• Fiduciary responsibility for Oracle as a Corporation and for Oracle’s legal entities, as a member of the legal entity Board of Directors or Line of Business Controller, to ensure that Oracle complies with all financial and tax regulations in country; to safeguard the legal entity or Line of Business (LOB) operations from financial and operational risks, resulting from non-compliance with local country laws and regulations and to ensure that the legal entity or Line of Business adheres to Oracle’s Global Finance Policies.
• Act as an independent advisor to the business, managing and coordinating the relationship with external professional advisors (including auditors, tax advisors, legal counsel), on issues which present a financial, operational or compliance risk for the legal entity or Line of Business.
• Ensure that local legislation and Oracle’s Global Finance Policies are applied and followed in all areas of finance, including globalized and localized process areas\: Order to Cash, Source to Settle, Logistics, Treasury & Cash Management.
• Lead a team of Financial Controllers and professional Senior Accountants responsible for US GAAP, and prepare schedules and provide support relative to the Company’s SEC 10-Q, 10-K filings and information for the earnings release.
• Manage monthly and quarterly close cycles, ensuring that US GAAP financial reporting is performed timely, in accordance with corporate close guidelines, reviewing the income statement and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the financial statements.
• Assist the taskforce redesigning the close to incorporate an Americas financial statement review process while working towards a one day close.
• Lead the preparation and audit of the US GAAP financial statements and ensure that all supplementary reports are maintained in accordance with SEC requirements.
• Act as the Interim Financial Controller (IFC) for any companies that are acquired that impact the LOB that this position oversees. As the IFC, the Director will ensure the ledgers of the acquired company are properly moved to Oracle’s ledgers as part of the Legal Entity Consolidation process.  
• Oversee the relationship with external auditors, coordinating all parties to ensure that the audits are planned, resourced effectively, executed efficiently and timely.
• Review and approve material expenditures and disbursements including Payroll, Sales Tax, Income Tax and Intercompany settlements, in line with the Global Source to Settle Policy.
• Responsible for resource assessments, including recruitment, performance management, and development of talent within the GCO to achieve organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with Global Finance Organizations including, Global Business Finance, Global Payroll, Order to Cash, and Source to Settle for problem resolution and business process improvements.
• Support Internal Audit and SOX PMO on the assessment of internal controls, implementing recommendations, reinforcing controls for deficiency and maintaining updated documentation on local processes.
• Collaboration with Tax organization on tax authority information requests and audits.
• Ensures that best practice system processes and controls are implemented for the Corporation and legal entities to comply with all internal and external financial reporting obligations.
• Identify, influence and drive Global & Regional strategic initiatives that optimize and enhance the operations of the Chief Accounting Officer organization.

• Professional Accounting Qualification, CPA or equivalent is highly preferred.
• MBA is a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience including progressive experience with multinational companies. Technology sector or “Big 4” public accounting experience preferred. (5-7 of which must be at management level).
• Good understanding across the breadth of finance responsibilities including, accounting, revenue recognition, business combinations, treasury, tax, business practices, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with US GAAP accounting, finance and tax regulations.
• Excellent leadership, strategic planning and team building skills.
• Dynamic, innovative & problem resolution focused.
• Ability to immerse oneself to understand problems and propose solutions.
• Influencing and persuasion skills at senior levels.
• Ability to effectively manage a multi-location organization and adapt to different cultures.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to interact with various levels of management.
• Project Management capabilities - the ability to plan, initiate, monitor and implement projects within a team.
• Ability to identify and execute operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives to improve resource optimization.
• Manage conflicts and /or stressing situations politically, avoiding fraction and escalation.
• Knowledge and experience of ERP systems, including Oracle and Hyperion is an advantage.

!|!Coordinates, administers, and controls financial operations.

Coordinates, administers, and controls financial operations. Provides tax, insurance and other reports needed by governmental regulations. Reviews, analyzes, and interprets financial and budgetary reports. Directs all aspects of accounting operations and the preparation of annual financial forecasts. Oversees the development of financial accounting systems needed to maintain reporting specifications. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. Ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills. Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of accounting. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.

Oracle is an Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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