Principal Project Manager, Accounts Payable Strategy

Job Description

The Principal Project Manager will report into the Accounts Payable Global Strategy team. This key role provides an opportunity to work with all S2S functional areas and individuals across the globe.

The primary responsibilities of this role are global project management and process support of the Accounts Payable Strategy & Operations functions at Oracle. This highly skilled and self-directed candidate will apply business experience while leading and handling projects in compliance with Oracle policies.

The Principal Project Manager has end-to-end ownership from concept through delivery. The candidate will take projects from the planning and discovery phases, through post release stabilization and process improvement. The Principal Project Manager must provide strong cross-functional and leadership across cultures and around the globe. They will collaborate across functions with Finance, Tax, IT, Global Process Owners, Global Procurement, external vendors, and others as needed. This person must communicate optimally across all business levels including individual contributors through executive management.

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Responsibilities

Additional Responsibilities

• Challenge the status quo all aspects of the Accounts Payable process and provide creative solutions

• Drive automation, standardization and simplification strategies to support Accounts Payable requirements in the Source-to-Settle processes

• Responsible for implementing new processes for Source-to-Settle Operations and streamlining current processes in collaboration with Lines of Business

• Collaborate with operational, business, product development, IT, and/or other key collaborators to implement Oracle technology optimally

• Provide strong project leadership and project oversight to global teams

• Delegate to project team with clearly defined responsibility

• Provide Source-to-Settle Operations with standard methodologies to resolve complex and critical issues

• Effectively prioritize workload while coordinating multiple critical projects simultaneously

• Identify, communicate and document process and technical requirements

• Deliver project collaborator updates

• Anticipate problems and obstacles before they arise and plan accordingly

• Raise all risks in a timely and effective manner

• Contribute to non-standard solution ideas and decisions as needed

• Create all project documentation, flows, presentations, training guides and reporting

• Collect, input, verify, correct, and analyze data to measure key performance indicators actual versus business objectives

• Secure commitment for change initiatives to ensure project success through project success

• Provide on-going productivity efficiencies and process improvements through project stabilization

Preferred Skills, Qualifications, & Experience

• Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills

• Experience leading projects involving cross-functional areas

• Flexible and comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamically changing, fast paced environment

• Capacity to master new concepts quickly

• Ability to handle potentially confrontational situations with patience, diplomacy, and tact

• Experience of Oracle ERP, especially Accounts Payable is a plus

• Strong excel skills

• Strong decision-making skills

• Proactively identifies and acts upon potential risks and areas for improvement

• Consistent application of lessons learned to future projects and workload

• Experience discussing and defining business goals and objectives with key functional collaborators and then ensuring the design solutions achieve those goals, objectives, and requirements

• Ability to document requirements and processes

• Enjoys being part of a global virtual team

• Ability to support a flexible work schedule which sometimes requires availability to other time zones, projects, and team members as needed

Disclaimer

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $73,800 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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