Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) SME/Lead Consultant

Company: Cognizant

Location: New York, United States (Hybrid)

Required Experience: 4-6 years of experience

Job Title: Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) SME/Lead Consultant

Job Description

As a FCCS SME/Lead Consultant you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing Oracle EDM solutions to enhance business processes, with a focus on Oracle EDM WF Approvals and Oracle EDM validation and constraint you will ensure seamless integration and configuration across various platforms. Your expertise will drive efficiency and innovation within the organization, contributing to our strategic goals.

Role Overview and Position Requirements:

• Excellent communication and core consulting skills
• Excellent functional knowledge of financial close process, accounting consolidation methods, intercompany accounting and reporting, currency translations, multi-GAAP and financial reporting
• Experience in delivering at least one (1) large full life-cycle consolidation implementation using FCCS and that includes EPU and Cash flow
• Extensive prior experience in Oracle HFM necessary

Demonstrated ability in performing the following responsibilities:

• Conducting business requirements, design sessions and workshops
• Developing solution architecture; configuring out-of-box functionality/ developing additional custom functionality
• Developing data conversion and validation strategy
• Preparing functional design and configuration specifications
• Managing the product configuration and technical development activities
• Preparing test plan, cases and scripts; leading testing activities
• Managing application deployment, cut-over and transition
• Ability to work across Oracle Cloud team (ERP, HCM, SCM, etc.) and manage internal and external data/metadata interfaces
• Ability to manage project resources both onsite and offshore
• Ability to track project timeline and deliverables and communicate to Leadership team
• Degree in Accounting strongly preferred
• Experienced in working with or in an accounting, finance or budgeting function

Technical knowledge includes

• Experience in FCCS metadata configuration and maintenance
• Experience in Data Management and EPM Automate
• Experience with writing calculation scripts
• Expert in SmartView for Office (Excel)
• Experience in EPRCS (Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud) a plus
• Experience in writing functional technical, test script and training documentation