Job Description
Oracle ERP Financials (UK) Lead/Principal Consultant (including the Oracle Procurement Module(s))
THIS IS A PERMANENT / On-Staff role and it is anticipated that it will 'progress' into the Practice Lead / Practice Head role.
UK BASED ROLE (typically Home / Hybrid with travel to Clients as needed).
ELIGIBILITY for UK Government Security Clearance is required (see below).
Introduction:
Widely considered to be leading players in the Oracle ERP / Financials marketplace in the UK (along-with all our work in the Oracle HCM & Payroll space), we offer a warm, friendly atmosphere, interesting & challenging work with a professional & experienced Team, good career advancement opportunities and we are expanding extensively, creating a wealth of new opportunities.
With plenty of scope for up-skilling and gaining further accreditation, we are also considered good payers (see below for Package details); we believe in fairly rewarding our staff for their hard work and loyalty.
Job Purpose:
This Senior role within the Oracle Practice will report directly to the Consulting Director and will work alongside the senior Leadership Team in the Practice, to shape ERP Project Delivery and support new ERP growth. We are looking for a strong, experienced Oracle professional who has either Lead ERP Cloud Consulting experience, to drive growth and excellence in this expanding area of our business.
You will be responsible for supporting ERP (Financials) Business Development, Leading the Practice, driving growth & building Teams to further drive our growth aspirations. You will work closely with the Sales Team, the Managed Services Team and the Oracle Leadership Team to deliver objectives across three pillars – employee satisfaction, Customer satisfaction and revenue & profit growth.
And in this part-billable role, you will also take a Solution Architect / Project Management / Functional role in Oracle ERP Cloud Projects.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Practice Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor a team of consultants within the Symatrix Consulting Team, typically up to 30, with up to 6 direct reports, providing leadership, guidance and expertise to the team. Actively lead and encourage innovation and proactively look for ways to drive Symatrix forward.
Project Leadership: On a project or programme, lead a team of typically 15+ consultants acting as a stream lead/solution architect/programme manager. Ensure roles and responsibilities are understood up front and that resourcing matches the needs of the project.
Methodology & Product Development: Own the methodology and Business Operating Manual for your area, ensuring maintenance of all documentation, templates and tooling. Own and identify product delivery roadmaps for your team and contribute to the development of approved products. Focus the team on identifying reusable or re-sellable products that Symatrix could use on future projects to generate efficiency or take to market to create value for our clients.
Business Development: You will own the Consulting Sales processes liaising with the Sales Team and ensuring high quality responses are delivered on time. Lead individual sales processes e.g. responding to ITT, RFP, RFI's; leading in sales presentations; owning estimation and planning of whole solutions.
Risk Management: Own project risk management for all projects being delivered by the practice ensuring these are escalated to the Symatrix risk register where required.
Quality Management: Own the ongoing development of an overarching set of quality standards for the consulting team. Ensure quality standards are adhered to for your team and support in improving quality standards in the business.
Financial Management: Oversee the time/budget allocation for your teams’ tasks. Support the Consulting Director in managing and delivering the budget and contribution level for the consulting practice, paying close attention to team costs and ensuring a broad focus on revenue generation and maximising utilisation.
Skills Development: Share your knowledge, experience, and best practices within the team and your extended network. Ensure the required level of knowledge and skills are available throughout the consulting practice based on sales pipeline and project demand in your area. Actively develop the team in core consulting skills including Cloud ways of working, workshop facilitation and creation of project collateral.
Influencing: Influence Client stakeholders & assist in making key decisions for Oracle implementation programmes. Forge strategic relationships within Oracle to elevate Symatrix’ reputation & provide value for Oracle, the Client & Symatrix. Act as senior supplier, providing Project assurance for key Consulting Projects.
Deliverables management: Create, review & provide assurance for well-structured & accurate deliverables relevant to your area of expertise such as project plans, requirements, business processes, configuration documents, specifications, test plans and other artifacts.
