ORACLE LICENSING SPECIALIST

Abacus Service Corporation; Regina; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a specialist for Oracle licensing advisory services to ensure compliance and optimize licensing. The successful candidate will guide clients through the audit processes, analyze requirements for cost-effective solutions, and support the transition to Oracle Cloud by facilitating workshops and creating documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in establishing processes for Oracle license requests.
• Experience in conducting annual audits of Oracle environments.
• Experience in facilitating workshops and writing business documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide Oracle licensing advisory services and guide through audit processes.
• Analyze client requirements and propose cost-effective licensing solutions.
• Facilitate business process mapping workshops and manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Oracle licensing processes

Organizational change management

Business process mapping

Advisory and reporting

Job description

The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:

• Provide Oracle licensing advisory services to ensure GOS remains in a compliant state.
• Guide GOS through the audit process as needed.
• Assist with identifying and managing licensing that can be de-supported under Rimini Street's Global License and Advisory Services for Oracle Applications as legacy environments are turned down following the launch of the Enterprise Business Management Project (EBMP).
• Assist with various SBP projects to modernize applications and transition them to the Oracle cloud.
• Develop requirements and design Oracle software request processes.
• Assist with implementing the Oracle software request process and any applicable corporate policies.
• Interface with Oracle's representatives on GOS's behalf, when required.
• Provide various ad hoc reporting and advice.
• Provide expertise on legacy Oracle, Oracle Cloud, and emerging technologies.
• Analyze client requirements and propose cost-effective solutions for both existing and new licensing.
• Conduct annual audits to maximize entitlements and identify deficiencies/issues.
• Provide educational support to clients on Oracle licensing.
• Utilize organizational change management skills to lead successful change.
• Facilitate business process mapping workshops and requirements gathering sessions.
• Write detailed business process documentation and business and technical requirements, managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform contract review and consultation with legal and procurement teams.

Mandatory Qualifications / Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience establishing a process for Oracle license and product requests, with specific detailed examples.
• Demonstrated experience conducting an annual audit/review of Oracle environments to maximize entitlements and identify deficiencies, with specific examples.
• Demonstrated experience supporting clients in reviewing Oracle software entitlements at all product levels, with examples.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing client requirements to provide cost-effective solutions, with detailed examples.
• This requirement will be heavily weighted: Demonstrated experience providing educational support on Oracle best practices and efficiencies to clients, with examples.
• Local knowledge of GOS or comparable entities related to the technical and business landscape, with specific examples.
• Familiarity and experience with identifying and managing licensing that can be de-supported, with examples.
• Experience using organizational change management skills and creating strategies to lead organizational change, with examples.
• Experience facilitating business process mapping workshops and requirements gathering sessions, with examples.
• Experience writing detailed business process documentation, business and technical requirements, and managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle, with examples.
• Experience with contract review and consultation, including reviewing contracts, working with legal and procurement teams, and providing industry expertise for contracts of comparable size and complexity, with examples.
• Experience guiding clients during annual audits, identifying deficiencies, and maximizing entitlements, with examples.
• Experience with transitioning applications to Oracle Cloud, working with Oracle representatives, and providing stakeholders with reports and advice as needed, with examples.

The successful candidate(s) may provide these services remotely.