The Role
Lead strategy, delivery, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise finance applications (primarily Oracle). Build roadmaps, drive Oracle Finance delivery, manage stakeholders and vendors, ensure controls/SOX readiness, promote automation and AI use cases, and coach teams to deliver scalable, auditable finance processes.
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Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Finance Applications will lead the strategy, delivery, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise finance applications with a primary emphasis on Oracle Finance capabilities. This role partners closely with Finance leadership and process owners to translate business priorities into scalable application roadmaps, reliable delivery plans, automation opportunities, and measurable business outcomes. The leader will provide hands-on functional and technical direction across core Finance domains while serving as a trusted advisor to executives, senior leaders, directors, and individual contributors.
Key ResponsibilitiesFinance Applications Strategy & Roadmap
- Develop and maintain a multi-year Finance applications roadmap aligned to Finance priorities, enterprise architecture, business controls, and transformation objectives.
- Partner with Finance leaders to prioritize enhancements, regulatory or control needs, technical debt reduction, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Translate business goals into clear application outcomes, delivery plans, resource needs, and measurable success criteria.
- Lead delivery and support for Oracle Financials and related finance applications across GL, AP, AR, FA, Cash, Intercompany, Revenue Recognition, Channel Revenue Management / BER, EPM, Cost Accounting, Tax, and Treasury.
- Oversee requirements, solution design, configuration guidance, integrations, testing, cutover, hypercare, release management, and production support.
- Ensure finance processes are designed for scalability, global consistency, automation, auditability, and operational resilience.
- Build trusted relationships with Finance executives, VPs, Senior Directors, Directors, managers, business process owners, and individual contributors.
- Facilitate decision-making across Finance, IT, external partners, internal controls, audit, compliance, procurement, supply chain, sales operations, and data teams.
- Communicate complex application issues in business terms, including risks, tradeoffs, options, timelines, and enterprise impacts.
- Establish support models, service levels, escalation paths, incident management practices, and root-cause analysis for critical Finance applications.
- Drive standardization of financial processes, master data governance, security, segregation of duties, SOX-relevant controls, and audit evidence readiness.
- Use metrics and executive reporting to monitor production health, backlog, delivery throughput, adoption, and user satisfaction.
- Define a practical AI vision for Finance Applications, including automation, anomaly detection, reconciliation assistance, intelligent close, knowledge management, predictive issue prevention, and user self-service.
- Partner with Finance and Data teams to identify high-value AI use cases that improve speed, accuracy, controls, productivity, and decision support.
- Promote responsible AI practices, data quality, security, transparency, and change management as AI capabilities are introduced.
- Lead internal team members, contractors, system integrators, and vendor partners to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Coach and develop team members in Oracle Finance applications, stakeholder engagement, business analysis, delivery discipline, and executive communication.
- Manage budgets, statements of work, vendor performance, project status, risks, issues, and executive-level governance materials as needed.
- 7-10 years of hands-on experience implementing, supporting, or leading Oracle Finance applications, preferably Oracle Cloud ERP / Fusion Financials and related EPM or revenue platforms.
- Deep functional understanding of core Finance processes, including Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, close and consolidation, intercompany, cash, tax, costing, and revenue accounting.
- Proven experience partnering directly with Finance leaders at VP, Senior Director, Director, manager, and individual contributor levels.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional delivery across IT, Finance, business operations, audit, controls, data, integration, and external implementation partners.
- Strong communication skills, including executive-ready written updates, crisp verbal communication, meeting facilitation, issue framing, and decision support.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and program management capabilities in a complex enterprise environment.
- Ability to operate strategically while also engaging in functional detail when required to unblock delivery or support critical operations.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion Financials, EPM Cloud, RevPro, Channel Revenue Management, Vertex, HighRadius, banking integrations, or adjacent Finance platforms.
- Experience leading ERP transformation, stabilization, post-go-live optimization, or finance modernization programs.
- Knowledge of SOX controls, system security, segregation of duties, application governance, and audit support.
- Experience with data governance, reporting, analytics, AI/ML use cases, automation tools, workflow orchestration, or enterprise integration platforms.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams, contractors, managed services, or systems integrator relationships.
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) creates effortless networking experiences that enable all of us to advance. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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Skills Required
- 7-10 years hands-on experience implementing, supporting, or leading Oracle Finance applications (preferably Oracle Cloud ERP / Fusion Financials and related EPM or revenue platforms).
- Deep functional understanding of core Finance processes including Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, close and consolidation, intercompany, cash, tax, costing, and revenue accounting.
- Proven experience partnering directly with Finance leaders at VP, Senior Director, Director, manager, and individual contributor levels.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional delivery across IT, Finance, business operations, audit, controls, data, integration, and external implementation partners.
- Strong communication skills including executive-ready written updates, verbal communication, meeting facilitation, issue framing, and decision support.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and program management capabilities in a complex enterprise environment.
- Ability to operate strategically while engaging in functional detail to unblock delivery or support critical operations.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion Financials, EPM Cloud, RevPro, Channel Revenue Management, Vertex, HighRadius, or adjacent finance platforms.
- Experience leading ERP transformation, stabilization, post-go-live optimization, or finance modernization programs.
- Knowledge of SOX controls, system security, segregation of duties, application governance, and audit support.
- Experience with data governance, reporting, analytics, AI/ML use cases, automation tools, workflow orchestration, or enterprise integration platforms.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams, contractors, managed services, or systems integrator relationships.
Extreme Networks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work options and time‑off policies are emphasized through a 'Flex First' model with remote/hybrid choices and flexible or unlimited PTO. Wellness programs, volunteer time, and family leave round out a broad, adaptable package.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, mental health, and HSA eligibility. U.S. high‑deductible plans include a company HSA contribution, strengthening the financial value of coverage.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is accessible via RSUs and an ESPP that enables discounted stock purchases. Variable pay and equity components can materially lift total compensation when business performance is strong.
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Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) is a leader in cloud networking focused on delivering services that connect devices, applications, and people in new ways. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
