Oracle Cloud Finance Lead - Contract
Start Date: ASAP
Location: UK
Travel: Fully Remote
Duration: 3 months
Rate: Outside IR35
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Cloud ERP Finance Lead to lead the functional design, solutioning and delivery of Oracle Fusion Financials for a major property and real estate transformation programme.
The role requires deep Finance expertise, particularly across Accounts Receivable, customer billing, collections, cash application and end-to-end Order to Cash processes. Experience in property, construction or real estate is highly desirable, including tenant billing, lease accounting and IFRS 16.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Oracle Fusion Financials workstream, owning functional design, solutioning and delivery across the implementation lifecycle.
- Provide functional leadership across Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable and Intercompany.
- Drive the design of end-to-end Order to Cash processes, with particular focus on customer billing, credit management, collections, cash application and receipt processing.
- Lead discovery sessions and design workshops, translating complex business requirements into scalable Oracle solutions.
- Challenge existing processes and recommend improvements aligned with business objectives, financial controls and accounting principles.
- Oversee configuration and functional design, ensuring solutions meet business requirements and integrate effectively with related systems.
- Manage testing activities, including System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover and hypercare.
- Provide leadership, mentoring and quality assurance across the Finance delivery team.
- Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, including Finance Directors, Financial Controllers and business leadership.
- Support integration design between Oracle Receivables and related Lease Accounting, Projects or Property Management solutions where applicable.
Requirements
- Extensive Oracle ERP implementation experience, ideally with Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials.
- Strong functional expertise across Oracle Receivables, with particular strength in billing, collections, cash application and Order to Cash.
- Broad Finance knowledge across General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable and Intercompany.
- Proven experience leading Finance workstreams and owning functional design through to deployment.
- Strong experience facilitating business workshops, producing functional designs and resolving complex solution requirements.
- Sound understanding of finance processes, accounting principles, financial controls and system integrations.
- Experience supporting the full implementation lifecycle, including design, configuration oversight, testing, cutover and hypercare.
- Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior Finance and business leaders.
Desirable Experience
- Experience in property, real estate, construction, development or asset management.
- Oracle Lease Accounting and knowledge of IFRS 16.
- Experience with tenant billing, rental income, service charge recovery and property management processes.
- Understanding of revenue and lease accounting requirements.
- Experience integrating Oracle Receivables with Lease Accounting, Projects or Property Management systems.