Job Title
Global Process & Data Owner – Cloud Asset Controllers (OCI)
1. About the Company/Team
The Finance and Controllership team plays a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong governance, and effective control across global business operations. The team partners closely with Global Controllers Organization, Lines of Business, project teams, and technology stakeholders to maintain accounting integrity, optimize processes, and support scalable business growth.
Within the OCI asset domain, the Cloud Asset Controllers function focuses on strengthening cloud asset lifecycle governance, improving data integrity, enabling compliant reporting, and driving automation-led process transformation.
2. Job Summary
The Global Process & Data Owner – Cloud Asset Controllers (OCI) will be responsible for driving global process governance, control effectiveness, and data integrity across OCI cloud asset domains.
This role will partner with GCO, Lines of Business, and project teams to ensure Cloud Asset Controller accounting, reporting, automation, and AI-related requirements are identified, validated, implemented, and continuously improved. The role requires strong controllership expertise, cloud asset lifecycle knowledge, process design capability, and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions.
3. Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve OCI cloud asset control processes to ensure scalability, consistency, compliance, and alignment with internal policies.
- Partner with GCO, Lines of Business, and project teams to identify, validate, and implement accounting, reporting, control, automation, and AI requirements.
- Maintain and improve general accounting processes, systems, policies, and procedures to support accurate reporting in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Support general ledger, fixed assets, inter-company, reconciliation, journal entry, ledger close, and financial reporting activities as required.
- Design, test, validate, and monitor internal controls to ensure effectiveness across cloud asset accounting and reporting processes.
- Act as a subject matter expert for process and system design, driving continuous improvement and standardization across OCI asset domains.
- Identify and implement automation, AI, and digital transformation opportunities to enhance process efficiency, data quality, and control effectiveness.
- Lead moderately complex projects and process improvement initiatives with limited oversight, applying sound judgment across multiple variables and outcomes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, controllership, technology, operations, and business stakeholders to align data, controls, and processes.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to capability building within the Cloud Asset Controllers function.
4. Qualifications & Skills
Mandatory
- 12+ years of experience in Finance, Controllership, Accounting Operations, Cloud Asset Governance, or related areas.
- CA/CMA qualification with 6+ years of post-qualification experience.
- Strong understanding of general accounting, including general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, fixed assets, inter-company transactions, ledger close, and financial reporting.
- Strong knowledge of OCI environments and Cloud Asset Lifecycle Management.
- Proven experience in process governance, internal controls, control design, testing, and validation.
- Experience in system optimization, process design, and operating model improvements.
- Ability to work with project teams to identify, validate, and implement accounting, reporting, automation, and AI-related requirements.
- Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and lead moderately complex projects or initiatives.
- Strong analytical judgment and problem-solving skills in complex finance and control environments.
Good-to-Have
- Experience working with global finance, controllership, or shared services teams.
- Prior exposure to Oracle financial systems, cloud infrastructure finance, or technology asset accounting.
- Experience with automation, AI, digital transformation, or data quality improvement initiatives.
- Strong understanding of audit requirements, compliance expectations, and policy implementation.
- Experience mentoring junior team members or supporting team capability development.
- Ability to influence management decisions and contribute to strategic process direction.
5. Core Competencies
- Business Impact: Drives finance and control outcomes aligned with functional and organizational goals.
- Execution Excellence: Leads projects, process improvements, and control initiatives with limited supervision.
- Problem Solving: Applies advanced judgment to resolve moderately complex business, process, and data challenges.
- Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong relationships across GCO, LOBs, finance, technology, and project teams.
- Process Ownership: Demonstrates accountability for scalable, compliant, and effective global processes.
- Data Integrity Mindset: Ensures accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial and asset-related data.
- Talent Development: Mentors junior team members and supports knowledge sharing across the team.
6. Self-Assessment Questions
Candidates can reflect on the following questions to assess their fit for the role:
- Do I have 12+ years of relevant experience in finance, controllership, accounting operations, or cloud asset governance?
- Am I a CA or CMA with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience?
- Have I worked extensively with general accounting processes, including reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, inter-company transactions, ledger close, and financial reporting?
- Do I have strong knowledge of OCI environments and Cloud Asset Lifecycle Management?
- Have I designed, tested, validated, or improved internal controls and process governance frameworks in a complex organization?
- Have I led process improvement, automation, AI, or system optimization initiatives with measurable business or control impact?
- Am I comfortable influencing stakeholders across finance, controllership, business, project, and technology teams?
- Can I work independently, lead moderately complex initiatives, and mentor junior team members effectively?
Career Level - IC4