Job Title: Interim Finance Director (Oracle Fusion PPM)
Job Description
This interim Finance Director role leads day-to-day finance operations for a rapidly growing global services organization during a major finance transformation. You will stabilize core processes, oversee a lean team, and ensure continuity of project accounting, billing, and month-end close activities within Oracle Fusion PPM and Oracle ERP. This position focuses on operational leadership and issue resolution rather than building new systems or driving heavy process redesign, enabling leadership to concentrate on automation and transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
Oversee two finance managers and a team of approximately seven analysts, providing clear direction, coaching, and performance oversight.
Support project accounting and billing operations within Oracle Fusion PPM, ensuring accurate and timely billing, revenue recognition, and financial tracking.
Act as the primary escalation point for system and process questions related to Oracle ERP and Oracle Fusion PPM, providing practical guidance and resolutions.
Maintain continuity of financial operations, with particular focus on month-end close cycles, ensuring all deadlines and reporting requirements are met.
Partner closely with the VP Finance within a VP Finance/CFO structure to ensure team performance, output consistency, and alignment with organizational goals.
Provide light process guidance to the finance team to improve stability and efficiency without undertaking heavy process redesign.
Navigate and leverage Oracle ERP to support financial operations, reporting, and troubleshooting in a dynamic, active environment.
Support financial operations within a services-based, time and materials revenue model, ensuring accurate billing and revenue flows.
Collaborate with leadership engaged in finance transformation initiatives to align day-to-day operations with broader automation and transformation goals.
Operate effectively in a high-growth, global services business with recent organizational design changes, adapting to partially structured environments and lean teams.
Essential Skills
Proven prior experience in a director-level or Sr. leadership finance role, preferably within a services-based or consulting-@type company.
Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion PPM (Project Portfolio Management), including overseeing project accounting workflows and guiding managers on system usage.
Practical experience navigating and leveraging Oracle ERP for financial operations, reporting, and troubleshooting.
Demonstrated financial leadership and team oversight experience, including managing finance managers and analysts in a lean team environment.
Solid expertise in project accounting, including billing, revenue recognition, and financial tracking in a time and materials business model.
Strong experience in managing and maintaining operational continuity during month-end close cycles in a complex organization.
Experience working within a services or time and materials revenue model, with a clear understanding of consulting/services-based billing environments and revenue flows.
Prior exposure to finance transformation initiatives and process automation, with the ability to support operations while transformation work is underway.
Experience in a global finance environment, supporting a large, multi-entity or geographically dispersed business.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and partner with leadership and cross-functional teams.
Ability to step into partially structured environments and provide stability and clarity in a high-growth @context.
Comfort working with lean teams and reduced headcount while maintaining high standards of quality and timeliness.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience supporting a high-growth global services business, ideally around the mid-market to large-enterprise scale.
Experience working in matrixed, services-based organizations with multiple stakeholders and complex reporting lines.
Familiarity with finance transformation initiatives, including process automation and systems optimization.
Exposure to financial planning and analysis (FP&A) activities in addition to core accounting and operations.
Comfort operating in environments with recent organizational design changes and evolving structures.
Ability to provide pragmatic, light-touch process guidance without overhauling existing systems or workflows.
High level of ownership and accountability, particularly in remote or hybrid work settings.
Interest in roles with strong executive exposure and the opportunity to influence operations during transformation.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Yardley, PA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $110.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jun 26, 2026.
About Aston Carter
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.
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