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Job Summary

Oracle EBS – Senior Functional Analyst

Job Description

Are you looking for a non-traditional accounting or finance career path? First American is looking for a candidate like you! Discover a new career path with your Accounting or Finance degree. Reach for your potential in a career within Information Technology, gain IT experience working as an Oracle EBS Functional Analyst.

Under the Enterprise Application Services group, the Oracle Functional team is responsible for continuously improving internal customers’ processes through technology-aided solutions, delivering enhancements for enterprise applications, and providing functional expertise for supporting Oracle EBS applications and project initiatives at First American.

The Oracle EBS Functional Analyst will be primarily responsible for:

• Supporting the Oracle EBS Payables, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Tax enhancements and Coupa Procure to Pay.
• Responsible for leading the design, configuration and validation of key Oracle EBS Application features applicable to First American.
• Completing assigned project deliverables according to project plan and expected quality. Responsible for analyzing requirements, setting customers’ expectations, collaborating with technical teams, documenting high-level designs, performing configurations, coordinating testing activities.
• Planning, monitoring and completing assigned project or enhancement tasks to meet the customers’ need-by dates. The tasks include requirements gathering, solutions design & User Acceptance Testing coordination.
• Supporting and resolving issues arising in Oracle EBS for AP, FA, Tax & Coupa modules.
• Acting as a liaison between Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team and various Business groups specifically the Payables, Accounting and Tax Department’s.
• Analyzing the relationships of business processes in the context of enterprise systems, data requirements, organizational structure, and strategies to facilitate technology-aided business process improvement and innovation.
• Continuously improving internal processes through implementations of innovative ideas for productivity increases, efficiency gains, and cost savings.

The Oracle EBS Functional Analyst will work closely, as a functional resource, with users who are subject matter experts in Oracle Payables, Fixed Assets, EBTax and Procurement; therefore, understanding of Payables, Fixed Assets, Tax and Procurement process is required.

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge/skills to be successful in this role:

Required skills:

• Oracle EBS Payables, Oracle Assets, Oracle E-Business Tax and Coupa Procure to Pay, including but not limited to these features:
  • Supplier Management and Invoicing Process
  • Tax Configuration in E-Business Tax
  • Tax Integration with AR and AP
  • Payment Process
  • Payables Closing Process
  • Payables, Purchasing, General Ledger Integration

o Coupa Procurement, SIM, Analytics, CLM and Sourcing.

• AME Rules in Payables, Procurement.
• Managing and Troubleshooting EBS Payables, EBTax.
• Understanding of Accounting Concepts with specific focus on P2P process.
• Procure to Payables Business Flow
• Flex field Concepts
• Fixed Assets module knowledge and integration with AP
• Purchasing and AP integration
• MS Word, Excel, MS Visio, and MS PowerPoint
• Good Analytical and Problem Solving skills.

Preferred skills:

• Kofax/Perceptive Content and Capture
• Oracle Cash Management
• SQL Knowledge

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting or Finance or equivalent degree required
• 2-5 years of experience implementing and (or) supporting R12 Oracle Payables Applications, Fixed Assets, Purchasing.
• 1-2 years of experience implementing and (or) supporting Oracle EBTax.
• Prior experience as an Oracle functional during implementation phase including: application configuration and troubleshooting.
• Minimum of two Oracle EBS Payables Implementations required, at least one using version 12.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively define business and technical parameters as well as work with end users.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex cross functional problems, quickly grasp concepts related to industry specific design/development and articulate them in a clear and concise way to foster project team collaboration.
• Excellent meeting facilitation and presentation skills, with best in class customer service orientation and multi-tasking ability.
• Strong passion for Oracle architecture, technologies, and processes related to P2P.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with proven attention to detail.
• Self-directed and proactive approach to tackling problems and providing solutions.
• Must be a team-player, with positive work ethic.

First American invests in its employee’s development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer. For more information about our Company and our dedication to putting People First, check out firstam.com/careers.