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

Key Responsibilities

 

1. 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.

   

1. 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.

   

1. 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.

   

1. 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.

   

1. 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.

   

1. 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 environments.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chartered Accountancy, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.

   

1. Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Fusion Certification in Projects, Project Billing, or Accounts Receivable modules.
• Exposure to Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud migration projects.
• Knowledge of Oracle Revenue Management Cloud (RMCS) is an advantage.
• B.Com/MCA/BE/BTech, M.Com, MA, or equivalent preferred.
• Program management certification (e.g., PMP) is an advantage.
• Experience with OIC, OTBI, BI Publisher, REST APIs/FBDI, and Oracle reporting tools.