AccountNotFoundException: When manual provisioning is customized to auto-complete

<Error> <oracle.iam.provisioning.ws> <BEA-000000> <Exception occured during manual provisioning of accountID = 1972 operation = Provision

oracle.iam.provisioning.exception.AccountNotFoundException: An error occurred in oracle.iam.provisioning.util.ProvisioningUtil/getUserIdFromAccountId(String accountId) as account with key 1972 does not exist. 

Solution:

Add a wait activity in BPEL process (composite) before the response is returned from SOA. Set the wait time to 5 seconds.