Apply for Oracle ERP (EBS & Cloud) - General Ledger Product Owner at Sumitomo Group in London, ENG, GB. This full-time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Oracle ERP (EBS & Cloud) – General Ledger Product Owner to drive the vision, strategy and continuous improvement of our Oracle ERP platform (EBS & Cloud), within the Information Technology, Security Department (ITSD), Cross Product Platforms group. This role provides a unique opportunity to act as a vital link between Finance business teams (Finance Control, Product control, Finance & Management Reporting) and technology teams to optimize our GL processes, and ensure seamless system harmonization.
Key Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Roadmap: Own and evolve the product vision and multi-year roadmap for the Oracle General Ledger module. Translate complex finance strategies into high-quality Epics, user Stories and measurable acceptance criteria.
- Champion a “standard-first” approach to Oracle capabilities, advocating for out-of-the-box functionalities over heavy customizations.
- Backlog Management & Agile Delivery: Groom and prioritise the product backlog based on business value, technical debt and regulatory compliance.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Functional Expertise:
- Collaborating and acting as the primary point of contact for EMEA senior Finance stakeholders, ensuring their reporting, reconciliation and compliance needs are prioritized, documented using JIRA and Confluence.
- Provide expert guidance on standard accounting processes within Oracle – including journal entries, allocations, currency translations and period-end close procedures.
- Collaborate with internal teams and third-party vendors / consultants on data migration, user acceptance and post go-live optimization.
- Compliance & Governance:
- Ensure system configurations and financial data comply with regulatory standards (e.g. GAAP, statutory reporting, SOX).
- Review and challenge functional designs to ensure robust financial controls.
Experience & Skills Required
- Domain Knowledge: Extensive hands on experience with in-depth understanding of Oracle Fusion Cloud & Oracle EBS (R12) GL modules, intercompany reconciliations, Chart of Accounts and financial reporting, within financial services/investment banking sector.
- Strong understanding & hands on experience of how various Oracle ERP (Accounts Payable/ Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets) / EPM (FCCS, Tax, ARCS, EDMCS, FP&A) modules interact and link, that supports finance business processes in an investment bank’s flows and controls.
- In depth knowledge of Accounting Principles and good understanding of accounting knowledge for financial products (Securities, Lending, Repo, FX, Equities).
- Communication: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex financial requirements into clear, technical specifications.
- Oracle Financial Module(s) day to day support, training to business users, rollouts, enhancements for EMEA with primary focus on General Ledger Module and inbound/outbound interfaces. Includes production support, hands on design and configuration duties.
- Sound understanding of data integrity processes, business and technical controls, data flows across upstream and downstream systems.
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical and strategic thinking, decision‑making skills, with a focus on structured problem‑solving and control improvement.
- Technical skills: Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries to analyse data across databases is required.
Desirable
- Experience of ERP transformation initiatives that includes transitioning from Oracle EBS to Oracle Cloud.
Education and qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is a plus.
Competencies
- Customer Focus
- Driving Change
- Driving Results
- Embraces Diversity
- Enterprise Leadership
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Risk Management
- Strategic and Visionary
- Trust and Integrity
What we offer
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive paid leave days
- Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
- Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
- Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
- Ambitious remuneration package
We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.
