Finance Project Contractor 6 months UAT and Cutover

Finance Project Contractor 6 months UAT and Cutover

This 6 month Finance Project Contractor role sits in the London finance function of a global multi strategy investment management firm.

The Project Contractor will provide hands-on Finance support through the Oracle OMNI ERP implementation, with a primary focus on user acceptance testing, data validation, cutover readiness, issue resolution, process and control documentation, and post-go-live stabilisation.
The individual will work with Finance process owners, business users, the Oracle project team, IT and implementation partners to ensure that Finance processes, system outputs and migrated data are appropriately tested, reconciled, evidenced and ready for go-live.

This is a delivery-focused project role. The contractor will take ownership of assigned activities through to completion, maintain clear project evidence and trackers, identify and investigate issues, and escalate matters requiring business judgement or senior stakeholder decisions. The role may also support continuity of Finance operations while internal Finance colleagues are engaged in project delivery.

UAT and testing support

• Support Finance user acceptance testing for Oracle ERP
• Assist with preparation, execution, and tracking of test scripts
• Validate test results against expected accounting and reporting outcomes
• Document defects, issues, and test evidence clearly
• Follow up on defect resolution with project teams and implementation partners
• Support re-testing of resolved issues
• Track UAT status, blockers, and outstanding actions
• Help ensure test coverage across key Finance processes, including GL, AP, AR, fixed assets, intercompany, cash/bank, reporting, and close activities as applicable

Data migration and reconciliation support

• Support validation of migrated data in Oracle
• Assist with reconciliation of legacy balances to Oracle-loaded balances
• Review trial balance, subledger, open item, and master data migration outputs
• Investigate differences between legacy system data and Oracle results
• Support preparation of migration sign-off evidence
• Coordinate with Finance users to resolve data-related issues identified during testing or mock conversion

Cutover readiness and go-live support

• Support Finance cutover planning and execution
• Track Finance cutover tasks, owners, due dates, and completion status
• Assist with validation of cutover files, balances, and open items
• Support readiness checks for Finance processes before go-live
• Help coordinate issue resolution during cutover and early go-live
• Support hypercare activities, including issue triage, root cause investigation, and follow-up with relevant teams

Finance process and controls documentation

• Document future-state Finance processes and key control points
• Support preparation of SOPs, user guides, process notes, and training materials
• Capture process decisions, assumptions, and open items
• Assist in documenting control changes arising from the Oracle implementation
• Support evidence gathering for Finance, audit, or internal control purposes
• Help ensure documentation is practical and usable for Finance users after go-live

Finance operations support

• Provide accounting support where required during month-end close, reporting, or reconciliation cycles
• Assist with analysis of Oracle outputs against legacy reporting expectations
• Support investigation of reporting differences or process issues
• Help maintain continuity of Finance activities while internal staff are engaged in project work

Stakeholder coordination

• Work with Finance process owners, project managers, IT, implementation partners, and business users
• Translate Finance requirements and issues into clear project actions
• Communicate status, risks, issues, and required decisions
• Maintain trackers for issues, defects, actions, and sign-offs
• Escalate blockers appropriately and in a timely manner

Regulatory responsibilities

• Adhere to the FCA’s Conduct Rules, understanding that they set basic standards of good personal conduct

Experience required

Candidates may have gained the required experience through an in-house finance role, a project or interim assignment, or recent training within an audit firm. Candidates with more limited post-qualification experience will be considered where they demonstrate strong accounting fundamentals, systems aptitude, hands-on delivery capability and readiness to take ownership of assigned project activities.

• Qualified Accountant, for example ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or an internationally recognised equivalent. The level of post-qualification experience is less important than demonstrable capability, systems aptitude and delivery ownership
  Hands-on and delivery-focused, with the willingness to execute testing, reconciliations and documentation directly rather than operating only in an advisory capacity
• Strong accounting background across areas such as general ledger, month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, audit or financial controls
• Practical experience of system testing, test script execution, defect or issue tracking, data validation, reconciliations, process documentation or project delivery
• Ability to investigate Finance system outputs, identify likely root causes and document issues and conclusions clearly
• Experience working across Finance, IT, project teams, external advisers or implementation partners
• Strong Excel skills and confidence analysing accounting and project data
• ERP implementation, finance transformation, UAT, mock conversion, cutover or hypercare experience is advantageous but not essential where the candidate demonstrates the ability to learn quickly
• Oracle ERP or Oracle Fusion experience is preferred; experience with other ERP platforms is also relevant
• SunSystems experience and exposure to multi-entity or regional Finance environments are beneficial
• Proactive, curious and structured, with the confidence to challenge unexpected results and follow actions through to completion
• Able to work effectively in an ambiguous and changing project environment, prioritising competing activities and escalating blockers appropriately
• Clear and practical communicator who can translate Finance requirements and issues into actionable project steps
• Comfortable taking ownership of assigned activities with limited day-to-day supervision
• Strong understanding of core Finance processes, including general ledger, close, reconciliations and reporting, with knowledge of AP, AR, intercompany, fixed assets and cash or bank processes advantageous
• Strong project discipline, including maintenance of test evidence, issue logs, action trackers, decision records and sign-off documentation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to reconcile system outputs and summarise issues clearly for Finance and project stakeholders
• Strong Excel capability; Power Query, Power BI, Oracle reporting tools or similar data-analysis experience is beneficial
• Understanding of financial controls and the importance of complete, accurate and auditable project evidence