IT Applications Director

4 weeks ago

Jacksonville, United States Acosta Full time

Job Summary

The IT Applications Director - Financials is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of financial applications within the organization, with a specific focus on the Oracle Fusion FIN and EPM platform. The position will have overall responsibility for the strategy, administration, development, and support for all of Acosta Group’s Financial platform ecosystem. This senior leader will collaborate with business partners and technology owners to ensure solutions are robust, performant, and scalable, while meeting business and company objectives.


The position will establish and drive delivery for all Financial system capabilities in alignment with a multi-year Product Roadmap. You will work across functions – Applications, Architecture, Data, Stakeholders – to develop strategic vision and adherence to overall IT strategy and vision. You will manage multiple delivery teams and ensure compliance with standards and policies. You will stay ahead of changing technologies and demonstrate experience with clean interfaces and successful user journeys. This is a high impact high visibility position and requires a leader who is a leader and is naturally collaborative, operates with a sense of ownership and accountability, is skilled at managing competing priorities, and can build and nurture an extraordinary team.


Primary Responsibilities

  • Manage overall Oracle Fusion Financial ecosystem (includes EPM and Financials); lead the SDLC process for the Platform.
  • Serve as Solutions Architect in this space; Understand business drivers and business capabilities (current and future state) and determine corresponding solution architecture design and change requirements to drive targeted business outcomes. Provide subject matter expertise and leading edge-thinking on trends, methodologies, tools, and techniques
  • Oversees the implementation plans execution through to successful completion, with hands on involvement as needed. Works collaboratively with Project/Program Managers in all aspects of the initiatives
  • Measure, analyze and communicate project and support metrics to ensure successful delivery and operations of the financial ecosystem.
  • Analyze relevant information and prepare recommendations to guide teams in building high-quality solutions.
  • Maintain Oracle POD strategy for the financial ecosystem and work with cross functional teams for downstream/upstream connectivity
  • Build and Maintain partnership with vendors who Acosta group integrates with.
  • Triangulate Development, Data, and Process to deliver leading edge, high quality and timely solutions for users
  • Hold teams accountable for quality of code, and achieving committed work within a sprint, release, or roadmap
  • Build, Nurture, Grow, Coach and mentor team members; Develop continuous learning environment and continuous elevating performance amongst Team members
  • Proactively identify risks – anticipate issues and guide teams through complex situations.
  • Work across functions – Application, Architecture, Data, and Functional Partners - to design build, and implement solutions that leverage Oracle best practices.
  • Create better ways of solving technical problems and not be afraid of challenging the status quo
  • Ensures support for daily operations.
  • Ensures that SLA is maintained for the ERP Applications; work with partners and business to communicate, monitor, and report.
  • Ensures continuous leverage of the technology assets; business process redesign and standardization, helps to build capacities throughout the organization.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills needed to facilitate brainstorming sessions, build consensus, and shepherd solutions through governance forums.

· Perform other duties as required and/or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Education and Experience

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of experience with implementing, managing, and enhancing Oracle Fusion FIN and/or EPM platforms.
  • 5+years at director level or above with a proven track record of building and leading successful technology teams.
  • 5+ years of experience leading large-scale end-to-end platform implementations and systems consolidations in a fast-paced software business using appropriate SDLC methodologies.
  • Thorough knowledge and understanding of SDLC and agile best practices and techniques.
  • Able to create complex operational processes and procedures.
  • 5+ years of experience with hands-on experience in Oracle Fusion cloud platforms (EPM, Financials) with hands-on experience and advanced technical knowledge of core Oracle Fusion Financial configurations and standard practices.
  • Significant automation experience for minimizing manual processes.
  • Solid understanding of cloud technologies and tools
  • Expert communications with ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and key technical partners for development tollgates and governance forums
  • Able to document and tell a ‘story’ for a technical recommendation from framework to feature level.
  • 3+ years of experience in managing processes for environment management and integrity, security, pipeline management, code integrity, compliance, release management.
  • Solid execution of practices for Jira/Azure DevOps Taxonomies, Story Writing, Story Pointing, Velocity measurement



One or more of the following certifications are preferred:

  • Oracle Fusion Financial Cloud (Accounting, General Ledger, Payables, Receivables and Collections, Project Financials)
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM (Planning, Financial Consolidation &Close, EDM)

Minimum Qualifications-Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Self-starter with proven leadership experience in the planning and delivery of enterprise-level technology to support key business initiatives.
  • Ability to effectively engage with external and internal stakeholders in the identification and analysis of business process issues and business requirements. Related to the implementation of a significant business-related initiative.
  • Demonstrated effective communication, attention to detail and the ability to adapt to changing work environments.
  • Proven ability to make tough decisions, solve problems, and show initiative while working under pressure.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Job may require moderate physical effort including lifting materials and equipment weighing less than 50 pounds. This position involves viewing a computer monitor for more than 30% of the time. Personal protective equipment may need to be worn. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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