Finance Functional Manager (COE Lead)

Role Overview: You are a seasoned and visionary Functional COE Lead responsible for leading the Functional Center of Excellence for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and Oracle Fusion Financials. Your role involves defining delivery excellence, solution governance, and functional innovation across Oracle ERP engagements. You will establish best practices, functional frameworks, and reusable assets to ensure consistent, scalable, and high-quality delivery for client programs. Additionally, you will provide leadership in pre-sales, client advisory, and transformation programs. Key Responsibilities: - Establish and lead the Functional Center of Excellence for Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion Financials. - Define and enforce delivery standards, templates, and best practices for Oracle ERP functional workstreams. - Build and maintain knowledge repositories, accelerators, and reusable artifacts for rapid solution delivery. - Provide functional governance and quality assurance across multiple client engagements. - Act as the functional go-to person for critical issues on all projects across regions. - Guide clients on best-fit functional solutions aligning with business needs and industry practices. - Collaborate with sales and bid teams to drive pre-sales solutioning, RFP responses, and client presentations. - Mentor and guide functional consultants across Oracle Financials modules. - Provide leadership for large-scale Oracle ERP transformation projects, especially migrations from EBS to Oracle Cloud. - Understand client's requirements and develop customized solutions to satisfy customer needs. - Provide key business solutions on project deliveries. Qualification Required: - Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, MBA or CPA is a plus. - 15+ years of functional experience in Oracle ERP, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials and Oracle E-Business Suite (R12). - Experience in a consulting/services environment, delivering solutions to external clients. - Strong expertise across core financial modules and business processes. - Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage senior stakeholders. - Familiarity with implementation methodologies (OUM, AIM) and tools. - Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.,