Senior Oracle FLEXCUBE Consultant - Core Banking Implementation and Integration Job Snapshot - Role: Senior Oracle FLEXCUBE Consultant - Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Industry: I T and Services - Function: Enterprise Software Implementation Consulting - Experience: 10-15 years, including 8 years with Oracle FLEXCUBE - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
Dicetek LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Oracle FLEXCUBE Consultant to support core banking transformation, functional design, product configuration and enterprise integration initiatives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The role requires deep functional and technical expertise in Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking, including Core Banking, Customer Information File (CIF), Current and Savings Accounts (CASA), Term Deposits, Retail and Corporate Lending, Trade Finance, Payments and General Ledger.
The successful candidate will lead functional design and configuration activities, define banking product parameters, conduct fit-gap assessments and support complex FLEXCUBE implementation, upgrade or migration initiatives.
The position emphasizes standard product functionality, reduced customization and alignment with Lean Core architecture principles.
The consultant will also define integration requirements involving FLEXCUBE Gateway services, Oracle Banking APIs, REST interfaces and event‑driven capabilities.
Close collaboration with integration architects and downstream technology teams will be essential to support the modernization of core banking services and the decoupling of digital channels from legacy integration platforms.
Candidates must have 10-15 years of core banking experience, including at least 8 years of hands‑on Oracle FLEXCUBE experience, and must have participated in at least one full‑lifecycle FLEXCUBE implementation, upgrade or migration within a large bank.
Job Details
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- City: Abu Dhabi
- Industry: I T and Services
- Function: Enterprise Software Implementation Consulting
- Salary: Not disclosed
- Gender: No Preference
- Candidate Nationality: Not specified
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement: On-site
Key Responsibilities
Oracle FLEXCUBE Functional Design
- Lead functional and technical design activities across Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking modules.
- Define business functionality and configuration requirements for core banking products and services.
- Support Core Banking and Customer Information File (CIF) functionality.
- Design and configure Current and Savings Accounts (CASA) and Term Deposit products.
- Define requirements for Retail and Corporate Lending modules.
- Support Trade Finance, Payments and General Ledger functionality.
- Translate banking business requirements into FLEXCUBE functional specifications and configuration approaches.
- Ensure proposed solutions align with core banking architecture and business requirements.
Banking Product Configuration and Parameterization
- Define and maintain FLEXCUBE banking product configurations.
- Configure product parameters, interest calculations, charges and applicable limits.
- Establish accounting parameterization for banking products and transactions.
- Support configuration of conventional banking products.
- Address Islamic banking product requirements where applicable.
- Ensure product configuration aligns with relevant accounting and General Ledger requirements.
- Analyse configuration dependencies and assess their impact on existing banking functionality.
- Promote consistent and maintainable product setup practices.
Fit-Gap Analysis and Lean Core Alignment
- Lead fit-gap workshops with business and technology stakeholders.
- Analyse business requirements against standard Oracle FLEXCUBE functionality.
- Identify functional gaps and evaluate available configuration-based solutions.
- Recommend standard product capabilities before considering customization.
- Assess the business and technical implications of proposed customizations.
- Promote Lean Core principles to minimize unnecessary complexity within the core banking platform.
- Document functional gaps, solution recommendations and implementation dependencies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to agree on practical and sustainable design approaches.
FLEXCUBE Batch Processing
- Design and support FLEXCUBE batch processing architecture.
- Define end‑of‑day (EOD), end‑of‑month (EOM) and end‑of‑year (EOY) processing requirements.
- Analyse dependencies between batch processes and associated banking functions.
- Support batch sequencing and operational processing requirements.
- Assess the impact of configuration or system changes on batch execution.
- Investigate batch processing issues and associated technical dependencies.
- Coordinate with relevant teams to support reliable core banking batch operations.
FLEXCUBE Integration Architecture
- Define integration requirements involving FLEXCUBE Gateway services.
- Support integration through Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), Message-Driven Beans (MDB) and Web Services.
- Apply knowledge of Oracle Banking APIs and REST-based integration.
