Manager, Financial Systems

Overview

The Manager, Financial Systems Support is responsible for supporting Oracle EBS R12.2 application and other financial systems. The Manager will work closely with local administrators at Brands and other GFIT teams. The ideal candidate will have Functional and Technical expertise in Oracle EBS R12.2, and experience supporting EBS Financials modules at global level.

• Manage Incidents daily with third party support provider and ensure timely resolution of incidents with acceptable resolution recommendations within our agreed upon Service Level Agreement. Analyze recurring incidents and address them through Problem Management and propose a root cause fix to the issue.
• Manage change requests (CR) daily to ensure timely and competent solutions. This requires review of proposed implementation, impact analysis, back out plan for all CRs, present CRs to the Change Review Board (CRB) and obtain necessary approvals before providing approval to third party support provider to work on them. Review CRs pending for business approval and obtain an ETA from the users.
  
  Ensure the CRs are approved for Production if any related to a project or a specific timeline.
• Responsible for communicating with Brands to address incidents or change requests, holding meetings with Brand representatives for prioritizations. This includes meeting with all Brand leads individually to understand the priorities on Incidents/CRs and inform the third-party support provider accordingly. Highlight any change impacting all or multiple Brands and address any concerns with the changes.
• Manage Services Requests (SRs) in Oracle and escalate as needed. This requires meeting with the team to understand all open SRs with Oracle, ensure the team is getting timely response from Oracle, and escalate SRs with Oracle management for any urgent issues or any SRs not getting timely addressed by Oracle.
• Identify recurring incidents through analysis (Root Cause Analysis) of problem management and suggest proactive remediation tasks to reduce recurrence.
• Assist and implement any new functionality/tool that provides value to the business. Provide inputs from Production support perspectives so that the new functionality/tool can be transitioned to the support team smoothly, without impacting business users. Engage Production support along with the implementation team to help the team learn the new tool for better support. Ensure the transition happens smoothly.

• Scope:
  The scope of the role is in supporting all brands with GFIT Financial systems so it has major global impact.
• Problem solving:
  This role involves complex analysis of data and information, research, and anticipation of challenges that may impact the business. Providing optimal solutions and industry best practices is expected for this role.
• Impact:
  This role is to support all brands fintech teams.
• Leadership:
  Lead the Oracle Financials support team and manage the day-to-day support of Financial systems to ensure successful Accounting period closure.

• Bachelor s Degree - Computer Applications or similar
• 7-10 years in Oracle EBS R12.2 Financials Technical and
  
  Functional area
  
  s across modules GL, AP, AR, PO, FA and CE. Experience in supporting global setup, multi-currency, fast-paced environment.

Work

Conditions:

Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.

Physical Demands:
Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.

This position is classified as “in-office.” It requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Mondays and Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.

Offers to selected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.

All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s…