Oracle PPM Lead Business Analyst

• Design, configure, enhance, and support Oracle PPM Cloud capabilities, including hands-on application setup and configuration across 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 project financial processes.
• Perform hands-on application setup analysis, solution validation, and troubleshooting of Oracle PPM functionality across application logic, configuration, master data, and data layers.
• Analyze end-to-end project financial process flows from project setup through costing, billing, accounting impacts, and reporting to identify system gaps, control issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Serve as the primary Oracle PPM functional liaison across business, finance, operations, and technology teams, facilitating requirements discussions and translating functional needs into scalable system solutions.
• Support and troubleshoot integrations across 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 Oracle PPM enhancements, including requirements definition, business requirements documentation, functional design, test scenarios, validation, and deployment readiness.
• Support release management and User Acceptance Testing (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 structured ITSM processes such as ServiceNow, while maintaining clear status and resolution documentation.
• 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 that support project financial operations and business reporting requirements.
• Document requirements, functional designs, system enhancements, setup decisions, integration logic, support procedures, and troubleshooting guidance; provide knowledge transfer and cross-training to strengthen internal capability.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle PPM Cloud, including requirements analysis, functional configuration, application setup, system enhancements, troubleshooting, testing, and production support.
• Strong 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.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex Oracle PPM issues across configuration, project financial calculations, master data, data flows, and cross-system dependencies and coordinate issues through resolution.
• Experience working across 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 experience with production support and ITSM processes such as ServiceNow, including incident management, service requests, problem analysis, and system stabilization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain functional and technical concepts to business and technology stakeholders.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Oracle Cloud certification in PPM, Financials, or related functional area preferred.
• 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/data-flow documentation, test scenarios, and troubleshooting guidance.

Equal Pay Act Minimum/Range

$175,000.00-$200,000.00