Citation:

Manjunath Rallabandi, 2025. "Integrating Oracle Financial Accounting Hub with Third-Party Systems ", ESP Journal of Engineering & Technology Advancements  5(2): 320-331.

Abstract:

The Oracle Financial Accounting Hub (FAH) and third-party financial systems integration are important to other organizations where they intend to streamline the financial operations, compliance, and accuracy in reporting. The paper will present some integration techniques used (that is, by reviewing traditional batch processing, API-based types of solutions, middleware frameworks, and event-driven architecture) with their advantages and disadvantages. The major problems of FAH integration are interoperability of the legacy systems, limits of real-time processing data, compliance with regulations (e.g., IFRS 17, SOX), and scalability. The study suggests event-driven integration solution as a way to achieve further integration of different systems within a very large bank and shows that middleware-based event driven connection with Oracle integration cloud (OIC) and Apache Kafka will help in reducing time of financial close by 66%, real time transactions and enhance reconciliation accuracy by 98 %. Next, some of the current trends like automation, AI-based reconciliation, blockchain to secure finances, and cloud-native architectures are transforming the financial system integration. The paper affirms the significance of promoting a structured, scalable, and compliance approach to FAH integration using contemporary technologies to ensure financial accuracy, harmonious communication, and regulatory consistency in the changing financial environments.

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Keywords:

AI in Finance, API-Based Integration, Compliance Automation, Event-Driven Architecture, Financial Integration, Middleware, Oracle Financial Accounting Hub (FAH).