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About the Role

The Senior Lead, Oracle Fusion FMS Solutions is the organization's expert advisor on Save the Children's Oracle Fusion Financial Management System, ensuring smart, well-informed solution choices across a complex, global finance transformation. This high-visibility role combines deep Fusion FMS product expertise with hands-on finance experience to advise on solution design, support the future roadmap of enhancements, and ensure the solution meets the needs of its users.

Responsibilities

Validate configuration, integration, and business process designs with the implementing partner, progressively taking on expertise for in-house capability.
Support the Project Lead and Product Owner in developing the future roadmap of Fusion FMS enhancements, including interfaces to other key systems.
Advise on solution design, configuration, and integration of Oracle Fusion FMS with adjacent systems.
Review and advise on architecture, configuration, and integrations to drive efficiency and productivity.
Support the establishment and longer-term roadmap for shared support services and a Centre of Excellence.
Define project success metrics and ensure consistent realization of benefits.
Plan for accelerated adoption and successful, sustainable change across the movement.
Provide strategic guidance on architecture, governance, support, and administration.
Advise on a fit-for-purpose solution, working alongside the implementing partner and internal IT teams.
Support Members in adopting the global solution, guiding them through local feasibility assessments, solution design, and implementation.

Requirements

Expert, hands-on knowledge of the Oracle Fusion FMS product, including configuration and emerging Fusion capabilities, gained from implementing Oracle within a finance function.
A finance background combined with significant experience implementing Oracle Fusion as part of finance or ERP transformation within complex, global organizations.
Strong experience advising on solution design, integrations, and enhancement roadmaps, including interfaces between a core finance platform and other key enterprise systems.
Proven ability to define and drive realization of benefits and success metrics, ensuring scalability, performance, and reduced complexity.
Experience working alongside third-party software vendors and implementing partners, validating designs, assuring quality, and taking on knowledge transfer.
Experience within global, matrix organizations, with a proven ability to work effectively with people from different cultures.
Highly developed interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
Ability to support senior stakeholders through change across a global organization.
Excellent communication skills (written and oral English).
Ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization.
Commitment to Save the Children values.
Experience leading or supporting transformation across multiple business units or countries.
Experience enabling local teams through feasibility, design, and implementation.
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development).
Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic.

Skills

Oracle Fusion FMS product expertise
Finance background
Solution design
Integration expertise
Roadmap development
Scalability and performance optimization
Complexity reduction
Third-party vendor management
Knowledge transfer
Interpersonal skills
Influencing
Negotiation
Coaching
Stakeholder management
Communication skills
English proficiency

Location

Any approved Save the Children International office location

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote
Flexible working options

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Demonstrable Oracle Fusion expertise, evidenced by relevant Oracle Cloud certification(s) and/or substantial hands-on Fusion FMS implementation experience, ideally alongside a finance qualification or equivalent finance experience
Preferable: Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials certification(s)
Preferable: Enterprise/solution architecture qualification (e.g. TOGAF)

About the Company

Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff.
We save children's lives, fight for their rights, and help them fulfil their potential.
Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

Equal Opportunity

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy.
Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion.
We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.