Senior Oracle Application Manager - CA

Senior Oracle Application Manager

Location: Menlo Park, CA

Workplace Type: On-Site

Contract: 04+ months

Note: Local Candidates

Job Description:

**Key Responsibilities**

**1. Lead Mission-Critical Application Management**

- Provide end-to-end ownership of Oracle Fusion Finance applications supporting:
- Inbound & Outbound Accounts Payable (AP)
- Oracle Tax
- Oracle Spend Management
- Travel & Expense (T&E)
- Client Payments and Pay@
- Ensure high availability, stability, and operational excellence across business-critical platforms.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex production issues and major incidents.

**2. Strategic Initiative Delivery**

Lead application support and delivery for key business initiatives, including:

- **Egencia** enterprise-wide travel booking platform implementation and launch
- Operational support for **Client Payments** and **Pay@** platforms
- Planned and unplanned **new legal entity configurations**
- Ad hoc payment template creation and maintenance
- Finance transformation and platform enhancement initiatives
- Production readiness, deployment planning, and hypercare support for new capabilities

**3. SOX & Compliance Support**

Own application support for compliance-related initiatives, including:

- Annual SOX compliance activities
- Onboarding **Concur** as a SOX-compliant application
- Audit support and evidence collection
- Application controls validation and remediation
- Partner with Internal Audit, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure regulatory adherence

**4. Production Support & Operations**

- Manage L2/L3 production support for Oracle Fusion Financial applications
- Lead P0/P1 incident management and business communications
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive actions
- Drive Problem, Change, and Release Management processes
- Coordinate quarterly releases, regression testing, and production deployments
- Identify automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce recurring incidents

**5. Stakeholder & Vendor Management**

- Partner with Finance, Tax, Procurement, Travel, Compliance, Security, and Infrastructure teams
- Collaborate with Oracle and third-party vendors to resolve complex technical issues
- Provide executive-level status reporting, risk assessments, and roadmap updates
- Manage cross-functional dependencies across multiple business initiatives

**Required Qualifications**

- 10+ years of Oracle Applications experience, including Oracle Fusion Financials
- 5+ years leading Application Management or Production Support teams
- Strong functional expertise in:
- Oracle Fusion Accounts Payable (AP)
- Oracle Tax
- Oracle Spend Management
- Oracle Payments
- Oracle Travel & Expense
- Experience supporting enterprise finance transformation initiatives
- Proven experience managing mission-critical production environments
- Strong understanding of SOX controls, audit processes, and financial compliance
- Experience with ITIL Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Oracle Fusion Financials Cloud certification
- Experience integrating Oracle Fusion with Concur and Egencia
- Knowledge of Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), REST APIs, and financial system integrations
- Experience supporting global Finance and Shared Services organizations
- PMP, ITIL, or Oracle Cloud certifications