Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Specialist

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program 

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

 DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role ID: ACT-CDMS-27-01-A-LC27

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform ACT FinS Service Lifecycle Management activities as part of the ACT FinS Service Delivery Team, while co-located with the SSBA BA FinS Service Delivery Team.
• Be responsible for assigned Oracle E-Business Suite business applications and services.
• Provide first- and second-line support to ACT for assigned business applications by responding to service requests; investigating and resolving incidents and problems; communicating solutions and advice; and proposing changes and improvements based on best business practices.
• Gather, analyse, configure, design and document new requirements and change requests.
• Ensure full lifecycle testing of requests for change before presentation to users for user acceptance testing.
• Contribute actively to relevant projects and service operations across service lines where integration is required.
• Provide briefings and presentations and perform other duties as required.
• Conduct work one day per week on site at the NCI Agency location in Braine-l’Alleud, with the remaining effort performed remotely, in coordination with the FinS System Management Team and key users.
• Use the NCI Agency-provided NPCL laptop for the services. Personal or non-approved devices shall not be used to access NATO systems or data; provisioning, access activation and configuration shall be completed by the NCI Agency before work starts.
• Coordinate planned leave, absences and changes in availability in advance with the ACT FinS System Management Team. ACT will prioritise assigned work based on operational urgency, financial reporting deadlines, incident severity and available part-time capacity.
• Submit a monthly activity report by the fifth working day of the following month to the ACT Financial Controller, covering work performed, progress against assigned tasks, issues requiring ACT attention and planned activities for the next reporting period. Travel expenses shall be included in the rate.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• A minimum of four years’ current, detailed and relevant knowledge and experience.
• Basic SQL and SQL*Plus knowledge.
• Familiarity with configuration-management and version-control procedures and tools.
• Ability to work under pressure, on own initiative and without constant supervision, to strict deadlines; strong teamwork, communication and documentation skills; and experience supporting a highly available service.
• English proficiency at SLP 3333 under STANAG 6001.
• A minimum of four years’ current, detailed and relevant knowledge of and experience with Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1.3 and 12.2.10+, including a basic understanding of the data model.
• Working knowledge of the Oracle Unified Method and/or Oracle Application Implementation Methodology.
• Detailed knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite Financials and System Administrator responsibilities, including:
  • General Ledger; Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; Cash Management; Sub-Ledger Accounting; Purchasing; Fixed Assets; budgetary control; encumbrance and accrual accounting; public-sector accounting; reconciliations; consolidation; revaluation; period-end processes; reporting; bank reconciliation and electronic payment formats.
• Knowledge of finance approval workflows, internal controls, access responsibilities, security rules, report groups, profile options, flexfields, workflow monitoring and troubleshooting, standard open interfaces and Approval Management Engine configuration.
• Experience producing functional design documents, reviewing business procedures and setup, recommending improvements, and preparing, running and documenting unit, system and user acceptance tests.
• Ability to work with System Administrator and Application Developer responsibilities and experience with WebADI.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Recent NATO experience.
• Knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite Purchasing and Procure-to-Pay
• Experience upgrading Release 12.1.3 to 12.2.x
• Prior support of NATO’s custom EBS travel add-on.
• Experience with helpdesk ticketing systems such as BMC ITSM.

Working Location

• Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-site.

Contract Duration

• Initial contract: as soon as possible until 31 December 2026.
• Option period 1: 1 January 2027 – 31 December 2027
• Option period 2: 1 January 2028 – 31 December 2028

Travel

• Travel within and outside NATO’s boundaries for up to 30 days per year.

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance