Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks a seasoned Grants Management consultant to lead end-to-end implementations, from requirements workshops to deployment, across Grants Accounting, Project Costing, Project Billing, and Capital Projects.

You will translate complex business requirements into Oracle-based solutions, coordinate with cross-functional teams, validate financial results, support testing, and drive process improvements for customers in both commercial and public sectors.

Qualifications

• Lead requirements gathering and workshops to understand grants administration, project accounting, billing, and capital project needs.
• Design and support end-to-end Grants Management processes, including award setup, funding allocation, budgeting, and reporting.
• Configure and support Oracle Project Costing and Billing processes with reconciliation.
• Lead capital projects processes, including cost tracking, capitalization, and transfers to assets.
• Translate business requirements into functional designs and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrations and data conversions across Oracle applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and workshops to understand grants administration, project accounting, billing, and capital project needs.
• Design and support end-to-end Grants Management processes, including award setup, funding allocation, budgeting, expenditure tracking, cost allocation, and reporting.
• Configure and support Oracle Project Costing processes, including project setup, expenditure processing, cost collection, and reconciliation.
• Design and support Oracle Project Billing processes, including contract setup, billing controls, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Lead Capital Projects processes, including capital cost accumulation and transfer to Oracle Assets.
• Translate business requirements into functional designs and reporting requirements.
• Partner with technical teams to deliver integrations, data conversions, and reports across Oracle apps.

Skills

Grants Accounting

Grants Management

Requirements gathering

Business process workshops

Tools

Oracle Project Costing

Oracle Project Billing

Capital Projects

Oracle Assets

Accounts Receivable

Job description

Combining industry knowledge with Oracle application expertise, the team guides customers through the full implementation lifecycle. This includes assessing business requirements, designing future-state processes, configuring applications, integrating with related enterprise systems, migrating data, validating solutions through testing, and preparing for deployment. The team also supports user readiness and adoption to help customers incorporate new capabilities into day-to-day operations.

Through these engagements, the practice helps organizations strengthen project planning and execution, improve financial visibility and control, standardize processes, and enhance reporting and decision-making. Each implementation aligns technology and process improvements with the customer’s strategic objectives, industry requirements, and measures of success.

The ideal candidate will bring strong Grants Accounting and Grants Management expertise across commercial and public sector organizations, along with deep functional knowledge of Oracle Project Costing, Project Billing, and Capital Projects. This role requires the ability to translate complex business requirements into integrated solutions and lead implementations, enhancements, and ongoing functional support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and business process workshops to understand grants administration, project accounting, billing, and capital project needs.
• Design and support end-to-end Grants Management processes, including award setup, funding allocation, budgeting, expenditure tracking, cost allocation, billing, financial reporting, and award closeout.
• Configure and support Oracle Project Costing processes, including project setup, expenditure processing, cost collection, burdening, cost adjustments, accounting, and reconciliation.
• Design and support Oracle Project Billing processes, including contract setup, billing controls, invoicing, revenue recognition, and integration with Accounts Receivable.
• Lead Capital Projects processes, including capital cost accumulation, construction-in-progress tracking, asset assignment, capitalization, and transfer to Oracle Assets.
• Translate business requirements into functional designs, configuration specifications, process documentation, and reporting requirements.
• Partner with technical and cross-functional teams to deliver integrations, data conversions, reports, and extensions across relevant Oracle applications and external systems.
• Support grant-specific financial controls, allowable cost requirements, funding restrictions, audit readiness, and sponsor reporting based on applicable organizational and award requirements.
• Lead functional testing, support user acceptance testing, resolve defects, and validate financial results across integrated business processes.
• Support deployment planning, user training, knowledge transfer, post-go-live stabilization, and ongoing process improvements.