Oracle - PPM & Project Accounting Domain Lead

The EDL (IS) – PPM & Project Accounting Domain Lead owns the technical product backlog for the Oracle Fusion PPM and Project Accounting domain and is accountable for the quality, completeness, and traceability of all configuration, functional specifications, data requirements, and integration decisions within this scope. The role ensures that SITA’s project delivery, project accounting, contract linkage, billing, revenue, cost capture and reporting requirements are translated into a standard, controlled, and scalable Oracle Fusion design.

The role is accountable for delivering an end-to-end PPM and Project Accounting model that connects upstream commercial demand and contract commitments to downstream delivery execution, project financials, billing, revenue recognition, reporting, and enterprise analytics.

In addition to programme delivery responsibilities, the role operates as a long-term ERP product owner, ensuring sustained platform evolution, value realization, and alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance, and transformation objectives beyond go-live.
A critical focus of the role is the integration of Oracle Fusion PPM and Project Accounting with adjacent platforms, including Salesforce for opportunity, customer and project initiation flows; Icertis for contract and commercial obligation linkage; and downstream finance, reporting and analytics platforms that depend on accurate project, cost, revenue and billing data.
 

1. PPM & Project Accounting Backlog Ownership

• Own and maintain the Oracle Fusion PPM and Project Accounting product backlog across project definition, project costing, budgeting, funding, contract linkage, billing, revenue recognition, capitalization, reporting, and close processes
• Translate GPO-approved project delivery and project finance process designs into Oracle Fusion configuration requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and testable acceptance criteria
• Ensure requirements are traceable from process design through configuration, integration build, test scripts, data migration, reconciliation controls, and deployment sign-off
• Manage scope and change requests across the PPM / Project Accounting domain, escalating where decisions impact finance controls, revenue, billing, project delivery, Salesforce, Icertis, or downstream reporting
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, control improvement, automation potential, cycle time reduction, data quality impact, and go-live criticality

2. Oracle Fusion PPM Design Authority

• Act as the SITA-side functional authority for Oracle Fusion Project Portfolio Management and Project Accounting configuration
• Validate Solution Partner design proposals against Oracle standard functionality, SITA project accounting rules, finance control requirements, and programme design principles
• Drive design decisions across project templates, project classifications, expenditure types, cost collection, burdening, capitalization, project billing, revenue recognition, grants or funding structures where applicable, and project financial reporting
• Ensure alignment with related Oracle Fusion modules including General Ledger, Subledger Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Fixed Assets, Order Management and Enterprise Contracts where relevant
• Apply “standard-first” and “configuration-over-customization” principles to preserve upgrade-safe and scalable Oracle Fusion design
• Ensure design decisions support auditability, revenue and cost traceability, segregation of duties, and strong project financial control

3. End-to-End Process and Cross-Domain Alignment

• Operate as the primary technical counterpart to the PPM / Project Accounting GPO, supporting design workshops, process validation, solution walkthroughs, and domain governance forums
• Ensure the end-to-end process connects commercial opportunity, contract commitment, project creation, delivery execution, project cost capture, billing, revenue recognition, financial close, and reporting
• Clarify process and data hand-offs between Salesforce, Icertis, Oracle Fusion PPM, Oracle Financials, reporting platforms and any operational delivery systems
• Provide technical input on the implications of design choices for project margin visibility, revenue leakage, billing accuracy, project close efficiency, and financial compliance
• Ensure GPO approval is secured at agreed design gates before delivery progresses to build, test, migration, and cutover activities

4. Delivery Management and Sprint Governance

• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives; own EDL-side delivery commitments within each sprint cycle

• Review and accept TP deliverables (configuration, functional specs, test scripts) on behalf of SITA for the assigned domain

• Maintain and actively manage a domain level dependency log covering cross-domain design decisions and integration touchpoints that could effect delivery sequencing or go-live readiness

• Escalate delivery risks, blockers, and quality issues to the Enterprise Systems Lead in a timely and structured manner

• Track domain-level progress against programme milestones; contribute to programme-level status reporting

• Ensure sprint outputs align with long-term architecture, not just short-term delivery milestones

• Track technical debt and ensure it is visible and managed within backlog prioritization

• Balance short-term sprint delivery with long-term product sustainability, platform integrity, and technical debt management

5. Testing and Quality Assurance

• Define and approve test scenarios and acceptance criteria for unit, integration, UAT, and regression testing within the domain

• Participate in or oversee UAT execution; document and triage defects; manage defect resolution with the TP

