Oracle ARCS Functional Consultant (3 months contract)

Manpowergroup Services India; Hyderabad; Hybride; INR 900 000 - 1 300 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ManpowerGroup Services India is seeking an Oracle ARCS Functional Consultant for a hybrid role in Hyderabad. The candidate will support implementation, configuration, and ongoing operations of Oracle ARCS within Finance, Accounting, and Internal Controls teams.

The role combines functional SME duties with ARCS power-user tasks, covering month-end close activities, system enhancements, and process improvements while ensuring compliance and governance across reconciliation processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or related field.
• 5+ years with ARCS and financial close processes.
• Experience gathering requirements and doing functional testing.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Jira.

Responsabilités

• Analyze reconciliation and close processes with stakeholders.
• Configure ARCS modules and dashboards.
• Support testing: SIT/UAT and defect tracking.
• Provide Level 2 ARCS functional support.
• Ensure SOX/compliance in reconciliation processes.

Connaissances

Analytical

Troubleshooting

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Formation

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or related field

CA/CPA/CMA or equivalent

Outils

Jira

Oracle ARCS

Description du poste

Job designation: Oracle ARCS Functional Consultant

Contract Tenure : 3 Months

Payroll : Manpower Group

Location : Hyderabad

Work Mode : Hybrid

Oracle ARCS Functional Consultant

Position Summary

The Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) Functional Consultant is responsible for supporting the implementation, configuration, enhancement, administration, and ongoing operational support of Oracle ARCS. This role partners with Finance, Accounting, Internal Controls, Audit, and Technology teams to deliver efficient reconciliation, transaction matching, and financial close solutions while ensuring compliance, process standardization, and operational excellence.

The consultant serves as both a functional subject matter expert and ARCS power user, supporting day-to-day business operations, month-end close activities, system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

• Partner with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to understand reconciliation and close process requirements.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and document business needs,process flows, and functional specifications.
• Translate business requirements into scalable ARCS solutions and configuration designs.
• Prepare user stories, functional design documentation, and acceptance criteria.
• Evaluate business processes and recommend process improvements and automation opportunities.

ARCS Configuration & Administration

=> Configure and maintain Oracle ARCS modules including:

• Account Reconciliations
• Transaction Matching
• Compliance and Controls
• Reconciliation Formats and Profiles
• Auto-Certification Rules
• Matching Rules
• Dashboards and Reporting
• Workflow and Approval Processes
• Create and maintain reconciliation templates, formats, and supporting configurations.
• Manage user security, provisioning, role assignments, and access reviews.
• Support metadata maintenance and system administration activities.
• ARCS Power User & Operational Support Activities
• Serve as a designated ARCS power user supporting month-end, quarter-end,and year-end close activities.
• Monitor reconciliation completion status and compliance metrics across business units.
• Review and resolve reconciliation exceptions, aging items, and workflow bottlenecks.
• Assist preparers, reviewers, and approvers with reconciliation-related questions and issue resolution.
• Support certification and sign-off activities to ensure adherence to close schedules.
• Monitor transaction matching processes and investigate unmatched or partially matched transactions.
• Perform administrative activities such as profile creation, profile updates, bulk uploads, imports, exports, and mass maintenance activities.
• Generate and distribute reconciliation status reports, aging reports, compliance reports, and management dashboards.
• Support audit requests by providing reconciliation evidence, supporting documentation, and system extracts.
• Conduct root cause analysis for recurring operational issues and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance Operations teams to improve reconciliation quality, standardization, and operational efficiency.
• Deliver user training and perform knowledge transfer for new and existing users.

Project Delivery & Enhancements

• Participate in ARCS implementation, enhancement, and optimization projects.
• Configure solutions based on approved business requirements and design specifications.
• Support system upgrades, releases, and regression testing activities.
• Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, data loads, and automation initiatives.
• Contribute to backlog grooming, sprint planning, and solution deployment activities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation and user experience.

Testing & Quality Assurance :

• Develop and execute System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scenarios.
• Validate business requirements against configured solutions.
• Document and track defects through resolution.
• Support production deployment validation and post-implementation stabilization.
• Ensure solution quality and adherence to established standards.

Production Support

• Provide Level 2 functional support for ARCS-related incidents and service requests.
• Troubleshoot reconciliation, transaction matching, workflow, and reporting issues.
• Work with business users and technical teams to resolve production incidents.
• Monitor system health and identify opportunities for process optimization.
• Maintain support documentation, knowledge articles, and standard operating procedures.

Compliance, Controls & Governance

• Ensure reconciliation processes comply with SOX, audit, and internal control requirements.
• Support internal and external audit activities.
• Maintain process documentation, configuration documentation, and operating procedures.
• Assist in defining governance standards and reconciliation best practices.
• Promote control effectiveness and compliance across ARCS processes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Collaborate with Finance Operations, Controllers, Record-to-Report teams, Internal Controls, and Technology teams.
• Communicate project updates, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Facilitate user workshops, demonstrations, and training sessions.
• Build strong relationships with business users to understand evolving business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3-12 years of Finance Systems, Financial Close, or EPM experience.
• 5+ Years of hands‑on experience with Oracle ARCS.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Balance Sheet Reconciliations
  • Financial Close Processes
  • Transaction Matching
  • Journal Processing
  • Internal Controls and SOX Compliance
• Experience gathering requirements and supporting functional testing.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle EPM Cloud products including FCCS, EDMCS, EPBCS/PBCS.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP.
• Accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting global finance operations.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Jira.
• Experience with finance transformation and reconciliation automation initiatives.