Oracle Business Solution Architect, Vice President

State Street; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking an Oracle Business Solution Architect, Vice President, to lead the delivery of the Oracle Target Operating Model for Finance. This role involves managing change requests, ensuring alignment with global design, and collaborating with various teams to enhance finance outcomes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Oracle ERP solutions, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage complex projects effectively.

Benefits

Generous medical care

Insurance and savings plans

Flexible Work Programs

Development programs and educational support

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in implementing Oracle ERP Solutions.
• Must have worked as a Business Solution Architect in at least 1 end to end implementation.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the business solution for Finance’s Oracle Cloud Global Design.
• Control the required artefacts, Target Operating Model and Solution Design Documents.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure the solution is fit for purpose.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Visio

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The Finance Change Delivery (FCD) Business Solution Architect will be responsible for the delivery of the Oracle Target Operating Model for Finance collaborating with multiple business and support teams across State Street. This position manages all change requested for the Oracle footprint in order to ensure it strategically aligns to the global design, and looks for opportunities to streamline and improve finance and organizational outcomes. They will liaise with the relevant IT Strategy and Architecture Teams as well as with the relevant Business Stakeholders and Programme/Project teams to ensure that the correct solution is identified, designed and delivered in line with the defined strategy. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to manage a complex design roadmap while building relationships and managing expectations of project teams, stakeholders, and executives.

Job Responsibilities

• Drive the business solution for Finance’s Oracle Cloud Global Design, ensuring alignment with Architecture Roadmaps, strategies, principles and standards as published and communicated by IT Architecture. This work will be guided and supported by the IT Architecture Lead, Techno functional Support teams, Business Analysts and Business Leads
• Analyse the change requests providing feedback, guidance and impact assessments utilizing the relevant SME’s .
• Interact closely with all work-stream leads and hold them accountable for timely and high quality delivery of their committed deliverables.
• Control the required artefacts, Target Operating Model and Solution Design Documents. Engage with team leads and team members to anticipate, challenge, and problem solve departures from global design, scope discrepancies, resourcing issues, and/or deliverable quality issues. Document and escalate as necessary to resolve.
• Where departures are identified and/or needed, assess impact across work-streams, refine plan / design, and communicate in a transparent fashion to all stakeholders
• Understand organizational context and be able to identify and engage relevant stakeholders to remove barriers and gain consensus
• Coordinate and drive overall design communications, metrics reporting, risk management, and issue resolution
• Maintain effective internal controls and implement corrective actions to address any process or control deficiencies. Maintain a culture of constant improvement for the Finance Cloud solution using out of the box functionality (as much as possible), new functionality emerging and end to end process redesign
• Act in accordance with Risk Excellence and role model Ethical behavior and decision making
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that the solution identified is fully understood and supported by all stakeholders, aligned to the business need, is fit for purpose and provides value for investment made.
• Guide and consult with project management to ensure delivery models adopted are suitable, cost effective & the right fit.
• Liaise with functional and technical teams, ensure that all process flows are mapped, and solution is designed considering business processes.
• Ability to facilitate diverse and sometimes conflicting points of view to build consensus and agree go-forward direction on topics like functionality, process changes and prioritization/work timing
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations and able to bring clarity to complex challenges for both team members and stakeholders
• Excellent management and leadership skills
  
  
  

Qualifications, Skills & Expertise

• Must have worked as a Business Solution Architect in at least 1 end to end implementations involving global customer or full ERP suite.
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud modules (including certifications), integrated solutions and systems architecture
• Proven ability in designing, influencing and delivering end-to-end solutions in partnership with a diverse range of clients and/or stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding of risk identification and management.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to make technical conversations relevant to business and vice versa.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a focus on delivering quality outcomes.
• At least 10 years of experience in implementing Oracle ERP Solutions.
• Proven experience of working in Banking or Financial Services.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required
• Should have complete understanding of the Product and Business processes related to Oracle ERP / EPM Cloud Applications.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential, and the candidate must be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
• Should have a desire to mentor younger team members and develop their skills and should be comfortable working on multiple concurrent projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Excel, and Word required
  
  
  

Are you the right candidate? Yes

We honestly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we do not necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers

Job ID: R-772908

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Financial Services, Investment Banking, and Investment Management

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