Oracle Finance Functional Consultant

KPMG South Africa

Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time

Job title/position: Oracle Finance Functional Consultant

Number of positions: 4

Function and Business Unit: Management Consulting

Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

We are seeking a Finance Functional Oracle Consultant with proven experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud (ERP) Financials implementations. The role will focus on delivering end-to-end finance transformation, including design, configuration, testing, and deployment of Oracle Fusion Finance solutions.

The consultant will work closely with finance stakeholders to translate business requirements into system-enabled processes, supporting large-scale ERP transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Solution Design & Business Alignment
  • General Ledger (GL)
  • Accounts Payable (AP)
  • Accounts Receivable (AR)
  • Cash Management (CM)
  • Fixed Assets (FA)
  • Project Accounting (PA)
  • Enterprise performance management (EPM)
  • Translate business requirements into Oracle Fusion solution designs
  • Chart of Accounts (CoA)
  • Financial structures and hierarchies
  • Accounting rules and sub-ledger integrations
  • Ensure alignment with target operating model and finance transformation objectives
  • Oracle Fusion Configuration & Delivery
  • Configure Oracle Fusion Financials modules in line with approved design
  • Design
  • Build
  • Test
  • Deploy
  • Work with technical teams on integrations (e.g., OIC, reporting tools, data migration)
  • Support development of reports (OTBI, BI Publisher) and dashboards
  • Testing & Deployment
  • System Integration Testing (SIT)
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Support defect resolution and solution refinement
  • Assist in deployment planning and go-live activities
  • Provide hypercare support post go-live
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Engage with CFO teams, finance leads, and business users
  • Act as a trusted advisor on finance best practices enabled by Oracle
  • Translate technical solutions into business language for non-technical stakeholders
  • Governance & Documentation
  • Functional design documents (FDDs)
  • Configuration workbooks
  • Process flows and SOPs
  • Ensure adherence to programme governance and controls

Skills And Attributes Required For The Role

Technical & Functional Skills

  • Financial processes (P2P, O2C, R2R)
  • Sub-ledger accounting and integrations
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
  • Data migration and system integration concepts
  • Familiarity with reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher)

Personal Attributes

Key Competencies

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
  • Ability to translate business requirements into system solutions
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Structured delivery mindset (design → build → deploy) aligned to ERP programmes
  • Ability to operate in fast-paced transformation environments

Core Experience

  • 5–10+ years of experience in finance systems and ERP implementations
  • Proven experience in Oracle Fusion Financials implementations (minimum 1–2 end-to-end implementations)
  • Strong functional expertise across at least 2–3 of the following:
  • GL, AP, AR, CM, FA, Projects, EPM modules (FCCS, EDMCS etc.)

Desirable Certifications

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials certifications e.g. GL, FCCS
  • Finance degree (Optional)

Nice-to-Have Experience

  • Experience in large-scale finance transformation programmes
  • Experience in multinational or multi-entity environments
  • Consulting background (Big 4 or system integrator)

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