What are the responsibilities and job description for the People Technology Consultant (Oracle HCM Consultant) position at Talent Groups?
Duration: 4 months to start
Job Description
Strategic Assessment & System Evaluation
Education & Experience
Core HR Module (deep Expertise Required)
Additional Modules
Additional Oracle HCM Experience
Job Description
- We are seeking a seasoned Oracle HCM consultant to lead a critical 3-6 month strategic assessment and optimization initiative within our People Technology function.
- This role requires deep functional and technical expertise in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM with a proven ability to evaluate complex system configurations, identify gaps and opportunities, and deliver actionable recommendations aligned to organizational strategy.
- The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert conducting a comprehensive review of our current Oracle HCM instance design and configuration across Core HR, Time and Absence, Compensation, and related modules.
- This individual will assess our current state against industry best practices and business requirements, then develop a prioritized roadmap of immediate, medium-term, and long-term improvements to support People team objectives and broader enterprise goals.
Strategic Assessment & System Evaluation
- Conduct comprehensive review of Oracle HCM instance configuration across all deployed modules
- Evaluate current state designs against Oracle best practices and industry standards
- Assess system configuration effectiveness in meeting business requirements and user needs
- Identify configuration gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for optimization
- Analyze how current configurations support (or hinder) People team strategic objectives
- Review integration architecture and data flows between Oracle HCM and connected enterprise systems
- Evaluate security model, role structures, and access control configurations
- Document current state configurations, business rules, and design rationale
- Develop detailed recommendations for system optimization across short, medium, and long-term horizons
- Prioritize recommendations based on business impact, technical complexity, and resource requirements
- Create implementation roadmaps with phased approaches for complex improvements
- Provide effort estimates and resource needs for recommended changes
- Identify quick wins and immediate optimization opportunities
- Articulate business cases for recommended improvements with expected benefits and ROI
- Adapt recommendations based on organizational strategy, priorities, and constraints
- Present findings and recommendations to leadership and stakeholder groups
- Partner with People team leaders to understand business objectives, pain points, and requirements
- Facilitate discovery sessions with HR Business Partners, Compensation, Talent, and other stakeholders
- Provide expert guidance on Oracle HCM capabilities and best practice approaches
- Advise on change management considerations for recommended improvements
- Support decision-making processes with subject matter expertise and industry insights
- Collaborate with IT, HRIT, and other technical teams on integration and infrastructure considerations
- Serve as trusted advisor to People Technology leadership throughout engagement
- Create comprehensive assessment documentation including findings, analysis, and recommendations
- Develop configuration documentation for current state and proposed future state
- Document business process flows and system touch points
- Create presentation materials for various stakeholder audiences
- Provide knowledge transfer to internal People Technology team
- Develop decision frameworks and evaluation criteria for ongoing optimization efforts
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; OR equivalent work experience (6 years in Oracle HCM consulting/implementation roles may substitute for degree)
- Minimum 5 years hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion HCM in implementation, configuration, or consulting capacity
- Proven experience leading or contributing to multiple full-lifecycle Oracle HCM implementations
- Demonstrated experience conducting system assessments, optimization reviews, or post-implementation evaluations
- Experience developing recommendations and roadmaps for complex enterprise systems
Core HR Module (deep Expertise Required)
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- Person, Employment, Assignment data model and complex relationships
- Work relationship types, legal employer structures, and global configurations
- Organization hierarchies: Location, Department, Job, Position, Grade structures
- Legislative Data Groups (LDG), legal entities, and multi-country configurations
- Personal information, contact management, and data privacy considerations
- Fast Formulas and configuration design patterns
- Absence plans, policies, and accrual configurations
- Time entry and approval workflows
- Time calculation rules and repeating time periods
- Integration with payroll and workforce management
- Absence qualification plans and eligibility rules
- Absence cases and leave of absence tracking
- Salary basis, salary components, and pay structures
- Compensation plans (individual, workforce, total compensation statements)
- Grade structures, salary ranges, and pay equity configurations
- Eligibility profiles and plan enrollment rules
- Variable compensation plans (bonus, commission, equity)
- Compensation worksheets and approval workflows
- Budget pools and merit planning processes
- Security model: RBAC, data security policies, security profiles, role provisioning
- Integration patterns and approaches (OIC, FBDI, web services, etc.)
- Data model relationships across modules
- Workflow and approval configurations (BPM Worklist)
- Personalization and page composer capabilities
- Fast Formula development and troubleshooting
- Strategic thinking - ability to connect system capabilities to business outcomes and organizational strategy
- Business acumen - understanding of HR operations, compliance requirements, and People function objectives
- Assessment methodology - structured approach to evaluating complex systems and identifying improvement opportunities
- Recommendation development - can synthesize findings into clear, actionable, prioritized recommendations
- Stakeholder management - skilled at engaging diverse audiences, facilitating discussions, and building consensus
- Presentation skills - ability to communicate technical concepts and recommendations to executive and non-technical audiences
- Adaptability - can adjust recommendations based on organizational constraints, priorities, and strategic direction
- Influence without authority - effective at guiding decision-making through expertise and relationship-building
- Documentation - creates clear, comprehensive, and professional documentation for various audiences
- Project management - able to manage engagement activities, timelines, and deliverables independently
Additional Modules
Additional Oracle HCM Experience
- Talent Management (Performance, Goals, Career Development, Succession Planning)
- Benefits administration and enrollment
- Workforce Management and scheduling
- Payroll (Oracle Cloud Payroll or third-party payroll integrations)
- Recruiting and onboarding (Taleo, Oracle Recruiting Cloud)
- Learning Management
- Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) development and troubleshooting
- HCM Extracts (Fast Formula-based and BI Publisher-based extracts)
- Advanced Fast Formula development (complex calculations, database items, contexts)
- REST API and web service integrations
- OTBI and BIP reporting (subject area creation, advanced data models)
- HDL (HCM Data Loader) for mass data updates and migrations
- Oracle HCM Cloud implementation methodology and delivery approach
- Experience with global/multi-country Oracle HCM implementations
- Industry-specific HR process knowledge (technology, manufacturing, professional services, etc.)
- Post-production optimization or system health check engagements
- Oracle HCM SaaS upgrade and feature adoption planning
- Change management and organizational change leadership
- HR transformation or operating model redesign initiatives
- Oracle Cloud HCM certification(s) in relevant modules
- Project management certification (PMP, Agile/Scrum, etc.)
- HR certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR)
- Active participation in Oracle HCM user communities and continuous learning