Person Specification - Knowledge / Experience / Skills / Qualities:
Essential:
- UK based, British Citizen (eligible to obtain SC level Clearance)
It is not necessary to have Clearance now, nor to have previously held Clearance, but you need to meet the eligibility criteria, so when applying, please confirm that / how you meet the eligibility criteria.
- Extensive Leading / People-Management skills
- Entrepreneurial / Business-Winning skills
This is a very different skill-set to Functional Oracle Cloud ERP/Financials and includes supporting the pre-sales activities. This needs Strong commercial awareness with proven prior experience of successfully responding to ITT/RFPs
The role will need all the above things; UK based, Eligibility for SC, People Management, Entrepreneurship/Business-Winning. And more.. Advisory skills, Introduction/adoption of new procedures & Methodology, growing a Team / Practice.. When applying, please confirm that / how you meet these criteria.
- Emotionally intelligent and compassionate Leader, who encourages a culture where every Team member can be themselves & thrive at Symatrix
- Able to make difficult decisions for the good of the Team member, the Team or the Company
- Proven and significant full lifecycle implementation experience of delivering Oracle Cloud ERP FINANCIALS solutions to medium & large enterprise Clients in complex environments
- Extensive experience in dealing with and resolving Client escalations to a satisfactory outcome & driving high levels of Customer satisfaction
- Strong Client-Facing / Consultancy / PM experience in an Oracle ERP FINANCIALS environment
- Excellent knowledge and Implementation experience of Oracle ERP Cloud in at least four of the following areas: Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Intercompany, Expenses, Tax, Fixed Assets
- Well organised and structured in approach whilst being detail oriented in bids and Projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to influence at the highest levels
- Willingness to travel and be away from home
- Active Oracle product certification or other relevant Project Management qualification
- Can see the big picture and contribute to strategic conversations but can also get into low levels of technical detail when required
- Mentor and Manage cross-skilled Teams
- Keen understanding of (or a willingness to learn about) the financial impact of Team decisions to the company P&L.
Desirable:
- Experience working in an environment alongside other Oracle Cloud products such as: Service Cloud (CX), HCM (Core HR & Payroll), Planning & Budgeting (EPM)
- Knowledge and implementation experience of the following: Oracle Digital Assistant, Oracle Guided Learning, Reporting/BI tools (OTBI / BI Publisher), integration tools
Benefits Package:
Competitive Salary, Company Pension, 25 days holiday, option to buy an additional 5 holiday days, your own birthday as an additional holiday after two years’ service, flexible working, eye tests, private health care (with the leading health care provider), DIS benefit, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers, share option scheme, excellent training and learning opportunities.
What to do next (how to apply):
If you are an experienced ORACLE CLOUD ERP / Financials LEAD and you are searching for a new opportunity, then you have come to the right place and at definitely the right time; please send your application to our Talent Acquisition Team using LINKEDIN.
Remember; all applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Why Symatrix?
We were founded in 2000 with the specific focus of providing services and expertise to organisations looking to implement and leverage Oracle HCM. We have come a long way since then. All Customers should be able to make their business applications work harder for them providing the expected returns and benefits. Everything we do supports this.. We provide Consulting and end-to-end Managed Services for HCM and ERP on premise, or in the Cloud - from Applications Support and Testing as a Service through to Managed Payroll and Process Improvement services, not to mention our award-winning Oracle Practice
After the introduction of Cloud, we added Environment Management and Testing as a Service to our kit bag to complement our application support and change services. Our Consulting services have evolved to support Cloud and we have retained our award-winning on-premise expertise. We also created an exciting suite of services to help our customers manage and improve their processes, which really help to move our customers from “adopting Cloud” to “embracing Cloud”.
We are delighted to be able to say that we’re an ISO27001, BACS and Cyber Essentials accredited business but there are many reasons that we’re proud of what we’ve achieved over the years.