Oracle ERP (EBS & Cloud) - General Ledger Product Owner

SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term

Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we'll always strive to be better, we're proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.

Who we are

At SMBC Group EMEA, we are united by a shared purpose: to be a trusted long - term partner to our clients. As part of our expanding EMEA platform, we provide a full suite of corporate finance, investment banking, advisory, and global markets services. With award - winning products and a universal banking model, we offer opportunities to work on impactful, diverse, and strategic initiatives that support our clients and the bank ' s long - term transformation.

The successful candidate will join SMBC in London, which serves as a Centre of Excellence for SMBC across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, delivering high - quality technology, operational, and control services.

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

Experience of ERP transformation initiatives that includes transitioning from Oracle EBS to Oracle Cloud will be advantageous

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

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it's only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

• 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 a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
• Ambitious remuneration package

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team,

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 value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We'll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.

About SMBC

A trusted partner for the long term

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, we deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. We can also provide investment banking and advisory services and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.

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