Senior Oracle ERP Business Analyst I – PPM

BDO USA, Stamford, CT, United States

Job Summary

The Senior Oracle ERP Business Analyst – PPM is a Finance‑led business capability owner responsible for identifying capability gaps, standardizing business processes, defining and prioritizing Oracle ERP‑enabled capabilities for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Project Resource Management (PRM). This role owns the business "what/why" outcomes, value ranking, business requirements intent, acceptance criteria approval, and business readiness for quarterly releases. The role partners closely with the IT ERP Product & Delivery organization which owns the technical "how/when"—platform roadmap, solution design, delivery execution, environments, deployments, integrations, and technical readiness.

Job Duties

Serves as the Financial Systems SME and business capability owner for the PPM/PRM workstream, partnering with the business process owner/SME(s) who retain operational process ownership.
Partners collaboratively with the business process owner/SME(s) to validate process intent, confirm operational feasibility, and ensure changes are adopted effectively.
Translates business SME input into clear outcomes, requirements intent, and acceptance criteria; drives timely decisions to avoid delivery delays.
Maintains knowledge of current‑state and target‑state PPM/PRM processes, key policies, reporting needs, and control expectations.
Develops and maintains business process maps (BPMN).
Develops and executes test scenarios/scripts (SIT/UAT) and validates fixes.
Contributes to training materials, jobs aids, SOPs and OGL.

Defines target‑state business capabilities and process outcomes for PPM/PRM (e.g., project accounting outcomes).
Maintains the PPM/PRM business capability requirements (what/why) and business value ranking to inform ServiceNow/ADO backlog.
Defines measurable success metrics and partners on value realization reporting (cycle time, quality, adoption, compliance outcomes).

Leads discovery with Finance/Operations stakeholders to capture business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes for PPM/PRM.
Drafts business requirements intent and business acceptance criteria, including controls/audit evidence needs, reporting impacts, and data integrity considerations.
Partners with IT ERP analysts/delivery teams who finalize the Functional Design Document (FDD); provides approval of business intent and acceptance criteria.
Collaborates with IT ERP Product Analysts/Delivery teams who finalize the Technical Design Document (TDD) and ensure technical designs trace back to approved business requirement intent.

Serves as the business SME for PPM/PRM demand items in ServiceNow; ensures required intake fields are complete.
Collaborates with IT ERP Product Support/Management to ensure a ServiceNow item has a linked ADO Epic/Feature and remains traceable through delivery and validation.

Assesses PPM/PRM business impact for quarterly Oracle releases and firm‑led changes.
Coordinates validation/UAT approach for PPM/PRM in partnership with FS PM & IT ERP Product Management and ensures validation evidence is captured in ServiceNow.
Provides business readiness sign‑off for releases impacting PPM/PRM; partners with IT ERP Product Management, who owns technical readiness and deployment execution.

Translates Finance internal/external audit, compliance, and risk needs into business requirements and acceptance criteria for PPM/PRM processes.
Partners with Finance Compliance & Internal Audit to ensure business requirements include evidence expectations and auditability.
Advocates for control automation and standardized reporting by specifying control outcomes and reporting needs; IT determines technical implementation.

Participates in the ERP vendor discussions for the PPM/PRM pillar by coordinating ongoing touchpoints with vendor and community product groups advocating for functionality enhancements.
Assists with the development and submission of Oracle enhancement requests and supporting artifacts (use cases, impact statements, prioritization rationale).
Other duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree and five (5) or more years of experience working with Oracle PPM financial systems, required. Level 5.5 as a professional certification of Oracle PPM Systems after year 5.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Information Technology, preferred.
Master’s degree, preferred.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Superior verbal and written communication skills.
Good technical and data analysis skills.
Capable of working and communicating effectively with professionals at all levels.
Able to work in a deadline‑driven environment and handle multiple projects/tasks with attention to detail.
Able to multi‑task while working independently or within a group environment.
Superior analytical and diagnostic skills, with the ability to apply analysis in determining appropriate next steps.
Excellent computer skills with the aptitude to learn new software applications.
Superior customer service skills.
Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Strong interest in accounting, finance and systems.

Experience

Experience working within a professional services firm such as accounting, financial services, business advisory and/or banking industries, preferred.

License/Certifications

Software

Proficient in the use of Oracle Cloud ERP, specifically PPM, required.
Proficient in the use of Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (e.g., OneStream, Hyperion), preferred.
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, required.

Language

Salary

National Range: $100,000 - $120,000

Maryland Range: $100,000 - $120,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $100,000 - $120,000

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. BDO USA, P.A. is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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