About the job
The Functional Consultant assists customers with implementing Oracle Peoplesoft campus solutions. The role requires heavy interaction with customers, implementation teams and partners. He/she will have implementation expertise spanning the full implementation cycle and be adept at implementing Oracle applications functionality.
As a functional consultant, you will be responsible for deliverables at every phase of the software implementation lifecycle such as:
- Preparing for, facilitating, and gaining agreement on global design
- Documenting the client’s as-is process flows and communicating best practices for the to-be optimal state
- Adapting the solution for localizations or business processes specific to a client’s business unit or operating location
- Documenting and gaining agreement on the client configuration
- Implementing and configuring applications
- Developing a test strategy to validate the solution and confirming successful deployment
- Identifying risks or issues associated with assigned tasks; taking initiative to proactively alert project leadership of any risks or issues
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with customers to gather and document customer business requirements
- Ability to influence customers to modify current business practices, as required;
- Ability to manage scope and expectations with the customer
- Work with customers to implement and configure campus solutions to support customer business requirements
- Establish credibility and rapport with internal and external stakeholders; Ability to work within project teams and collaborate cross-departmentally
- Work collaboratively within a project team both on and off customer sites
- Analyze and design solutions for business requirements which may include complex configurations and/or technical components
- Assist in delivering client facing workshops
- Define detailed functional requirements
- Work with technical teams to design, develop and test automations and integrations
- Perform quality reviews of deliverables developed by other team members
- Collaborate and communicate with Project Managers and colleagues to facilitate on time and on budget project delivery
- Train and mentor team members
- Achieve or exceed billable utilization targets
- Continue to increase product knowledge and pursue relevant certifications
Job level - IC3
Career Level - N/A
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree programme or above in relevant discipline(s), including Human Resources, Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science, etc.
- Experience in HCM / Campus solutions implementation.
- 5+ years of experience in application implementation.
- Has a keen interest in customer facing consultant role.
- Ability to guide customer based on leading practices
- Ability to work well in teams, as well as independently
- Good verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in English, verbal and written
- Critical thinker, problem solver, curious learner
- Able to learn new products and technologies on the job quickly
- Capable to work independently, take initiative with minimal supervision yet can participate as a team member with a willingness to help where needed