Sr. Program Manager - Oracle Financial Functional

Job Title - Sr. Program Manager - Oracle Financial Functional
Location - Piscataway, NJ
Duration - 12+ Months

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager Oracle Financials Functional to lead large-scale Oracle Financials implementation, transformation, and optimization programs. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of IT/ERP experience, deep functional knowledge of Oracle Financials, and a proven track record of managing complex programs involving finance stakeholders, functional teams, system integrators, and business leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end Oracle Financials programs, including implementation, upgrades, cloud migration, process transformation, and optimization.
• Define program scope, objectives, roadmaps, milestones, budgets, resource plans, and governance structures.
• Oversee functional workstreams across General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management, and related financial processes.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, and IT stakeholders to gather business requirements and align solutions with organizational objectives.
• Drive functional solution design, fit-gap analysis, business process standardization, and configuration decisions.
• Manage multiple workstreams, functional leads, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated delivery.
• Oversee requirements gathering, functional design, configuration, data migration, integrations, testing, UAT, cutover, and go-live readiness.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, escalations, and mitigation plans.
• Establish program governance, steering committee meetings, executive reporting, KPIs, financial tracking, and delivery forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with financial controls, audit requirements, data governance, and enterprise policies.
• Lead change management, business readiness, training coordination, and transition to business-as-usual operations.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years of overall IT/ERP experience, with substantial experience in Oracle Financials functional delivery and program/project leadership.
• Proven experience leading large-scale Oracle Financials implementations, finance transformation, or ERP modernization programs.
• Strong functional expertise in Oracle Financials modules, including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, and Cash Management.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials and/or Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS).
• Strong understanding of financial processes, including Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C).
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple functional workstreams, implementation partners, budgets, schedules, and resources.
• Experience in requirements management, fit-gap analysis, solution design, functional configuration oversight, and testing.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with CFO organizations, finance leadership, IT leadership, and executive steering committees.
• Strong program governance, risk management, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading global Oracle Financials rollouts or multi-country finance transformation programs.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP migration and adoption.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.
• Relevant Oracle Financials certifications.
• Experience in managing system integrators, third-party vendors, and geographically distributed teams.

Key Success Criteria:

• Successful delivery of Oracle Financials programs within agreed scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Standardization and optimization of finance processes across business units or geographies.
• Effective coordination between Finance, IT, functional teams, and implementation partners.
• Strong governance, risk mitigation, stakeholder satisfaction, and business readiness.
• Successful go-live, adoption, and transition to ongoing operations.

Thanks And Regards,

Amit Lakhotia