- Define requirements for event‑based banking integration.
- Align FLEXCUBE integration capabilities with relevant BIAN service domains.
- Collaborate with integration architects to establish appropriate service boundaries.
- Support reusable banking capabilities through API‑led integration.
- Identify integration dependencies and potential architectural constraints.
Core Banking and Channel Decoupling
- Work with the Integration Architect to support the separation of digital channels from core banking systems.
- Assess existing integration dependencies involving FLEXCUBE and legacy Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) services.
- Support the migration of appropriate business logic away from legacy ESB components.
- Define core banking integration requirements that support modular service capabilities.
- Promote reduced coupling between banking channels and core banking functionality.
- Align integration recommendations with Lean Core and API‑led architecture principles.
- Coordinate with architecture and delivery stakeholders to address integration changes.
Downstream System Impact Assessment
- Evaluate the impact of FLEXCUBE changes on connected banking applications.
- Assess integration dependencies involving payment processing platforms.
- Analyse impacts on card management and processing systems.
- Coordinate requirements affecting Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms.
- Assess dependencies involving Anti‑Money Laundering (AML) systems.
- Evaluate impacts on regulatory reporting applications.
- Support integration requirements involving enterprise data platforms.
- Identify downstream processing, data and interface dependencies.
- Communicate technical and functional impacts to relevant stakeholders.
Core Banking Implementation and Migration
- Contribute to full‑lifecycle Oracle FLEXCUBE implementation, upgrade and migration initiatives.
- Support functional design, configuration and integration activities throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Analyse existing banking processes and map requirements to FLEXCUBE capabilities.
- Coordinate with business, technical and integration teams during implementation.
- Identify functional and technical dependencies affecting delivery.
- Support issue analysis and resolution during implementation and migration activities.
- Apply experience from large banking environments to support effective solution delivery.
- Maintain alignment between functional requirements, configuration and integration design.
Technical Analysis and Troubleshooting
- Use SQL and PL/SQL to analyse FLEXCUBE application data and investigate technical issues.
- Troubleshoot functional and configuration‑related problems.
- Analyse integration issues involving Gateway services and Oracle Banking APIs.
- Investigate data processing and accounting‑related discrepancies.
- Support analysis of batch processing failures and dependencies.
- Collaborate with technical teams to identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.
- Document findings and support the resolution of complex core banking issues.
Stakeholder and Architecture Collaboration
- Engage with retail banking, corporate banking, finance and technology stakeholders.
- Facilitate discussions involving product configuration, accounting and integration requirements.
- Collaborate with integration architects on service design and channel decoupling.
- Coordinate with downstream application teams to assess system impacts.
- Communicate functional design recommendations and implementation dependencies.
- Support decisions involving standard functionality, configuration and customization.
- Maintain clear documentation of agreed requirements and technical approaches.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor 's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Banking or a related field.
- 10-15 years of professional experience in core banking technology.
- Minimum 8 years of hands‑on experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking.
- Experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 14.x or another source‑specified version requiring confirmation.
- Participation in at least one full‑lifecycle FLEXCUBE implementation, upgrade or migration within a large bank.
- Deep functional knowledge of retail and corporate banking products.
- Strong understanding of core banking accounting and General Ledger functionality.
- Extensive experience with FLEXCUBE modules, product configuration and parameterization.
- Knowledge of Core Banking, CIF, CASA, Term Deposits, Lending, Trade Finance and Payments.
- Experience defining interest, charges, limits and accounting parameters.
- Ability to conduct fit‑gap analysis and recommend standard FLEXCUBE solutions.
- Knowledge of FLEXCUBE batch architecture and end‑of‑day processing.
- Experience with FLEXCUBE Gateway services and Oracle Banking APIs.
- Understanding of REST integration and API‑led banking architecture.
- Proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL for analysis and troubleshooting.
- Understanding of BIAN service domains and Lean Core principles.
- Ability to evaluate integration dependencies and downstream system impacts.
Required Technical and Functional Skills
- Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking - FLEXCUBE Universal Banking.
