Oracle Cloud Finance Functional Consultant (GL & Tax)

A central government organisation is seeking a contractor to support the development of the ERP Financial features in an Oracle cloud ERP programme. Working within the respective functional consultants within the workstream, the functional consultant will be a Oracle Cloud Financials specialist, additional skills in the P2P space highly desirable.

Requires a background in Oracle Cloud financials, particularly in the design, implementation and testing of Financials modules (desirable P2P) to support a solution which spans both the organisation and its supporting commercial operations. The ability to support the business to drive out a full business process for solutions that have already been tested through SIT. The individual needs to provide the knowledge to link standard Oracle cloud processes into a full end to end process solution to include off system processes.

• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to drive to conclusion key decisions with senior leaders and key business stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of Financials solutions in the Oracle Cloud product set
• Strong bias for action and a "solution orientated" attitude
• Able to work closely across a diverse multi-workstream programme team to expeditiously deliver results
• Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling and succinct way in written and verbal communications
• Good attention to detail and an ability to analyse and use data in decision making
• Experience identifying, diagnosing and resolving issues independently; taking initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances
• Experience of business analysis and functional requirements gathering
• Broad knowledge of Oracle/ERP modules and functionality
• Stakeholder management and good people skills to gather requirements and agree specifications
• Experience of working with configurable package solutions or large IT projects.

The role is initially 6 months with chance for extension. It is paying £600 - £650 outside IR35. They require candidates who can start immediately therefore only applicants with active SC clearance can be considered. The role is hybrid working but would require 2 days per week in the Milton Keynes office.