Enterprise Applications Analyst, Sr. Oracle Fusion PPM

AeroVironment•Simi Valley, CA

10d

About The Position

The Sr. Business Analyst (Oracle Fusion Applications – Project and Contracts) will align business units (BU) with the Digital Business Team (DBT) to achieve both BU-specific and enterprise-wide objectives. They will drive AV’s Digital Transformation by collaborating with partners to set strategic directions and act as a BU expert, showcasing digital possibilities. The role involves understanding client requirements, mapping them to Oracle PPM Cloud, Oracle Project-Driven Supply Chain, and Contract Management functions, identifying process improvements, and developing future workflows. Experience in Oracle ERP Cloud, EBS implementation, and Oracle Project-Driven Supply Chain is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in the field of Computer Science, Finance is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Minimum 12-15 years of experience of Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion - Project Accounting, Inventory, Supply Chain, Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Revenue, Revenue management, Capital Projects, Contract Management, AR and Financial Applications.
Required experience with the business processes in PPM including Sub-ledger Accounting and one other business flow, Order to Cash or Financials or Procure to Pay including sub-ledger applications configurations.
Experience with Oracle Project-Driven Supply Chain.
Knowledge of financials, supply chain and manufacturing modules as to their impact on accounting transactions.
Experience with functional Oracle Financials implementation.
Experience working with Average Costing and Project Costing related to financial systems.
Knowledge of Quote-to-Order and Order-to-Cash processes
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

Nice To Haves

Extensive knowledge of conducting business requirement workshops
Big picture mindset to act tactically but think strategically
Strong Project management skills managing pipelines, demand generation, deadlines, prioritization, and process
In-depth understanding of day-to-day operations and business needs of business unit(s)
Highly skilled in negotiation and problem-solving techniques
Ability to positively influence others and to break down organizational silos
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working with cross-functional teams, and presenting to leadership
Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Vision, Excel, Project, Access, and PowerPoint
Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
Demonstrated ability to be organized and work both independently and within a team, with strong attention to detail and strong project management skills
Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
Focuses on teamwork and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

Responsibilities

Partners with business units and ensures every business decision is seen from the lens of our customer.
Collaborates with partner business units to reimagine how we can deliver the best processes possible using people, process, data, and technology
Conduct research on software and hardware products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
Meet with management, decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations. requirements and systems goals and identify and resolve Enterprise Application systems issues.
Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications, and enhancements to existing Enterprise applications.
Pursues using Oracle Fusion existing and on-going standard processes to minimize customization yet weighing against AV DOD needs and best practice(s).
Acts as the subject matter expert (SME) for designated partner business units
Attends designated partner BU meetings and shadows Team Members
Explains a-day-in-the-life for various roles within partner BU.
Gains significant knowledge in subject matters pertaining to both technology and the business
Serves as a “trusted advisor” to the BU and functions as a key point of contact for BU & DBT business stakeholders
In conjunction with BU leadership establishes and maintains a three-year business and DBT solution road map to improve strategic planning
Utilizes business analysis techniques and business cases to define high-level product features and desired service levels for existing and emerging IT offerings
Develops a deep knowledge of the business partner’s BU and builds positive relationship development, both horizontally and vertically
Identify business requirements and map them to the Oracle Application functionality.
Identify functionality gaps and develop solutions to them.
Configure the Oracle Applications to meet client requirements and document application set-ups.
Defines business requirements for designated business units
Create business requirement documents for reports, interfaces, data conversions, and application extensions.
Collaborate with project team members developing reports, interfaces, data conversion programs, and application extensions.
Define testing scenarios and develop corresponding test scripts.
Assist clients in executing test scripts.
Develop end-user documentation and training materials.
Conduct end-user training sessions.
Communicates with business leadership to evaluate joint initiatives and proposals to see how they align with established roadmaps and business and enterprise priorities
Demonstrates system (e.g. Oracle Fusion PPM.) capability to solve business problems
Anticipates bottlenecks and provides escalation management
Analyzes end-to-end, moderate to high complexity business processes in one or more business functional areas
Collaborates with peers and project managers to balance BU and enterprise level optimization
Transfers knowledge on proposed solution and BU needs to leadership and peers
Collaborates with peers on similar workflows/terminology to make sure there is a common process across departments (where applicable) and to ensure technology strategy, down to functional requirements, work(s) well for every aspect of the business
Manages enhancement requests post implementation on an established and agreed upon release schedule
Monitors reported production issues for opportunities to enhance business technology workflows.
Escalates issues to stakeholders when necessary
Serves as the business subject matter expert (SME) to assist in the prioritization of technology projects, ensuing projects align with the technology that best provides maximum ROI, and directs BU & IT strategy in support of the overall business strategy
Assists in development and overall execution of strategic plans, including leveraging company tracking mechanisms, and creating presentations and reports for the board, executive management, and other groups
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.

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