- Core Banking modules.
- Customer Information File (CIF).
- Current and Savings Accounts (CASA).
- Term Deposits.
- Retail Lending.
- Corporate Lending.
- Trade Finance.
- Payments.
- General Ledger.
- Product setup and maintenance.
- Banking product parameterization.
- Interest and charges configuration.
- Limits configuration.
- Accounting parameterization.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Retail banking products.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Corporate banking products.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Conventional banking.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Core banking accounting.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - General Ledger integration.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Banking transaction processing.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - Product configuration and maintenance.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - End‑of‑day processing.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - End‑of‑month processing.
- Banking Functional Knowledge - End‑of‑year processing.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - FLEXCUBE Gateway.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB).
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Message‑Driven Beans (MDB).
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Web Services.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Oracle Banking APIs.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - REST APIs.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Event‑based integration.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - API‑led integration.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration.
- FLEXCUBE Integration Technologies - Banking channel integration.
- Architecture and Transformation - Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) service domains.
- Architecture and Transformation - Lean Core principles.
- Architecture and Transformation - Modular banking services.
- Architecture and Transformation - Core banking modernization.
- Architecture and Transformation - Channel decoupling.
- Architecture and Transformation - Legacy integration modernization.
- Architecture and Transformation - Fit‑gap analysis.
- Architecture and Transformation - Standard functionality assessment.
- Architecture and Transformation - Customization impact analysis.
- Database and Technical Analysis - SQL.
- Database and Technical Analysis - PL/SQL.
- Database and Technical Analysis - FLEXCUBE data analysis.
- Database and Technical Analysis - Functional troubleshooting.
- Database and Technical Analysis - Integration troubleshooting.
- Database and Technical Analysis - Batch processing analysis.
- Database and Technical Analysis - Accounting data investigation.
- Downstream Banking Systems - Payment platforms.
- Downstream Banking Systems - Card systems.
- Downstream Banking Systems - Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
- Downstream Banking Systems - Anti‑Money Laundering (AML).
- Downstream Banking Systems - Regulatory reporting systems.
- Downstream Banking Systems - Enterprise data platforms.
- Downstream Banking Systems - Downstream application integration.
Preferred Experience
- Previous banking technology experience in the United Arab Emirates or wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is strongly preferred.
- Islamic banking experience is an advantage.
- Experience configuring Islamic banking products within applicable core banking environments is beneficial.
Preferred Certifications
- Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Implementation Specialist.
- Oracle Banking Platform certification.
- Oracle Banking Cloud Services certification.
- Certified Islamic Banking qualification.
- Other relevant professional banking qualifications.
Professional Competencies
- Strong functional and technical understanding of enterprise core banking platforms.
- Excellent analytical thinking and problem‑solving capabilities.
- Ability to translate complex banking requirements into practical system configurations.
- Strong facilitation skills for fit‑gap workshops and stakeholder discussions.
- Effective collaboration with banking business teams and integration architects.
- Ability to assess technical dependencies and downstream system impacts.
- Sound judgment when evaluating configuration and customization options.
- Strong attention to accounting accuracy, product configuration and system reliability.
- Ability to contribute effectively to complex implementation and migration initiatives.
- Commitment to sustainable architecture and Lean Core design principles.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be a senior Oracle FLEXCUBE specialist with extensive experience in core banking functional design, product configuration, enterprise integration and large‑scale banking transformation. The role requires hands‑on expertise across FLEXCUBE Universal Banking modules, including CASA, CIF, Deposits, Lending, Trade Finance, Payments and General Ledger. Candidates should demonstrate strong knowledge of product parameterization, banking accounting, batch processing and integration through FLEXCUBE Gateway and Oracle Banking APIs. A proven record of participating in full‑lifecycle FLEXCUBE implementations, upgrades or migrations is essential. Experience in UAE or GCC banking environments, together with knowledge of Islamic banking products, will be advantageous. The successful candidate will combine strong banking‑domain knowledge, technical troubleshooting skills and architectural understanding to support reliable, maintainable and integration‑ready core banking solutions.