core Finance processes.
* Work with business teams to define and validate project accounting and project financial requirements. ERP Implementation & Migration
* Participate in and/or lead Oracle ERP implementation and transformation projects.
* Experience working through the full ERP implementation lifecycle, including: o Requirement gathering o Fit-gap analysis o Configuration o Testing o User Acceptance Testing (UAT) o Cutover o Go-live
* Support Finance and PPM data migration activities, including data mapping, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and business sign-off.
* Coordinate with technical/data migration teams to ensure successful migration of Finance and project-related data.
* Support legacy-to-Oracle process and data transition activities. Testing & Deployment
* Develop and review functional test scenarios and test cases.
* Coordinate UAT with Italian business stakeholders.
* Track and resolve functional issues and defects.
* Support business users during testing and provide clarification on Oracle functionality.
* Coordinate business readiness and obtain UAT/sign-off approvals.
* Support cutover and go-live activities. Stakeholder & Project Management
* Work closely with Finance leadership, business process owners, SMEs, IT teams, system integrators, and project managers.
* Manage discussions with senior stakeholders and communicate complex functional topics clearly.
* Track open requirements, decisions, dependencies, risks, and actions.
* Ensure timely closure of business decisions and approvals.
* Represent the Finance/PPM functional workstream in project meetings and governance forums. Required Skills & Experience
* 12+ years of experience in Oracle ERP Finance functional consulting.
* Strong experience in Oracle ERP implementation and/or transformation projects.
* Proven experience in ERP migrations, particularly Finance-related data and processes.
* Strong functional expertise in Oracle Finance.
* Good hands-on knowledge of Oracle PPM.
* Experience across both Finance and PPM is essential.
* Strong understanding of end-to-end Finance business processes.
* Experience in requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, functional design, testing, UAT, migration, and go-live.
* Experience working directly with business stakeholders and process owners.
* Strong experience in conducting business workshops and documenting requirements.
* Demonstrated ability to drive business approvals and sign-offs.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
* Ability to work independently and take ownership of functional deliverables.
* Experience working in large, complex, multinational ERP programs is preferred. Preferred Experience
* Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP experience is highly desirable.
* Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite and/or Oracle Fusion is preferred.
* Experience in Oracle Finance + PPM integration.
* Experience with Finance data migration and reconciliation.
* Experience in multinational ERP rollouts.
* Experience working with system integrators or global transformation programs.
* Knowledge of Italian statutory/localization requirements is an advantage.
* Experience in Agile or hybrid ERP delivery environments is a plus.
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