PRA Group

Principal - Global Financial Systems Analyst

PRA Group$127K — $204K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in IT, Accounting, Finance, or related; equivalent experience considered.
  • 10-15+ years in Finance systems, with strong cloud application expertise.
  • 8-12 years hands-on with Oracle Integration Cloud, including REST/SOAP integrations.
  • Proven skills in leading initiatives and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Advanced strategic thinking paired with deep technical prowess.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee stability and performance of Finance platforms during critical reporting cycles.
  • Design and validate complex integrations in Oracle Integration Cloud.
  • Lead troubleshooting and crisis management for high-impact system issues.
  • Identify opportunities for process transformation to automate and optimize workflows.
  • Coordinate efforts among Finance, IT, Data, and external partners for solution delivery.
  • Maintain ownership of technical designs and integration quality with developers and analysts.
  • Shape cross-functional Finance technology strategy and lead impactful initiatives.

Benefits

  • Paid time off including personal and vacation days.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage.
  • 401k plan with matching contributions.
  • Life insurance and wellness benefits.
  • Performance-based bonus and potential equity programs.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:
Serve as a subject matter expert responsible for defining and advancing the global Finance systems vision, with deep expertise in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials. This role owns the architecture, governance, and optimization of the enterprise Finance application landscape, ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with long-term business strategy.

Key Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Oversee and guide the stability, performance, and scalability of Finance platforms, particularly during critical reporting cycles.
  • Personally design, review, and validate complex integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), including REST/SOAP APIs, FBDI pipelines, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Provide expert-level hands-on analysis, troubleshooting and crisis leadership, including root cause analysis for high-impact system and integration issues.
  • Drive end-to-end process transformation, identifying opportunities to automate, standardize, and reduce operational risk across global Finance workflows.
  • Orchestrate alignment across Finance, IT, Data, and external partners, ensuring cohesive delivery of enterprise solutions.
  • Partner with developers, analysts, and vendors while maintaining ownership of technical designs, standards, and implementation quality.
  • Develop proof-of-concepts, validate emerging technologies, and establish technical solutions to support Finance transformation initiatives.
  • Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for Finance applications and integrations, providing expert-level hands-on support when needed.
  • Shape and influence cross-functional Finance technology strategy, leading complex initiatives, resolving high-impact issues, and architecting reliable integrations that reduce manual effort and operational risk across the financial ecosystem, including Oracle Fusion ERP, Oracle EPM, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Coupa, Concur, BlackLine, and Kyriba.
  • Act as a strategic partner to Finance and IT leadership, delivering scalable, forward-looking solutions aligned to business priorities.
  • Lead and shape finance technology transformation initiatives, influencing system roadmaps, deployments, upgrades, and end-to-end process improvements.


Education, Professional Experience, and Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in the field of Information Technology, Accounting, Finance, or related field; or a demonstrable equivalent combination of formal education, on-the-job training, and/or work experience.
  • 10-15+ years of experience in Finance systems, including significant experience architecting and supporting vendor-hosted cloud applications, such as Oracle Fusion, Oracle EPM, Coupa, Concur, Blackline and Kyriba.
  • 8-12 years of hands-on experience developing integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) including REST/SOAP services, FBDI, orchestration, mapping, and integration design patterns.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Strong strategic thinking combined with deep hands-on technical expertise. The candidate must be comfortable personally designing integrations, analyzing complex issues, reviewing configurations, troubleshooting production problems, and driving technical solutions from concept through implementation.
  • Experience establishing governance frameworks, standards, and best practices.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage executive and technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead while remaining actively engaged in day-to-day solution delivery, integration development, and system optimization activities.


Work Environment:

Work is performed in an office environment with telephones, personal computers, and printers. The office environment is an open workspace with individual workstations. The noise level of the environment is usually moderate. This position is a sedentary position with seldom to occasional lifting of less than 11 pounds; requires frequent lifting of less than 1 pound; and may require standing less than or equal to 1/3 of the day.

Disclaimer:

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Salary Range:
$127,900.00 - $204,300.00

PRA Group has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, specific working location and market position. This posted salary range is a good faith and reasonable estimate, and PRA Group reserves the right to adjust this range depending on the qualifications and location of the selected candidate. In addition to base salary, PRA may offer additional benefits to include performance based bonus programs and/or equity programs depending on the position. PRA offers paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401k match, life insurance, and other benefits to assist with the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees.

About PRA Group

PRA Group, Inc. is a financial services company and a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. PRA Group operates in the Americas and Europe, and has more than 6,000 employees. The company's primary business is the purchase, collection, and management of portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables.
Learn more about PRA Group
Size
3,444 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$149.3 million
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$1 billion
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