Oracle PPM Lead Business Analyst

RTI International•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

12h

About The Position

The Oracle PPM Lead Business Analyst is a hands-on functional and business systems role supporting, enhancing, and optimizing Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Cloud capabilities for end-to-end project financial processes. The position supports project setup, costing, billing, contracts, resource management, reporting, and related operations. The role partners with business, finance, operations, and technology teams to translate requirements into scalable Oracle PPM solutions. It combines functional expertise with technical capability to analyze application setup, design solutions, support configuration and enhancements, troubleshoot issues, and maintain reliable operations in an integrated environment. In a build-and-run model, the role contributes to solution delivery and production stability, resolving issues involving application behavior, data flows, integrations, and dependencies across Oracle ERP, EPM, and connected platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on Oracle PPM Cloud experience, including requirements analysis, functional configuration, application setup, enhancements, troubleshooting, testing, and production support.
Experience supporting end-to-end Oracle project financial processes in professional services or project-centric environments, including Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, burdening, revenue recognition, project accounting, and reporting.
Experience leading business analysis activities, including stakeholder interviews, process analysis, requirements documentation, functional design, acceptance criteria, traceability, and solution validation.
Experience analyzing and troubleshooting integrations and data flows between Oracle PPM and connected systems, including data mappings and inbound and outbound interfaces.
Ability to troubleshoot complex Oracle PPM issues across configuration, project financial calculations, master data, data flows, and cross-system dependencies, and coordinate resolution.
Experience working in an integrated Oracle ecosystem, including dependencies among PPM, EPM, Financials, Procurement, and other enterprise systems.
Experience supporting testing, UAT, release management, deployment validation, and post-production stabilization.
Hands-on production support and ITSM experience, such as ServiceNow, including incident management, service requests, problem analysis, and system stabilization.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain functional and technical concepts to business and technology stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Oracle Cloud certification in PPM, Financials, or a related functional area.
Experience supporting Oracle Cloud implementations or major transformation initiatives spanning PPM, Financials, Procurement, and EPM.
Knowledge of project accounting, revenue recognition, billing and reimbursement controls, and related financial accounting considerations.
Experience supporting global environments, including multi-currency and multi-ledger operations.
Experience with workflow automation and process optimization initiatives.
Understanding of enterprise architecture, integration patterns, data dependencies, and application controls.
Experience with Oracle PPM integrations and data load processes, including OIC-enabled integrations and FBDI data loads.
Experience with Oracle reporting and analytics capabilities, including OTBI and Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI).
Experience developing and maintaining Oracle application documentation, including configuration decisions, process flows, integration and data-flow documentation, test scenarios, and troubleshooting guidance.

Responsibilities

Design, configure, enhance, and support Oracle PPM Cloud, including setup for project costing, billing, contracts, burdening, revenue, and related project financial processes.
Translate business requirements into functional designs and technical solutions across Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, Resource Management, Project Performance Reporting, and related processes.
Analyze application setup, validate solutions, and troubleshoot Oracle PPM functionality across application logic, configuration, master data, and data layers.
Analyze end-to-end project financial flows from project setup through costing, billing, accounting impacts, and reporting; identify system gaps, control issues, and improvement opportunities.
Serve as the Oracle PPM functional liaison across business, finance, operations, and technology teams, facilitating requirements discussions and translating needs into scalable solutions.
Support and troubleshoot integrations among Oracle PPM, EPM, ERP, and external systems, including data mappings, interfaces, and inbound and outbound data flows.
Perform root cause analysis for application and cross-system issues, assess upstream and downstream impacts, and coordinate resolution with functional and technical teams.
Lead business analysis and functional solution delivery for enhancements, including requirements, business requirements documentation, functional design, test scenarios, validation, and deployment readiness.
Support release management and UAT, including environment coordination, test planning and validation, defect triage, deployment support, business readiness, and post-release stabilization.
Support production stability by managing and resolving incidents and service requests through ITSM processes such as ServiceNow, documenting status and resolutions.
Analyze issue trends, user feedback, and system performance to identify recurring defects and process inefficiencies and recommend preventative or long-term improvements.
Develop, validate, and maintain reports, analytics, and system outputs for project financial operations and business reporting.
Document requirements, functional designs, enhancements, setup decisions, integration logic, support procedures, and troubleshooting guidance; provide knowledge transfer and cross-training.