• Ensure data migration requirements and data quality acceptance criteria are defined and met for the domain

• Sign off on domain-level readiness for go-live, subject to GPO and Enterprise Systems Lead approval

• Ensure test coverage includes integration flows, edge cases, and real-world transaction volumes

• Validate system pence, data integrity, and reporting accuracy as part of acceptance criteria

• Ensure validation includes data quality, reporting readiness, audit traceability, and AI/automation behavior where applicable

6. Integration Management – Salesforce, Icertis and Downstream Applications

• Own the definition and validation of integration requirements between Oracle Fusion PPM / Project Accounting and upstream, downstream and adjacent platforms
• Define and validate Salesforce integration points for opportunity-to-project initiation, customer and account references, deal attributes, delivery commitments, and project set-up triggers
• Define and validate Icertis integration points for contract metadata, commercial terms, obligations, milestones, billing triggers, revenue conditions, and contract-to-project traceability
• Ensure Oracle Fusion PPM integration design supports downstream finance processes including billing, accounts receivable, subledger accounting, general ledger, fixed assets, project reporting, and enterprise analytics
• Maintain an integration inventory covering inbound and outbound data flows, triggering events, frequency, ownership, reconciliation controls, error handling, and operational support model
• Act as the SITA-side acceptance authority for PPM and Project Accounting integration functional specifications, interface controls, test results, and reconciliation outputs
• Ensure clear data ownership, lineage, and control points across project master data, customer data, contract references, cost data, revenue events, billing data, and reporting dimensions

7. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Represent the domain in cross-workstream forums, integration design sessions, and programme governance meetings as required

• Communicate domain status, risks, and decisions clearly and concisely to programme leadership

• Coordinate with Data Owners (DOs) on data governance requirements and with other EDLs on cross-domain design dependencies

• Act as a translator between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring clarity without loss of detail

• Influence stakeholders toward standardized, scalable, and future-ready solutions

8. Value Realization & Continuous Product Evolution (NEW)

• Define and track KPIs linked to ERP enhancements (efficiency, automation, control, user experience) 
• Ensure every major enhancement has measurable success criteria and post-release validation 
• Leverage system usage analytics and telemetry to identify optimization opportunities
• Drive continuous improvement through simplification, standardization, and automation
• Embed feedback loops from business users into backlog refinement
• Ensure ERP evolution aligns with Oracle roadmap, enterprise architecture, and business priorities

Essential Experience

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Oracle ERP environments, with deep functional experience in Oracle Fusion PPM, Project Accounting, Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, or equivalent project finance domains
• Hands-on experience designing or leading Oracle Fusion PPM / Project Accounting implementations in a product ownership, functional lead, solution lead, or senior business analyst capacity
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle processes, including project creation, budgeting, funding, cost capture, capitalization, billing, revenue recognition, project close and reporting
• Proven experience translating business process requirements into Oracle Fusion configuration specifications, functional designs, integration specifications and testable acceptance criteria
• Experience working with upstream and downstream application integrations, particularly Salesforce, contract lifecycle management platforms such as Icertis, and Oracle Financials
• Experience working in large-scale, multi-entity or multi-country ERP programmes with complex project accounting, revenue and reporting requirements
• Strong experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps, testing, defect resolution, cutover readiness and post-go-live stabilization in complex environments

Desirable Experience

• Experience migrating from Oracle E-Business Suite Projects or Project Accounting to Oracle Fusion PPM
• Exposure to Salesforce opportunity-to-project integration patterns and customer / commercial data flows
• Exposure to Icertis or equivalent contract lifecycle management integration with Oracle Fusion project, billing or revenue processes
• Experience with Oracle OTBI, Fusion Analytics Warehouse, Power BI or enterprise reporting using project financial data
• Experience working alongside a Big Four or Tier 1 SI as a client-side counterpart
• Experience driving post-go-live optimization, automation, control improvement and continuous product evolution for project finance processes

Skills and Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability across process, system and data dimensions; able to assess Oracle standard functionality against bespoke business requirements and advise on trade-offs

• Structured and precise communication; able to produce clear written outputs (specs, meeting notes, status updates) without requiring editorial support

• Commercially aware; understands the implications of configuration and scope decisions on programme cost and timeline

• Constructively challenging; capable of holding the TP to account without damaging working relationships

• High degree of ownership and follow-through; operates with minimal supervision

• Strong system thinking with ability to visualize end-to-end data and process flows across applications

• Ability to balance innovation (AI/automation) with control, compliance, and maintainability