Our direct client is looking for an Oracle Fusion Implementation Project Manager and Functional consultant for a Hybrid (3 days/week) Long Term Contract in Trenton, NJ.
Note:
- Location: Trenton, NJ (Hybrid: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote)
J0B DESCRIPTION:
- The Senior Business Project Manager (ERP Implementation) serves as the client primary, dedicated department-level leader for the statewide transition from the legacy accounting system to the modern Oracle Fusion platform.
- Reporting directly to the Director of the Office of Budget and Accounting, this hybrid role requires a unique blend of strategic project management, meticulous business process analysis, process readiness, change management, and stabilization without software configuration.
- The consultant will not configure the software; instead, they will audit, document, and prepare client''''''''s internal processes, interfaces, reporting, and personnel to ensure a seamless operational cutover, running through full post-implementation stabilization.
Core Responsibilities:
- Project Leadership & Governance: Serve as the central point of coordination between NJDOE leadership, OIT, OMB, vendors, and the centralized State NJHIVE team. Maintain risk registers, project schedules, issue logs, and executive readiness scorecards.
- Business Process & Data Mapping: Audit, optimize, and map NJDOE’s current fiscal workflows (appropriation management, encumbrances, federal grants, accounts payable/receivable) into a comprehensive Fiscal Operations Process Library.
- Ecosystem & Interface Assessment: Document all local systems, peripheral databases, and manual spreadsheets leveraging legacy data to identify technical gaps, SimpliGov workflow dependencies, and data conversion risks.
- Reporting & Analytics Overhaul: Inventory all mission-critical fiscal reports, identifying updates or redevelopments required to align with the new NJHIVE Chart of Accounts (COA).
- Change Management & Training: Design and execute a Department-wide Change Management and Communications Plan. Author user manuals, build the Future-State Fiscal Operations Manual, and administer role-specific training programs.
- Testing, Cutover, & Hypercare Support: Coordinate local staff participation in State-led testing phases. Manage deployment cutover protocols and provide dedicated hands-on stabilization support (Hypercare) through the first full fiscal year close post-go-live.
Minimum Qualifications & Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field (Master’s degree or relevant executive experience preferred).
- Required Experience: Minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive, hands-on experience managing complex business transformations, enterprise-level ERP financial implementations, detailed process mapping, and project delivery.
- Required Core Skills: Mastery of current/future-state process mapping (Visio/Lucidchart), stakeholder management, and cross-functional project management frameworks.
SKILL MATRIX:
- Cross-Functional PM / BA Hybrid Experience - Required
- Business Process Mapping & Tools - Required
- Change Management & Communication Planning - Required
- Large-Scale ERP / Financial System Implementations (Atleast 2 implementations) - Required
- LinkedIn Profile - Required
- Public Sector / Government Finance Experience - Strong Plus to have
- Data Conversion & Report Auditing - Strong Plus to have
- Low-Code Workflow Automation Experience - Strong Plus to have
- PMP Certification - Strong Plus to have
- CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), or Prosci Certified Change Manager Certification - Strong Plus to have
Question 1: Where does your candidate currently reside (City & State)?
Question 2: If your candidate resides more than 1 hour from the Client site, will your candidate relocate for the position?
Question 3: Is your candidate available for a Round 1, in-person interview?
Question 4: This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days onsite and 2 days remote. Are you fine with this?
Location: Hybrid (3 days/week), Trenton, NJ.
Type: Long Term Contract
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