Senior Manager – Enterprise Digital (Projects Billing & AR Lead)

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Job Description: Key Responsibilities • Functional Responsibilities Own the functional solution across the Project-to-Cash / O2C lifecycle: Project Creation Project Costing Revenue Recognition Project Billing Invoice Generation AR Receipt Application Reconciliation • GL Accounting. • Configure and support Oracle Fusion Project Financial Management – including project setup, project organizations, project types, classifications, expenditure types, and project structures. • Manage project costing, expenditure processing, accounting, and integration with General Ledger; support project transactions from Procurement, Payables, Time & Labor, and other upstream systems. • Configure contract projects, billing controls, billing methods (T&M, Fixed Price, Milestone), billing rates, billing plans, and invoice generation for Project Billing. • Design and support customer billing processes specific to the services industry, including billable input workflows for Timesheets, FTEs, and project transactions linked to Client Contracts. • Configure revenue recognition processes and manage project revenue accounting. • Support invoice generation, review, adjustments, credit memos, and billing corrections. • Configure Oracle Fusion AR — customer accounts, transaction types, transaction sources, payment terms, AutoInvoice, manual invoicing, credit/debit memos, and AR adjustments. • Support receipt processing, application, unapplied/on-account receipts, and customer account reconciliation. • Lead requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and preparation of Functional Design Documents (FDD) and Solution Design Documents. • Lead configuration, SIT, UAT, data migration, reconciliation, and cutover activities. • Support quarterly Oracle Cloud updates and conduct impact assessments. • Collaborate with technical teams for custom reports, integrations, extensions, and data conversions. • Technical Skills • Deep functional expertise across the Oracle Fusion O2C stack – Oracle Fusion Projects, Project Billing, and Accounts Receivable (AR) , with strong understanding of Project-to-Cash business processes. • Strong knowledge of customer billing in the services industry — including T&M, Fixed Price, and Milestone billing scenarios, and cross-functional workflows connecting Client Contracts to Project Billing and AR. • Deep understanding of billable input sources: Timesheets, FTEs, project expenditure transactions, and their flow into billing and invoice generation. • Hands-on configuration experience with Oracle Fusion Project Financial Management, Project Billing, and AR modules. Strong knowledge of Oracle Fusion integration flows: Projects GL, Projects Payables, Projects Procurement, Projects Time & Labor, Project Billing AR, and AR- GL. • Experience with AR period close, reconciliation, and subledger-to-GL accounting processes. • Hands-on experience with Financial Reporting, OTBI, BI Publisher, and Oracle Fusion analytics tools. • Familiarity with REST APIs, FBDI, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), and integration troubleshooting. • Sound understanding of Oracle SLA (Sub-Ledger Accounting) and accounting derivation rules. • Familiarity with the Oracle Cloud quarterly update cycle and impact assessment methodology. • Soft Skills • Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex functional concepts to finance and business stakeholders. • Ability to engage effectively with business users, finance teams, and senior leadership stakeholders. • Excellent client-handling skills with the ability to work independently and lead small teams. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root-cause analysis and issue resolution. • Collaborative mindset with the ability to work in a fast-paced, global delivery environment. • Resilient under pressure and committed to continuous learning and knowledge-sharing. • Stakeholder Engagement • Act as the primary functional SME for business, finance, and operations stakeholders across the Project-to-Cash lifecycle. • Conduct workshops, fit-gap sessions, and solution walkthroughs with business and finance users. • Cross-functional collaboration – Finance, Billing Operations, Project Management, and Global Technology teams. • Coordinate with Oracle support and implementation partners for complex functional and integration issues. • Oracle and other OEM product teams. • Consulting firms and managed service providers. • Innovation & Emerging Technology • Innovative mindset with a passion for exploring AI and emerging technologies . Stay ahead of Oracle Cloud Projects and AR product roadmap updates and new capabilities. • Leverage Oracle Fusion Cloud's embedded AI capabilities to automate billing workflows, enhance revenue accuracy, and improve AR collections efficiency. • Drive adoption of intelligent automation and Oracle Integration Cloud to eliminate manual interventions in billing and receivables data flows. • Oracle Innovation Adoption: Proactively evaluate and deploy Oracle Fusion Projects and AR latest capabilities — ensuring EXL remains at the forefront of services billing and O2C best practices. Champion AI-augmented billing and finance processes. • Knowledge of AI-driven finance and billing features in the Oracle Cloud roadmap; ability to assess and recommend adoption of new capabilities. • Required Experience • Overall 10–12 years of functional experience, with at least 5–6 years of hands-on expertise in Oracle Fusion Projects, Project Billing, and AR modules. • Strong understanding of customer billing in the services industry — including T&M, Fixed Price, and Milestone billing, Client Contracts integration, and billable input data flows (Timesheets, FTEs, project transactions). • Minimum 2–3 end-to-end Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations covering Projects, Project Billing, and/or AR. • Strong client-facing and stakeholder management experience in large-scale enterprise env