Oracle Specialist

Summary: The Lead Finance Analyst role in Bristol involves providing technical leadership to a team of finance analysts while optimizing Finance Platforms. The position focuses on fostering a high-performing environment and collaborating with stakeholders to align finance strategies with business goals. The successful candidate will oversee platform performance and lead initiatives for continuous improvement. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract with a focus on Oracle systems and team development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of a high-performing team equipped to drive digital value through Finance platforms.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to shape the strategic direction of Finance platforms, set clear priorities, and ensure alignment with broader business goals.
• Work across functions to deliver both major transformation initiatives and continuous improvements throughout the full development lifecycle – tracking the impact on user experience and key business metrics.
• Take ownership of the platform’s day-to-day performance, defining success metrics and reporting on results.
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in areas such as user support, process design, system documentation, issue resolution, UAT coordination, and ensuring the platform remains audit compliant.
• Develop strong relationships with platform partners like Oracle.

Key Skills:

• Experience in building and mentoring high-performing, collaborative teams where people feel valued and motivated.
• Hands-on expertise with Oracle systems and modules, particularly within Finance, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Workflow areas.
• Skilled in supporting and analysing Oracle Fusion R12 environments, ideally with experience using call logging or ticketing systems for issue tracking.
• Strong technical foundation in Oracle databases and development tools.
• Comfortable with user acceptance testing (UAT) processes and ensuring quality throughout delivery.
• Proven success in delivering innovation and continuous improvement across platforms and products, with measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technology projects from initial design through to build, testing, go-live, and post-implementation review.
• Established effective relationships with third-party SaaS providers.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Greater Bristol Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other