PeopleSoft Finance Techno-Functional Application Developer

Innovation Hub Overview 

Jefferies is creating a Technology Innovation Hub in Pune, a greenfield opportunity to build the systems that power global markets. As our first India technology center, this hub brings together hands on builders who engineer the platforms behind Jefferies’ growth across capital markets, investment banking, and institutional securities. We’re scaling toward an elite team of 500 engineers while maintaining the agility, ownership, and meritocratic spirit that defines Jefferies. From cloud and data to AI, risk, and core business technologies, teams in Pune will lead high impact work with a global mandate.

Assistant Vice President, Finance IT  Techno-Functional Application Developer

Location: Pune, India

Employment Type: Full-Time
Title: Assistant Vice President (AVP)
Function: Finance Technology / Enterprise Applications

Position Overview:

Jefferies seeks a Assistant Vice President level Techno‑Functional Application Developer to lead and evolve our PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 landscape across global legal entities for the Jefferies Nikko Joint Venture (called JV). The financials application is currently being implemented with General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Asset Management, Billing and Accounts Receivable modules configured. This role is responsible for end-to-end technical support & solutioning, stability and controls, enhancements, and continuous improvement across core finance modules. As an AVP, this candidate will partner closely with Jefferies and Nikko stakeholders to manage workflows and processes, drive best practices, prevent recurring issues, and ensure high-quality delivery and service continuity – especially during critical financial close cycles.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, independent self-starter with sound judgment, a proactive approach to problem solving, and the ability to partner effectively across internal and external parties including senior leadership in a hybrid work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Functional & Technical Ownership
• Provide end-to-end functional and technical consulting for PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 solutions across GL, AP, AM, PC, Contracts, AR, Billing, and related integrations (including but not limited to Concur, IBM Maximo, MoneyForward, other 3rd party vendor applications and some of our in-house Sub-Ledgers).
• Lead requirements elicitation, fit‑gap analysis, and creation of Technical Design Documents (TDDs); validate design assumptions and seek clarifications as needed.
• Author, review, and validate technical solution designs, ensuring alignment to architectural standards, controls, and best practices.
• Oversee application configuration, set-ups, and related changes, including AWE/workflow and approval controls as applicable.
• Perform technical/process impact assessments for new features, PUM content, defect fixes, and enhancements.
• Partner with Finance functional team, Controllers, Tax, and Compliance to translate global regulatory and statutory requirements (SOX, local statutory close, intercompany, regulatory reporting) into PeopleSoft configurations, customizations, integrations, and control frameworks.
• Build, Quality & Release
• Direct and participate in technical development of code components (PeopleTools, PeopleCode, Application Engine, CI, Integration Broker, SQR, BI Publisher, SQL/Oracle, AWE-Approval Workflow Engine, Application Package, COBOL) aligned to coding and quality standards.
• Own development, unit testing, technical design, test script preparation, execution, and partner with Business for UAT test script preparation and validation.
• Conduct peer code reviews to ensure quality, performance, and adherence to standards.
• Drive performance testing (tool-based/manual) and load testing (with appropriate resource onboarding); analyze and remediate performance bottlenecks.
• Coordinate bundle/PUM/tool upgrades; plan regression test strategy and lead defect triage/resolution.
• Support feature development/integration for third‑party applications via appropriate PeopleSoft interfaces.
• Run Operations, Incident & Problem Management
• Provide daily application support for user requests/issues; ensure timely resolution of tickets with clear communication and documentation.
• Lead and participate in production triage calls for high-priority issues; establish workarounds and deploy fixes following established change processes.
• Ensure Severity 1 issues receive 24x7x365 attention, meeting response and resolution targets.
• Deliver extended coverage for critical events (e.g., month/quarter/year‑end close) and weekend/off-hours support for DR testing, upgrades, and infrastructure changes.
• Produce monthly status reports, service metrics, and trend analysis across all support levels and resources; identify pain points and recommend best practices and automation to prevent recurrences.
• Partner & Vendor Coordination
• Coordinate with Oracle for bug fixes using JV’s service account; track SRs through resolution.
• Manage collaboration with onsite/offsite teams; allocate and guide resources, oversee deliverables, and maintain day‑to‑day execution discipline.
• Act as single point of contact for offshore activities – resources, deliverables, conflict/issue resolution; report progress and escalate risks proactively.
• Project/Governance & Documentation
• Drive enhancements and rollouts prioritized by the JV; lead scope and estimation with the onsite PM.
• Maintain and update the knowledge repository and all remediation / enhancement documentation.
• Review and validate deliverables; provide solutioning and design guidance consistent with PM strategic vision.
• Analyze functional specifications and create or review technical design specifications 
• Adhere to the Firm’s Change Management policy and timelines, ensuring all required change artifacts are properly prepared, documented, and approved.
• Work closely with the DBA team to migrate code changes across development, test, and production environments.

Required Skills:

10+ years of hands-on PeopleSoft Financials experience, with 3+ years in a lead techno‑functional capacity supporting Finance modules (GL, AP, AM, PC, Contracts, AR, and Billing).

• Demonstrated experience with PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2, PUM cycles, PeopleTools upgrades, and end-to-end change management in regulated environments.
• Proficiency in PeopleTools stack: PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, Integration Broker, SQR, BI Publisher, Application Designer; solid SQL/PL‑SQL and Oracle DB skills.
• Strong techno-functional finance acumen (close processes, controls, reconciliations, subledger-to-GL flows) and experience supporting critical close cycles.
• Proven track record coordinating with third‑party systems such as Concur and building/maintaining interfaces.
• Proven experience with enterprise data marts and data lakes, enabling analytics through integration with BI and dashboarding tools
• Hands-on incident/problem/change management with ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow / Jira), including Sev‑1/major incident triage and root-cause analysis.
• Experience leading UAT, performance/load testing, and DR/resiliency testing; rigorous adherence to coding and quality standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to translate business needs into scalable designs and clear deliverables.
• Leadership experience managing global teams, reviewing deliverables, and driving governance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree a plus.
• Experience in capital markets / financial services environments with SOX, audit, and control frameworks.
• Familiarity with AWE/Workflow, Fluid UI, Pivot Grids, WorkCenters, and BI Publisher reporting best practices.
• Exposure to automation (e.g., job scheduling, regression test automation, monitoring/alerting).
• Oracle/PeopleSoft certifications preferred.

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