Sr. Staff Solutions Architect - Finance (R6254)

Shield AI is seeking a senior Solutions Architect – Finance to serve as the functional and technical authority for Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials. The role involves designing, configuring, and continuously improving Oracle Fusion Financials capabilities, while maintaining command of how the finance close, reporting, and planning cycles connect across Oracle EPM and Anaplan.

Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Business Partnership

• Designs and delivers technical solutions, creates detailed solution designs, specific integration points, and selects appropriate tools and frameworks.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for business partners across Controllership, Accounting, FP&A, and Treasury on process design and system capability questions.
• Translates business requirements into scalable solution designs that balance standard Oracle Fusion Financials functionality against configuration, extension, or integration needs.

Hands-On Configuration & Delivery

• Directly configures Oracle Fusion Financials , General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, and Fixed Assets , for medium-sized projects, enhancements, period-close changes, and break/fix work.
• Builds, tests, and deploys configuration changes, including chart of accounts, allocations, subledger accounting rules, approval workflows, tax setup, and data structures related to core financial processes.

Planning & EPM Ownership

• Owns the functional roadmap, configuration governance, and business alignment for enterprise planning and performance management platforms, including Oracle EPM and Anaplan.
• Ensures Oracle Fusion Financials, EPM, and Anaplan remain architecturally aligned, avoiding duplicate data ownership, conflicting chart-of-accounts structures, or reconciliation gaps across systems.

Integrations

• Designs and helps implement integrations between Oracle Fusion Financials and adjacent systems (Oracle EPM, Anaplan, banking/payment platforms, expense and procurement systems, and others as needed).
• Defines integration requirements, data mappings, and error-handling/reconciliation approaches in partnership with technical/integration teams.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintains configuration standards, documentation, and change control discipline for the AP, AR, GL, and planning functional areas, in alignment with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Identifies opportunities for process simplification, automation, and improved data quality across the close, AP/AR, and planning cycles.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise ERP/EPM systems, with significant depth in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable functions.
• Hands-on experience configuring Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials; comfortable working directly in the application, not solely at a requirements level.
• Experience across multiple full-lifecycle ERP implementations (Oracle Fusion required; prior experience with Oracle EBS, SAP, or other major ERP/EPM platforms is a plus).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior consulting background (Big 4, Oracle partner, or boutique Oracle Fusion implementation firm) strongly preferred.
• Direct experience owning or integrating with Oracle EPM (Planning, Consolidation, Account Reconciliation) and Anaplan platforms.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other regulated/complex manufacturing environments.

AI & Agentic Automation Capabilities:

• Identifies high-value candidates for Agentic AI automation within Finance , e.g., invoice matching and exception handling, AR collections/dunning, journal entry and accrual generation, account reconciliation, variance analysis, and close-task orchestration.
• Designs and configures AI agent workflows using Oracle’s embedded AI/ML and agentic capabilities (e.g., Oracle Fusion AI agents, OCI Generative AI, Redwood/AI-driven financial insights) and Anaplan’s AI/PlanIQ capabilities as they become available.