Oracle Financials Consultant - Procurement - Technical

Role Summary This role is within the Delivery team, and within our Financials and Procurement capability, delivering services principally against the Oracle E-Business Suite products. The role will be mostly delivering against Managed Service engagements but will also include delivering some project work. The role will involve occasional client (UK-wide) travel, as well as occasional travel for internal meetings. The role will be home-based. The successful candidate will be primarily a Financials and Procurement Hybrid Technical/Functional (70/30) consultant. The candidate will be able to successfully liaise with our customers to deliver functional and technical development solutions to issues and new requirements. You will be covering the following modules and have strong technical abilities in: General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Cash Management Fixed Assets iExpenses. Purchasing. iProcurement. Your Experience and Skills Outstanding technical capability to include: Detailed knowledge of the Financials and Procurement data structures Deep knowledge of Oracle development tools, including areas such as PL/SQL & APIs, Alerts, Workflow, BI Publisher & Bursting Excellent customer-facing consultancy skills Excellent English: written, spoken, presentation and comprehension skills Good understanding of Financials and Procurement business process and accounting knowledge should underpin your consultancy skills Desirable if you have an understanding of current trends and best practice Good Functional capability to include: Deep understanding of Financials and Procurement modules including iProcurement. Good knowledge of modules like Order Management and Inventory Understanding of complementary SCM or Projects related modules You will also have: Previous experience of working within a support environment, underpinned by ITIL based working practices (you should ideally be certified at Foundation level for ITIL, but training to support this will be provided if a you can demonstrate understanding of the principles). About you While experience and skills, as detailed above, are important, We focus on high-quality services and original thinking means we place as much emphasis on candidates’ personal qualities and soft skills. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following skills, and strengths in these areas will be taken into account if there are gaps in professional skills: Self-motivated, hard-working, energetic and results-focused. Experience working for smaller consultancy organisations and having developed entrepreneurial skills in the process. Exceptional customer-facing skills including presentation & pre-sales support. Excellent communication and teamwork skills. A “can do” attitude with a desire to deliver excellent results. Strong attention to detail with a desire and ability to work accurately. The ability to work under pressure and plan, manage and deliver multiple simultaneous activities. This will include good time management skills. ITIL v3 Certification would be desirable.