Sr. Oracle ERP Systems Analyst

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The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert in Oracle Fusion Financials who will play a key role within the Finance Systems Analyst team. This individual will lead and support system implementations, enhancements, quarterly updates, and other complex technical projects. They will collaborate closely with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, best - practice solutions. This role requires strong independent judgment and advanced problem - solving skills.

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• Oracle Fusion ERP Subject Matter Expertise:
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for Oracle Fusion ERP primarily responsible for the General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Account Receivables (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), and Cash Management modules
  • Use Oracle Fusion knowledge to build, test, and deploy functionality and system improvements
  • Analyze complex business processes and design best practice solutions based upon Oracle Fusion ERP capabilities
  • Examine and maintain awareness of trends in information systems training, materials, and techniques to address complex Oracle Fusion ERP issues
  • Continuously increase both Finance process and Finance application/tools knowledge
  • Participate in user group meetings/conferences
• Production Support
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  • Possess a strong understanding of finance business practices and communicate effectively with finance partners
  • Provide support for Finance systems functionality, including researching and resolving problems, unexpected results, or process flaws in an agile methodology
  • Recommend solutions or alternate methods to meet business and systems requirements
• Process Improvement
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  • Propose process improvement by investigating, identifying, and implementing Oracle Fusion features not currently in use; identifying areas where business processes depart from best practice and recommend solutions
  • Document end-to-end finance business processes and propose improvements aligned with best practices
  • Recommend process/customer service improvements, innovative solutions, policy changes, and/or major variations from established policy that must be approved by appropriate leadership prior to implementation
  • Serve as a key liaison with third parties and other stakeholders (e.g., accounting, accounts payable, payroll, procurement)
  • Collaborate with functional and technical staff to coordinate enhancements and application updates
• Reporting
  • Maintain and support a variety of reports, data models, and dashboards using appropriate reporting tools
  • Assist in development…