Senior Lead, Oracle Fusion FMS Solutions

The Senior Lead, Oracle Fusion FMS Solutions is the organisation's expert adviser on Save the Children's Oracle Fusion Financial Management System, ensuring smart, well-informed solution choices across a complex, global finance transformation. The role advises on solution design, supports the future roadmap of enhancements, and brings finance subject-matter expertise to ensure the solution works effectively for users.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the implementing partner that is leading the Fusion FMS implementation, validating that configuration, integration, and business process designs are fit for purpose, and progressively taking on that expertise so capability is retained in-house once the partner's involvement concludes
• Support the Project Lead and Product Owner in developing the future roadmap of Fusion FMS enhancements, including interfaces to other key systems, advising on scalability, performance, and a reduction in complexity across the estate
• Bring deep Oracle Fusion product expertise together with hands-on finance experience — including emerging capabilities and best practice — translating this for the project team and upskilling colleagues to build internal capability
• Review and advise on architecture, configuration, and integrations to drive efficiency and productivity through simplicity, supporting the technical integrity and long-term sustainability of the solution
• Support the establishment and longer-term roadmap for shared support services and a Centre of Excellence, bringing industry experience and best practice to its design and implementation
• Define project success metrics and ensure consistent realisation of benefits, maintaining focus on improving the finance user experience and increasing organisational impact
• Work closely with the Global Change Manager to plan for accelerated adoption and successful, sustainable change across the movement
• Provide strategic guidance on architecture, governance, support, and administration, ensuring business and IT alignment including across Member operations
• Draw on Oracle product knowledge and relationships, working alongside the implementing partner and internal IT teams to advise on a fit-for-purpose solution
• Support Members as they adopt the global solution — guiding them through local feasibility assessments, solution design, and implementation — while building close relationships with Finance and Member colleagues to enable adoption, buy-in, and shared capability

Requirements

• Expert, hands-on knowledge of the Oracle Fusion FMS product, including configuration and emerging Fusion capabilities, gained from implementing Oracle within a finance function
• A finance background — having worked in a finance function — combined with significant experience implementing Oracle Fusion as part of finance or ERP transformation within complex, global organisations
• Strong experience advising on solution design, integrations, and enhancement roadmaps, including interfaces between a core finance platform and other key enterprise systems
• Proven ability to define and drive realisation of benefits and success metrics, ensuring scalability, performance, and reduced complexity across the estate
• Experience working alongside third party software vendors and implementing partners — validating their designs, assuring quality, and taking on knowledge transfer to retain capability in-house
• Experience within global, matrix organisations, with a proven ability to work effectively with people from different cultures
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching, with the ability to support senior stakeholders through change across a global organisation
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral English), with the ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organisation, and a commitment to Save the Children values
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrable Oracle Fusion expertise, evidenced by relevant Oracle Cloud certification(s) and/or substantial hands-on Fusion FMS implementation experience, ideally alongside a finance qualification or equivalent finance experience

Skills

• Oracle Fusion FMS
• Oracle Fusion Configuration
• Finance Function Expertise
• ERP Transformation
• Solution Design
• System Integration
• Enhancement Roadmaps
• Performance Optimization
• Complexity Reduction
• Vendor Management
• Quality Assurance
• Knowledge Transfer
• Global Matrix Organizations
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Change Management
• Communications Skills
• Oracle Cloud Financials certification
• Finance Qualification

Languages

English