Oracle ERP Functional Specialist

SUMMARY:
Our client, a respected organisation within the financial services industry, is seeking an experienced Oracle ERP Functional Support Specialist for an 18-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a strong Oracle Financials professional to play a key role in supporting and enhancing enterprise ERP business solutions within a complex, regulated environment.

The successful candidate will provide functional support across Oracle ERP transactional modules, with a strong focus on Oracle Financials, business analysis, solution design, configuration, automation, testing, enhancements and ongoing system support. This role requires a specialist who can bridge the gap between business requirements and ERP system capability, while partnering with stakeholders to optimise processes, improve system performance and support business transformation initiatives.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• 8 to 10 years’ experience within an Oracle Financials application support or project environment.
• Strong experience in Oracle ERP functional support, configuration, enhancements and maintenance of ERP solutions.
• Cloud-based ERP technology and implementation experience.
• Business transformation and process optimisation experience.
• Strong business analysis skills, including requirements elicitation and documentation.
• Experience with realisation, testing practices and user acceptance testing.
• ERP domain management knowledge, including SQL.
• Strong accounting aptitude with the ability to detect financial and transactional errors.
• Good understanding of the financial services industry or other regulated environments.

• Lead the provision of functional support across allocated Oracle ERP modules, with a focus on business analysis, testing, configuration, process optimisation and user support.
• Support and enhance Oracle Financials and transactional ERP modules to ensure system stability, accuracy and alignment with business requirements.
• Drive ERP business analysis initiatives and lead ERP Business Analysts or cross-functional teams on complex projects within the ERP domain.
• Partner with business owners to define requirements, identify improvement opportunities and propose practical ERP solutions.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and act as the interface between business users, clients and ERP support teams.
• Support the development of ERP-related business architecture, reference models, frameworks and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide input into related ERP support disciplines, including systems development, project management and change management.
• Quality assure business analysis outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency and alignment with business needs.
• Apply industry best practice to re-engineer effective and efficient business processes.
• Plan, coordinate and support user acceptance testing for enhancements, changes and new implementations.
• Configure system processes to support continuous improvement and specialised functional requirements.
• Develop training manuals, training plans and user guidance material.
• Deliver training to support system changes, new implementations and user adoption.
• Identify, register and manage risks within allocated ERP functional streams.
• Lead the full analysis and solution lifecycle, from problem identification and requirements definition through to implementation, training and adoption.