Oracle Fusion Finance Functional Lead

Oracle Fusion Finance Functional LeadExperience: 8-10 years  |  Location: Onsite, Dubai / Abu Dhabi (customer location)  |  Positions: 2Functional lead for Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials at an enterprise UAE client, owning requirement workshops through configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support, and coordinating an offshore team for design, development, and testing.Lead-level requirements (mandatory)• 8-10 years of Oracle Financials experience with hands-on Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials configuration.• Led at least 3 end-to-end Oracle Fusion Financials implementations, from running user workshops through deployment - evidenced at project level with client, scope, and go-live.• Experience working directly with end users and coordinating an offshore team for design, development, testing, and deployment.• Strong functional expertise, evidenced at project level, in General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, and Expenses.Key responsibilities• Lead requirement gathering workshops with Finance stakeholders to understand current business processes and pain points.• Configure and set up Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials modules, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management (CM), and Expenses.• Design and configure the Chart of Accounts (COA), ledgers, legal entities, and business units to align organizational and statutory reporting requirements.• Configure subledger accounting (SLA) rules to meet accounting and reporting requirements across modules.• Define and configure approval workflows (BPM) for invoices, expense reports, journals, and payment approvals.• Lead functional design of month-end/quarter-end/year-end close processes, including reconciliation and intercompany accounting configurations.• Experience preparing BR100 configuration documents, functional test scripts, and training materials.• Familiarity with tax configurations (VAT/GST/withholding tax) and statutory/localization requirements.• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams on reporting, integration, and data conversion requirements.• Prepare and review functional design documents (FDDs), configuration workbooks (BR100s), and test scripts (test cases, SIT/UAT scenarios).• Collaborate with technical teams to define requirements for reports (BIP/OTBI), data conversions (FBDI), and integrations relevant to Finance processes.• Support statutory and tax reporting configurations, including multi-currency, multi-ledger, and localization requirements for different countries.• Conduct CRP (Conference Room Pilot) sessions, functional testing, and UAT support with business users.• Troubleshoot functional issues related to accounting entries, workflow approvals, tax calculations, and period close.• Provide functional guidance on Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) integration points as they relate to Finance.• Support security setup relevant to Finance (data roles, duty roles, segregation of duties) in coordination with security teams.• Assess impact of Oracle's quarterly updates on existing Finance configurations and recommend necessary adjustments.• Provide end-user training, documentation, and post-go-live production support for Finance modules.• Act as a liaison between business users, technical teams, and Oracle Support for Finance-related SRs and enhancement requests.Working knowledge expected• Functional Setup Manager discipline: implementation projects, offering opt-in, setup export/import between environments, and rapid implementation spreadsheets.• UAE statutory practice: VAT configuration and reporting, corporate tax readiness, and e-invoicing readiness for UAE entities; multi-ledger and multi-currency setups.• Spreadsheet-based processing Finance relies on daily: ADFdi journal uploads and FBDI file preparation from the functional side.• Awareness of the Redwood UX transition for Financials pages and its impact on training, testing, and quarterly regression.• Lead behaviours: workshop facilitation and fit-gap ownership, decision logs signed off by process owners, and a working cadence with offshore developers (specification, review, defect triage).Preferred• Experience with Procurement or Projects modules and their integration with Finance.• Exposure to Oracle Fusion Tax and Advanced Collections.• Oracle Cloud certifications (Fusion Financials).• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Information Systems; MBA/CA/CPA a plus.When applying, your CV must explicitly cover• List the end-to-end Fusion Financials implementations you personally led: client, modules, team size (onsite and offshore), and go-live date.• Name the Fusion Financials modules you have personally configured and the implementations you configured them on.• State your notice period explicitly.• Evidence each module or skill you claim with a named project or engagement; skills lists without project detail carry no weight.• List relevant Oracle Cloud certifications with the year obtained.Interested candidates share their resumes at recruitment@namasys.ai