[Remote] Financial Systems Senior Business Process Lead - Financials (Oracle Fusion)

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BDO USA is a leading professional services firm that provides assurance, tax, and advisory services. They are seeking a Senior Business Process Lead – Financials who will be responsible for identifying and standardizing business processes, prioritizing Oracle ERP-enabled capabilities, and ensuring business readiness for quarterly releases in the Financials workstream.


Responsibilities

  • Serves as the Financial Systems SME and business process lead for the Financials workstream, partnering with the business process owner/SME(s) who retain operational process ownership
  • Partners collaboratively with the business process owner/SME(s) to validate process intent, confirm operational feasibility, and ensure changes are adopted effectively
  • Translates business SME input into clear outcomes, requirements intent, and acceptance criteria; drive timely decisions to avoid delivery delays
  • Maintains knowledge of current-state and target-state financial processes, key policies, reporting needs, and control expectations
  • Develops and maintains business process maps (BPMN)
  • Develops and executes test scenarios/scripts (UAT) and validate fixes
  • Contributes to training materials, jobs aids, SOPs and OGL
  • Defines target-state business capabilities and process outcomes for financial applications (e.g., close efficiency, standardized accounting practices, improved controls and auditability, enhanced reporting quality and timeliness)
  • Maintains the business capability requirements (what/why) and business value ranking to inform the ERP Product & Delivery team that retains accountability for delivery sequencing. Defines measurable success metrics and partner on value realization reporting (cycle time, quality, adoption, compliance outcomes)
  • Leads discovery with Finance/Operations stakeholders to capture business needs, pain points and desired outcomes. Drafts business requirements intent and business acceptance criteria, including controls/audit evidence needs, reporting impacts, and data integrity considerations
  • Partners with IT ERP Product Delivery teams who finalize the Functional Design Document (FDD). Collaborate with IT ERP Product Delivery teams who finalize the Technical Design Document (TDD) and those technical designs trace back to approved business requirement intent) Demand Intake & Backlog Governance (ServiceNow → Azure DevOps (ADO))
  • Serves as the business process SME lead for Financial modules demand items in ServiceNow. Ensure required intake fields are complete (i.e. outcomes, value driver, draft acceptance criteria, UAT owner, reporting impact)
  • Collaborates with IT ERP Product Delivery Team that a ServiceNow item has a linked ADO number and remains traceable through delivery and validation
  • Business impact assessment for quarterly Oracle releases and firm-led changes (process impacts, training/comms needs, reporting impacts, finance compliance considerations)
  • Coordinates validation/UAT approach in partnership with FS PM & IT ERP Product Management and ensure validation evidence is captured in ServiceNow
  • Provides business readiness sign-off for releases impacting financial processes/modules; partner with IT ERP Product Delivery, who owns technical readiness and deployment execution
  • Translates Finance internal/external audit, compliance, and risk needs into business requirements and acceptance criteria for financial processes/modules
  • Partners with Finance Compliance & Internal Audit to ensure business requirements include evidence expectations and auditability
  • Advocates for control automation and standardized reporting by specifying control outcomes and reporting needs; IT determines technical implementation
  • Participates in the ERP vendor discussions for the Oracle Financial modules by coordinating ongoing touchpoints with vendor and community product groups advocating for functionality enhancements in the product that represents functionality to better align with the firm’s business strategy, operating model and representing Accounting/Assurance/Tax Professional Services industry
  • Assists with the development and submission of Oracle enhancement requests and supporting artifacts (use cases, impact statements, prioritization rationale)
  • Other duties as required

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree and five (5) or more years of experience working with Oracle Financials Cloud applications, required
  • High School Diploma or equivalent and nine (9) or more years of experience working with Oracle Financials Cloud applications, required
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, required
  • Proficiency in the use of Oracle Cloud ERP, specifically Financials Cloud applications, required
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills
  • Good technical and data analysis skills
  • Capable of working and communicating effectively with professionals at all levels
  • Able to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects/tasks with attention to detail
  • Able to multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
  • Superior analytical and diagnostic skills, with the ability to apply analysis in determining appropriate next steps
  • Excellent computer skills with the aptitude to learn new software applications
  • Superior customer service skills
  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn
  • Strong interest in accounting, finance and systems
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance
  • Master's degree
  • Experience working within a professional services firm such as accounting, financial services, business advisory, marketing, and/or banking industries
  • Proficient in the use of Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (i.e. OneStream, Hyperion)

Benefits

  • We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement.
  • BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.S. team.
  • BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.
  • The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions.
  • BDO Total Rewards that encompass so much more than traditional “benefits.” Click here to find out more!
  • Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

Company Overview

  • BDO USA renders taxation, audit, assurance, advisory, and business outsourcing services to companies across all sectors of the economy. It was founded in 1910, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.bdo.com/.

    • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • BDO USA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2026, 92 in 2025, 101 in 2024, 119 in 2023, 151 in 2022, 105 in 2021, 199 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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