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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Oracle Fusion Finance Applications Specialist - BPL - **Company:** Barclays Bank PLC - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £81,417.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Software as a Service, Financial Software, Oracle (Applications), Regression Testing, Software Systems, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Hyperion, Enterprise Software Applications, Oracle Ebusiness - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5891554414 ## About the Role To be successful as an Oracle Fusion Applications Specialist, you must have the following essential skills: * Deep hands-on experience in Oracle Fusion Financials, including GL, SLA, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, Cash Management and AHCS and EPM. * Extensive understanding of Finance processes, including period-end close, reporting, reconciliations, controls and audit requirements. * Proven experience supporting a live Oracle Fusion environment, including BAU services, quarterly updates and regression testing. * Practical experience delivering Oracle enhancements across requirements, configuration, testing and release. * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to challenge suppliers and drive decisions. * Clear communicator with strong stakeholder, prioritisation, documentation and vendor-management skills. Some other highly valued skills may include; * Finance, accounting qualification and financial period end closure expertise * OIC Integration and Oracle EPM especially ARCS reconciliations * Reporting: Skill in developing reports utilising OTBI,FRS,BIP,FDI. * Oracle EBS R12 exposure beneficial You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills ## Description To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives., * Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence. * Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps. * Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives. * Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization. * Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development. * Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process. Vice President Expectations * To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. * If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. * If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.. * OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. * Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. * Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. * Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. * Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. * Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. * Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. * Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. * Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave. We require an exceptional Oracle Fusion Finance Applications Specialist to support the ongoing operation and evolution of our Finance technology stack. You will provide functional expertise across Oracle Fusion ERP and EPM, coordinate service delivery through managed service providers, maintain strong relationships with business users, and manage agreed enhancements. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us as we create a standalone Payments Acquiring business with our Brookfield partners. This is an exciting time to join a unique project well suited to candidates who thrive in a fast paced, flat organisation with significant autonomy. Enterprise Technology will be replacing a complex, largely on-premise technology stack with a clean new SaaS landscape for Finance, Risk, HR and Functions. You will report and be the key deputy to our Finance Technology Lead and operate within the governance, priorities and strategic direction set by the Service Owner. You will act as a key operational contact between Finance, Technology, managed service providers, implementation partners and Oracle. You will help ensure business needs are understood, service issues and enhancements are coordinated effectively, and the Oracle Fusion platform continues to support Finance objectives., * Keep Oracle Fusion ERP and EPM stable, effective and aligned with Finance priorities. * Coordinate BAU delivery across Finance, Technology, Oracle and service partners. * Own incidents, service requests and defects through to timely resolution. * Deliver enhancements from requirements and impact assessment through testing and release. * Maintain strong governance across configuration, security, access, controls, documentation and audit evidence. * Support critical Finance processes, Oracle updates and integrations while improving service performance and delivering the product roadmap. ## Related Videos - [Rethinking Intelligence: AI, Accessibility, and the Future of Inclusive Work - Artur Ortega](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1377-rethinking-intelligence-ai-accessibility-and-the-future-of-inclusive-work-artur-ortega) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Recruitment Reinvented: Bold strategies and the $10K signing incentive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1068-recruitment-reinvented-bold-strategies-and-the-10k-signing-incentive) - [Building Systems that Last](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1389-building-systems-that-last) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Fintech Rebellion: How Developers Are Disrupting the Future of Commerce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/596-fintech-rebellion-how-developers-are-disrupting-the-future-of-commerce) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)