Oracle Fusion Service Lead - Finance

Oracle Fusion Service Lead - Finance

Group Technology

Permanent | Full Time

Office location: Orange Tower, Manchester | Hybrid

Hiring Range: £65,000 - £75,000

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it's not surprising that you'll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we're at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact's felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don't just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team

Technology underpins everything we do. It's why we're able to create great content and deliver it to our viewers. It drives new commercial opportunities. And it makes communication and collaboration easier than ever.

In a fast-changing world, we not only make sure our systems work effectively but our Technology teams are spearheading the transformation to a digital-first business. There's never been a more exciting time to join our team.

The role

We are currently looking for a Service Lead for Finance to join ITV's Group Technology team.

The Service Lead for Finance will manage a small ITV team, supported by 3rd party resources, to ensure that the Oracle Fusion ERP, Oracle EPM and other associated finance services adhere to the ITV business requirements and integrate into the wider ITV landscape.

A key area for this role will be business engagement and stakeholder management as well as a close relationship with other service leads to ensure we have a consistent and coherent service across Oracle Fusion, other financial services and associated processes.

You will be expected to develop a good understanding of the ITV finance processes, how the technology ecosystem supports these and to apply this knowledge to provide solutions based on best practices, adoption of new solution functionality and innovation.

This role will champion continuous improvement and ensure compliance to ITIL and ITGC controls

The role will entail but not be limited to:

• Lead the day to day service delivery of the Oracle Fusion ERP and EPM applications alongside on premise & other Cloud finance application services.
• Develop and manage a team that is fully versed in the SaaS and legacy systems deployed at ITV, which operates under a process-driven support and development operating model, focuses on prioritised task driven day to day operations, works seamlessly with all internal Group Technology, business user and 3rd party bodies, and creates collaborative relationships across ITV to drive shared success.
• Provide strong people leadership to the team, modelling ITV values and behaviours. Ensure the team has opportunities to grow, by developing career progression plans for each team member.
• Work in partnership with both the business Global Process Owners (GPOs), and the technology team, to ensure "user experience" is at the heart of the service delivery by providing timely, consistent and quality levels of service.
• Provide technical architecture and design leadership to the team, ensuring alignment with overall Group Tech and ITV design principles, design governance and security guidelines.
• Adopt a risk mindset and champion adherence to IT General Controls. Support initiatives to strengthen role-based access controls (RBAC) in Oracle Fusion and other associated systems, ensuring proper segregation of duties (SoD) and least privilege access.
• Triage and prioritise incoming support tickets ensuring they are assigned to the correct resolver group. Provide deep understanding of how the Oracle Fusion finance application configuration and integrations supports ITV'S FInance processes in support of complex incident resolution.
• Provide leadership during major incidents making critical decisions where necessary to restore service asap; this may require working out of hours.
• Develop and maintain operational processes/documentation required to manage the service, monitor performance and risk, reacting quickly to rectify issues acting as the point of escalation when required.
• Manage supplier relationships working closely with the ITV procurement and SIAM teams, monitoring performance against defined Key Performance Indicators and SLA's, actioning contract renewals, updating operational budget forecasts. Facilitate regular service reviews with key stakeholders including users, vendors and senior management to manage the service and resolve any issues.
• Develop release sprint schedules and application roadmaps, working closely with business colleagues to provide impact assessment, identifying any technical dependencies to support the development of test plans, along with reviewing testing evidence to ensure critical processes have been sufficiently tested based.
• Deliver continuous improvement working with GPOs to drive further value from ITV's investment and improve quality of service delivery; manage demand by prioritising product backlogs with business stakeholders
• Ensure IT standards & ITGC are observed and any exceptions or risks are recorded and monitored as part of ongoing and audit cycle requirements. Conduct regular application, process and documentation audits to ensure compliance.

Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)

• Solid understanding of Oracle Fusion finance application architecture and data models
• Hands on experience of implementing or maintaining Oracle ERP / EPM applications
• Core Finance business processes understanding
• Good knowledge of Oracle Support processes, release cycles and customer networks
• Knowledge and experience supporting hybrid application landscapes with complex system integrations
• Deep understanding of core ITSM processes, IT General Controls principles and documentation
• Production Finance business processes understanding
• Demonstrable experience in delivering continuous improvement and change to services
• Ability to manage a team focussed on process, security and risk, CSI, innovation and user focussed delivery of first class support
• Prior Finops experience, managing subscriptions & associated budgets, supplier contracts
• Proactive in researching, discussing and implementing creative solutions to complex problems

Qualifications (Desirable)

• ITIL certification
• Oracle Fusion Projects Certification

Other things we're looking for (key criteria)

• Proven experience of implementing or supporting production finance applications such as Etribex with a good understanding of SaaS support processes and release cycles.
• Experience as a resource in the implementation lifecycle of at least 1 Oracle Cloud Financials

• Functional understanding of integration technologies (e.g. Snaplogic, file based loader OIC)
• Experience managing complex system integrations
• Strong functional knowledge around HR, Production Finance or Corporate systems and processes

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we'll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

Find out more about applying with a disability.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including

• Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

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