[Hiring] Finance Functional Lead @Natera

Role Description

Natera is seeking a hands-on Finance Functional Lead, Oracle Fusion Cloud within IS&T to serve as the single functional owner and key point of contact for Finance leadership across an aggressive Oracle Fusion Finance transformation. This role owns Oracle Fusion Financials end-to-end, from roadmap and backlog to hands-on configuration, delivery, and adoption and is the primary IS&T partner for the Controller, Senior Finance Leadership, and Accounting organization.

This role owns product outcomes, finance domain delivery, automation impact, and audit readiness. The candidate will govern an offshore MSP for KTLO support while personally owning all net-new initiatives and capabilities within the Finance domain.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Ownership: Own the product vision, roadmap, sprint planning, and backlog for Oracle Fusion Financials, including GL, AP, AR, FA, Cash Management, Project Accounting, Lease Accounting, Consolidations & Eliminations, Intercompany, Expenses, Billing, Revenue, Tax, Treasury, Cost Accounting, and FP&A enablement.
• Single Owner - Finance Domain Delivery: Serve as the sole accountable owner for all Oracle Fusion Finance net-new initiatives from design through go-live. Own delivery roadmap, prioritization, and outcomes end to end with no hand-offs.
• Key Business POC - Finance Leadership Partnership: Act as the primary point of contact for the Controller, Senior Finance Leadership, and accounting teams. Translate business requirements into system design, present solution decisions clearly, and build trusted relationships.
• Offshore MSP Governance - KTLO Oversight: Direct and govern the offshore managed service partner (MSP) responsible for KTLO support across Finance modules. Set quality standards, review deliverables, escalate risks, and ensure MSP execution meets business SLAs.
• Solution Delivery: Perform hands-on functional configuration and system changes within Oracle Fusion Financials, including setups, controls, and process improvements. Lead end-to-end delivery including testing, training, documentation, quarterly upgrades, release readiness, and production stability.
• Consolidations, Eliminations & ARCS: Own solution analysis, functional design and delivery of financial consolidation and intercompany elimination processes. Lead implementation and optimization of Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS).
• Project Accounting & Lease Accounting: Implement and sustain Oracle Fusion Project Accounting and Lease Accounting.
• Period Close, Audit Support & Compliance: Own functional configuration supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close. Support SOX walkthroughs, prepare audit PBC documentation, maintain control documentation, and drive audit remediation.
• Intelligent Automation Delivery: Design, implement, and drive AI and intelligent automation across close, billing, reconciliations, T&E, tax, and treasury processes.
• Integrations: Collaborate with integration and engineering teams on extensions and integration of adjacent Finance applications.
• Trusted Reporting: Understand Finance reporting & analytical requirements and deliver dashboards, KPIs, and insights using Oracle tools or by partnering with BI/Analytics teams.
• SOX Compliance & Audit Readiness: Ensure system configuration supports SOX-compliant financial controls, proper segregation of duties, and audit traceability across all Finance modules.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on experience owning/supporting Finance ERP platforms within IS&T/IT with Oracle ERP implementation expertise.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Financials - functional configuration, data analysis & reporting (BIP/OTBI), testing, and production support.
• Deep, practical knowledge of core finance and accounting processes including Record-to-Report, Close, Billing, Revenue, Cost Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and FP&A.
• Proven hands-on experience with Consolidations & Eliminations within Oracle Fusion.
• Finance and accounting foundation CPA, CMA, or direct GL/AP/AR/close/audit experience strongly preferred.
• Offshore MSP management experience: ability to govern, direct, and hold accountable a third-party delivery team.
• Executive communication skills: proven ability to present, influence, and partner directly with Controllers, VPs of Finance, and senior accounting leadership.
• Experience utilizing AI capabilities in transforming Finance operations.
• Direct experience integrating and governing best-of-breed Finance applications.
• Strong financial and analytical expertise with deep knowledge of Oracle Finance core data structures.
• Strong SOX, audit, and regulated-environment experience.
• Thrives in aggressive, high-velocity environments with shifting priorities and high Finance leadership expectations.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, and business outcomes mindset.
• Strong project/program management skills and experience in Agile/iterative delivery models.
• Commitment to clear documentation, governance, and operational rigor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a Big 4 or Tier-1 consulting firm (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, EY, PwC) delivering Oracle Finance or enterprise ERP solutions.
• Oracle Fusion ERP/Financials certifications.
• Project Accounting, Lease Accounting implementation experience.
• Experience supporting Finance platforms through M&A, integrations, or rapid business scale.
• Life sciences, diagnostics, or medical device industry experience.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits.
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more.
• Generous employee referral program!

Company Description

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other.