Record to Report Systems Lead (Oracle Fusion)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne, Australia (Hybrid)

This is a hybrid position primarily based in Melbourne. We're committed to your flexibility and wellbeing and our hybrid strategy currently requires three days a week in the office, giving you the option to work remotely for some of your working week. Find out more about our culture of flexible working

We give you a world of potential

The Finance function is responsible for providing transactional accounting services and support, treasury, financial planning, analysis, reporting, commercial finance and financial systems & change support to all business units and functions throughout Computershare across all global locations.

The (R2R) Record to Report Lead will be a member of the Global Finance Systems team which maintains and supports financial systems within the Computershare Group of Companies. The objective is to provide high-quality, cost-effective solutions and user support that comply with group technology and finance standards. In addition, the team is responsible for providing functional and technology solutions in Oracle Fusion Cloud to cater to business requirements and also supporting operational issues, including troubleshooting, investigating and solving issues related to financial transactions and information.

A role you will love

The Record to Report Lead is responsible for ongoing operational stability as well as influencing and guiding the strategic direction for the Record to Report (R2R) function. The role ensures efficiency of R2R operations, with a focus on streamlining, simplifying, and leveraging Oracle Fusion technology for greatest utility across the entire record-to-report cycle, while also addressing evolving regulatory and reporting requirements that may exist globally. The role oversees service and quality assurance, with responsibility for developing, implementing, monitoring and addressing Oracle Functional configuration and solutioning of business requirements within the Oracle Fusion product and supporting Key performance metrics for R2R operations.

The R2R Lead is responsible for delivering support services, managing interfaces and ensuring integrations are running as per schedule. In addition, the role provides support services for internal and external applications, ensuring that the agreed business demand is met at the required quality, delivering business value in a cost-effective and timely manner.

The role will need to understand the fundamentals of all aspects of complex multi-currency, multi-company accounting systems and maintain a high level of ERP applications knowledge within the team where they can provide end-user application support.

Key accountabilities:

• As a member of the Finance Systems team, is responsible for influencing, guiding and educating the organisation (working closely with the Global Process owner and their teams) on the subject matter in the Record to Report modules of Oracle Fusion (General Ledger, Consolidation, Intercompany transactions, Finance reporting, Interfaces from Subledgers like AP, AR, FA etc)

• The incumbent will need to ensure key stakeholders are engaged and guided through the process to ensure the appropriate strategic direction is well understood and documented. Provides expert financial analysis and recommendations to senior management on business decisions related to R2R, financial controls, and the strategic direction as required.

• Aligns priorities and resources (short-term and long-term) and contributes to multi-year planning of R2R projects and strategic initiatives

• Ensure processes, procedures, and appropriate resources are in place and tested to ensure services are delivered to agreed service levels.

• Enables implementation and enhancement over time of the R2R technology solution for general ledger, finance reporting, consolidation, intercompany transaction to name a few

• Implement, configure, and support applications during the hours required by the business, ensuring application availability, performance, reliability, maintainability, serviceability and capacity are provided in line with agreed service level agreements.

• Ensure all support requests are logged, tracked and managed within service-level agreements to closure.

• Undertake proactive troubleshooting and root cause analysis of issues implementing preventative measures as appropriate.

• Support the planning and delivery of patches, maintenance releases and all major product enhancement releases to applications and integration components.

• Reviews and approves Change Requests with impact in the R2R space.

• Help and support to testing activities (e.g. System, Integration and User Acceptance)

• Support ad-hoc projects, e.g. acquisition/ divestment/ joint venture-related activities.

• Supports and is knowledgeable on all interfaces and integrations as they relate to R2R working closely with global technology teams.

• Maintain, support and provide guidance to peers on complex application configuration activities.

• Create, review and update Finance Systems Playbook so that support can be efficiently performed, and the impact of future change requests can be assessed.

• Maintain and support system security administration, i.e. access rights.

• Ensure data integrity, internal controls and audit trails are maintained throughout all applications.

• Ensure a high level of customer service focus and responsiveness to ensure delivery per service level agreements.

• Work closely with onshore and offshore teams within global technology teams.

• Identify opportunities to enhance technical support tools to drive service improvement

What will you bring to the role?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you can make a genuine impact on how we work and help to shape the team.

Essential:

• Must have relevant tertiary education in Finance or related discipline

• Accredited with Oracle Certified Professional or similar

• Minimum 8-10 years of working experience with Oracle Fusion Financial Systems or similar

Preferred:

• Understanding Oracle applications and architecture would be highly regarded, but exposure to other financial system applications would be considered.

• Ideally, would have a degree in accounting or a recognised professional accounting qualification and a qualification in an I.T.-related discipline. Substantial experience in related areas would be considered in the absence of formal qualifications.

• Experience in COBIT or ITIL best practices.

• Experience in working within an Agile environment.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you'll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. From tuition reimbursement to cash bonus recruitment referral programs, our comprehensive benefits package offers a multitude of options.

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ABOUT US

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it's more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

At Computershare we value diversity and welcome applications from everyone, believing that an equal and inclusive culture is key to excellent results. One of the greatest advantages for our organisation is the talent and diversity of our people and we strive to ensure all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas, bring their personality to their work and showcase their skills. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

Computershare is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Shared Services teams support all of our business lines behind the scenes. Across the world, we have a range of specialisms that ensure the delivery of our business priorities. These include Technology, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Audit, Governance, Marketing and Communications as well as our People team. Join our strategic team and help us look after everything from creating an amazing end to end employee journey to keeping our systems safe. You'll be looking after our people, our clients and their customers, whilst maintaining our exceptional standards around the globe.