Oracle Fusion Finance - Business Analyst

We need ‘Oracle Fusion Functional BA in Finance module to support our Oracle Fusion related applications and delivery for one of the UK’s large airline customer. The Business Analyst will serve as the functional lead for reviewing, assessing, and optimizing the customer’s existing Finance processes within Oracle Fusion. The role focuses on defining strong, resilient, and scalable business processes, aligning them with Fusion best practices, statutory requirements, and organizational objectives. Your responsibilities: Business Process Review & Best‑Practice Design • Conduct deep‑dive assessments of current Finance processes to identify gaps, inefficiencies, compliance risks, dependency constraints, and failure points. • Lead and facilitate workshops with Finance stakeholders to define AS‑IS and shape TO‑BE processes that modernize operations and embed Oracle Fusion standard capabilities. • Recommend process simplification, standardisation, and automation opportunities aligned with Oracle Fusion Finance best practices. Business Analysis & Functional Leadership • Translate business needs into detailed functional requirements, ensuring clarity for downstream design, configuration, testing, and operational teams. • Conduct fit‑gap analysis to validate where customer requirements align with Fusion functionality and advise on alternatives where customisation is not advisable. • Support the creation of functional documents such as BRDs, FSDs, process flows, use cases, and decision logs. Stakeholder Engagement & Change Enablement • Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, enabling process clarity, decision‑making, and adoption readiness. • Provide guidance to operations teams on process governance, escalation handling, and exception scenarios. • Drive process alignment across Finance and IT, ensuring cross‑functional coherence. Testing, Controls & Quality Assurance • Support UAT by validating end‑to‑end process flows and ensuring that business scenarios, statutory rules, and integrations behave as expected. • Assess impacts of quarterly releases and regulatory changes on business processes and advise on required updates. Essential skills/knowledge/experience: • Strong experience in Oracle Fusion Finance modules with end-to-end process understanding • Hands-on expertise in requirements gathering, process mapping, and fit-gap analysis for Oracle Fusion implementations • Experience working on large transformation programs involving Oracle Fusion Finance, including implementation and enhancements • Strong understanding of financial business processes and ability to translate business needs into functional specifications • Ability to work across multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) • Experience in stakeholder management, including working with business SMEs, finance teams, and technical teams • Exposure to Change Management and release management within Finance transformation programs • Understanding of controls, compliance, and audit requirements in financial systems • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills (BRD, FRD, process flows) • Experience supporting hypercare, BAU transitions, and production support • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage, influence, and align stakeholders.