Oracle Cloud Financials Transformation Program Manager

Oracle Cloud Financials Transformation Program Manager - Immediate Joiners

Location: Hyderabad (Preferred)

Engagement Type: Contract

Work Model: [Onsite / Hybrid / Remote with travel]

Rate / Budget: Premium (Top-tier Oracle Financials Talent)

Program Context

This role supports a late-stage Oracle Cloud Financials transformation program approaching first production deployment, followed by phased rollouts.The immediate focus is on execution control across integrations, data migration, testing, cutover planning, production readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.

The program manager will work in a multi-entity, multi-workstream, and audit-sensitive, involving Finance, business process owners, IT delivery teams, implementation partners, testing teams, data migration teams, infrastructure teams, support teams, and control/compliance stakeholders. Exact counts for legal entities, countries, users, interfaces, and data volumes will be shared during the formal evaluation process.

Role Summary

The Oracle Cloud Financials Program Manager will act as the end-to-end financial transformation delivery authority, accountable for:

• Program execution
• Financial data integrity
• Controllership alignment
• Production readiness of core accounting processes

This role requires deep Oracle Fusion Financials expertise combined with strong finance domain knowledge, ensuring alignment with statutory, audit, and financial close requirements.

The candidate must have led complex Oracle Financials programs through:

• Build
• Testing
• Financial reconciliation
• Cutover
• Go-live
• Hypercare & financial close stabilization

Core Responsibilities

Program Delivery & Governance

• Lead end-to-end Oracle Financials program delivery across all workstreams
• Own integrated program plan, RAID, dependencies, and recovery actions
• Drive structured governance, executive reporting, and escalation

Financial Data Integrity & Controls

• Own financial data integrity across GL and subledgers (AP, AR, FA)
• Ensure reconciliation between GL, subledgers, and source systems
• Validate end-to-end financial transaction traceability

Oracle Financials & Accounting

• Govern Subledger Accounting (SLA) rules and accounting logic
• Validate chart of accounts, accounting structures, and reporting hierarchies
• Oversee intercompany accounting and eliminations

Testing & Quality

• Lead SIT, UAT, regression testing, and defect governance
• Ensure financial validation within test cycles

Data Migration & Reconciliation

• Govern data mapping, cleansing, conversion, and reconciliation
• Ensure:
• Opening balances validated
• Trial balance tie-outs
• Subledger-to-GL reconciliation

Cutover & Go-Live

• Lead cutover planning as a financial risk event
• Own:
• Cutover sequencing
• Rollback planning
• Command center execution

Financial Close Readiness

• Ensure system readiness for month-end and year-end close
• Validate close timelines and reporting outputs

Audit & Compliance

• Ensure alignment with SOX / audit / compliance frameworks
• Support audit readiness and control validation

Vendor & Commercial Management

• Manage implementation partner delivery and performance
• Identify commercial risks and support contract governance

Decision Rights

Owned by Program Manager

• Execution decisions within approved scope, budget, timeline
• Plan sequencing and dependency ownership
• Test readiness and cutover execution decisions

Requires Escalation

• Scope changes
• Budget increases
• Go-live approval
• Financial control or audit-impacting changes

Governance Model

• Daily stand-ups (critical phases)
• Weekly program reviews
• Biweekly steering committee
• Go-live readiness reviews
• Cutover command center governance

Required Artifacts

• Integrated Program Plan
• RAID Log
• Dependency & Decision Logs
• Defect Dashboard
• Data Reconciliation Tracker
• Cutover Runbook
• Go-Live Readiness Pack
• Hypercare Dashboard

Required Experience

• 12+ years in enterprise program delivery
• 5+ years leading Oracle Fusion Financials programs
• Proven delivery of full lifecycle Oracle Financials implementation

Mandatory Expertise

• Oracle Financials (GL, AP, AR, FA, Intercompany)
• Subledger Accounting (SLA)
• Financial reconciliation & balance validation
• Data migration & cutover execution
• Multi-entity / multi-country finance transformation

Demonstrated Ownership

• Opening balance validation
• Trial balance reconciliation
• Financial close stabilization

Critical Niche Skills (High-Value)

• Subledger Accounting (SLA) design & validation
• GL Subledger reconciliation frameworks
• Financial close orchestration
• Multi-GAAP / multi-ledger environments
• Intercompany eliminations
• Finance data governance & controls
• Audit / SOX compliance alignment
• Oracle reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher, Smart View)
• Financial integration flows

Success Measures

• Zero critical defects at go-live
• No rollback during deployment
• All balances reconciled within tolerance
• No unresolved financial breaks
• First month-end close completed on time
• No audit or compliance exceptions
• Stable hypercare exit within agreed timeline

Candidate Screen-Out Criteria

Do not submit candidates who are:

• PMO/reporting-focused
• Lacking Oracle Financials depth
• Without cutover/go-live ownership
• Missing data migration & reconciliation experience
• Limited to module-level delivery
• Without structured governance experience