HR Functional Engineer (Oracle HCM)

Legal & General; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare plan

25+ days holiday

Competitive family leave

Electric car scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

A leading UK financial services group is seeking an experienced functional engineer (Product Developer - Oracle HCM) to enhance their core HR system. The role entails configuring Oracle HCM Cloud modules and collaborating with HR to implement solutions that drive efficiency. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Oracle HCM configuration and HR processes. Benefits include a performance-related bonus and generous pension contributions.

Qualifications

• Proven configuration experience in Oracle HCM is essential.
• Ability to analyze complex HR requirements and design effective solutions.
• Excellent communication skills necessary for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Configuring key Oracle HCM Cloud modules for business requirements.
• Support innovative change requests with HR and Operational Excellence teams.
• Oversee Oracle quarterly releases and facilitate playback sessions.
• Gather, analyze, and document system requirements with stakeholders.

Skills

Configuration experience in Oracle HCM

Understanding of HR processes

Understanding of payroll processes

Analytical skills for HR requirements

Data integrity and security management

Cloud implementation and configuration experience

Communication skills

Job description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced functional engineer (Product Developer - Oracle HCM) to support key change initiatives and BAU activities within Oracle HCM. This role plays a crucial role in configuration and delivery of change items, BAU processes and ticket resolution for our employees to enhance and improve our core HR system.

What you’ll be doing

• Configuring key Oracle HCM Cloud modules—Global HR, Compensation, Absence Management, Learning & Performance, and HR Helpdesk—to meet evolving business requirements.
• Demonstrating strong technical expertise to support innovative change requests, partnering with HR and Operational Excellence teams to explore and deliver impactful solutions.
• Aligning system changes with the standard BAU calendar to ensure consistency with established HR processes and timelines.
• Leveraging deep knowledge of HR policies and processes to identify and implement system enhancements that drive operational efficiency and compliance.
• Overseeing Oracle quarterly releases and facilitating playback sessions to keep relevant business stakeholders informed and engaged.
• Collaborating with HR and business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document system requirements, translating them into effective configurations within Oracle and ATS platforms.
• Partnering with internal teams—IT, Data, and Integrations—to ensure system design and functionality align with downstream impact assessments.
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive documentation—including user guides, standard operating procedures, and configuration workbooks—to support system integrity and user adoption.

Qualifications

• Proven configuration experience in Oracle HCM is essential.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and best practices.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes.
• Ability to analyse complex HR requirements and design effective solutions within Oracle HCM.
• Ensure data integrity and security within Oracle HCM.
• Hands‑on experience in cloud implementation, configuration, and customisation.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes.
• Generous pension contribution.
• Life assurance.
• Healthcare plan (permanent employees only).
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays; 26 days after 2 years’ service. Option to buy and sell holiday.
• Competitive family leave.
• Participation in our electric car scheme, offering employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax‑efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only).
• Many discounts on our own products and at high‑street stores and online.
• Modern, well‑designed workspaces that promote collaboration and wellbeing.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives that support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options—including part‑time, term‑time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.