Contract
Technical Lead - Finance
Posted on 18 September 23 by Adilah Hassan
- Kitchener, ON
- $ - $
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Job Description
Our client is looking for someone to build and maintain strong relationships with Finance business leaders, delivery partners, vendors, and provide direction and deliver on optimal technology solutions/services and support to meet business needs. The position will work with a various IT professional and will bridge business and technology gaps, leverages resources across specialized technology areas to ensure end-to-end delivery of agreed upon solutions or services within planned forecasts and cost estimates. The position will work as Technical Lead as part of Finance Modernization program and will report to the Director, Technology.What can you expect in this role?
• Lead and manage end-to-end technology solutions or services delivery for Finance business line & portfolio, which includes but not limited to IFRS 17, Accounting, General Ledgers elements)
• Responsible for Technology delivery for application sets within their scope, commissioning projects to be executed by project managers
• Act as a solutions integrator; provide a flexible approach by offering and negotiating Solution options with Business that balance service levels, cost and risk
• Develop impact assessments, manage delivery schedules, access issues & change requests, perform risk assessments to consistently manage operational processes (time reporting)
• Report on Project progress, status, overall health and individual applications
• Lead the development of applications and services, monitor and track to established plans with Finance and Business Management team
• Measure, monitor projects, stay within budget, meet or exceed expectations
• Assess work plans, identify scheduling issues, report and escalate, as needed
• Track key project deliverables; share updates and other support initiatives
• Manage Oracle Quarterly updates activities and work with different stakeholders to ensure successful deployment of objects & patches
What do you bring to the role?
• Undergraduate Degree in Business/Commerce or a Technology Discipline (Computer Science, Engineering)
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Expert knowledge and understanding of Financial Industry technology standards (e.g., infrastructure, architecture, applications, platforms,)
• Ability to work closely with business partners, internal and external stakeholders, technology vendors to ensure solutions meet requirements, and architecture needs
• Strong knowledge of configuration, integration, and implementation of Oracle solutions, including, Oracle EPM Cloud (PCMCS, EPBCS) Oracle Financial Services Data Integration Hub (DIH), , Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud Service (ERPCS), Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Service (EPMCS), and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)
• Good knowledge of Oracle Financial Services Analytics Applications (OFSAA)
• Excellent Communications skills
• Expert knowledge of Oracle PaaS Tools such as Oracle Integration Cloud(OIC), VBCS, PCS & REST APIs
• Experience using various Data Upload tools such as BI Publisher, File Based Data Import(FBDI) & BI reporting tool
• Readiness to manage large-scale applications and projects across multiple businesses, involving significant scope and complexity over a multi-year transformation impacting the enterprise
• We also take potential into consideration. If you don’t have this exact experience, but you know you have what it takes, be sure to give us more insight through your application and cover letter.