Oracle PPM Lead Business Analyst

About the Hiring Group

The Oracle PPM Lead Business Analyst is a hands-on functional and business systems role responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Cloud capabilities that enable end-to-end project financial processes. The role supports project setup, costing, billing, contracts, resource management, reporting, and related operational processes. The role partners with business, finance, operations, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable Oracle PPM solutions.

What You'll Do

• Design, configure, enhance, and support Oracle PPM Cloud capabilities, including hands-on application setup and configuration across project costing, billing, contracts, burdening, revenue, and related project financial processes.
• Translate business requirements into functional designs and technical solutions across Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, Resource Management, Project Performance Reporting, and related project financial processes.
• Perform hands-on application setup analysis, solution validation, and troubleshooting of Oracle PPM functionality across application logic, configuration, master data, and data layers.
• Analyze end-to-end project financial process flows from project setup through costing, billing, accounting impacts, and reporting to identify system gaps, control issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Serve as the primary Oracle PPM functional liaison across business, finance, operations, and technology teams, facilitating requirements discussions and translating functional needs into scalable system solutions.
• Support and troubleshoot integrations across Oracle PPM, EPM, ERP, and external systems, including data mappings, interfaces, and inbound and outbound data flows.
• Perform root cause analysis for application and cross-system issues, assess upstream and downstream impacts, and coordinate resolution with functional and technical teams.
• Lead business analysis and functional solution delivery for Oracle PPM enhancements, including requirements definition, business requirements documentation, functional design, test scenarios, validation, and deployment readiness.
• Support release management and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including environment coordination, test planning and validation, defect triage, deployment support, business readiness, and post-release stabilization.
• Support production stability by managing and resolving incidents and service requests through structured ITSM processes such as ServiceNow, while maintaining clear status and resolution documentation.
• Analyze issue trends, user feedback, and system performance to identify recurring defects and process inefficiencies and recommend preventative or long-term improvements.
• Develop, validate, and maintain reports, analytics, and system outputs that support project financial operations and business reporting requirements.
• Document requirements, functional designs, system enhancements, setup decisions, integration logic, support procedures, and troubleshooting guidance; provide knowledge transfer and cross-training to strengthen internal capability.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle PPM Cloud, including requirements analysis, functional configuration, application setup, system enhancements, troubleshooting, testing, and production support.
• Strong experience supporting end-to-end Oracle project financial processes in professional services or project-centric environments, including Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Contracts, burdening, revenue recognition, project accounting, and reporting.
• Experience leading business analysis activities, including stakeholder interviews, process analysis, requirements documentation, functional design, acceptance criteria, traceability, and solution validation.
• Experience analyzing and troubleshooting integrations and data flows between Oracle PPM and connected systems, including data mappings and inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex Oracle PPM issues across configuration, project financial calculations, master data, data flows, and cross-system dependencies and coordinate issues through resolution.
• Experience working across an integrated Oracle ecosystem, including dependencies among PPM, EPM, Financials, Procurement, and other enterprise systems.
• Experience supporting testing, UAT, release management, deployment validation, and post-production stabilization.
• Hands-on experience with production support and ITSM processes such as ServiceNow, including incident management, service requests, problem analysis, and system stabilization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain functional and technical concepts to business and technology stakeholders.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Oracle Cloud certification in PPM, Financials, or related functional area preferred.
• Experience supporting Oracle Cloud implementations or major transformation initiatives spanning PPM, Financials, Procurement, and EPM.
• Knowledge of project accounting, revenue recognition, billing and reimbursement controls, and related financial accounting considerations.
• Experience supporting global environments, including multi-currency and multi-ledger operations.
• Experience with workflow automation and process optimization initiatives.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture, integration patterns, data dependencies, and application controls.
• Experience with Oracle PPM integrations and data load processes, including OIC-enabled integrations and FBDI data loads.
• Experience with Oracle reporting and analytics capabilities, including OTBI and Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI).
• Experience developing and maintaining Oracle application documentation, including configuration decisions, process flows, integration/data-flow documentation, test scenarios, and troubleshooting guidance.