Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management Consultant

Public Sector Resourcing; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking an Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management Consultant for a hybrid role based in London or Bristol. The consultant will work with financial management processes and must have extensive experience with Oracle systems. Security clearance is required for this position. Apply now to contribute to critical projects supporting the UK's defense capabilities.

Qualifications

• Over ten years' experience in complex technology enabled transformation projects.
• Minimum of two Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management end-to-end implementation experiences.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Understand success factors and help the J2C Finance workstream deliver quality outcomes.
• Support eco-system exit gate criteria and risk management.
• Guide key design and configuration decisions in J2C Finance workstream.

Skills

Strong finance function knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently

Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word

Education

Degree level qualification

Job description

On behalf of the MOD, we are looking for a Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management Consultant (Inside IR35) for a hybrid contract based out of Bristol or London that runs up until 31/3/26.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

The MOD is one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe and the single largest customer for UK industry. It currently manages approximately £20 billion of spend on capital investments in equipment and infrastructure every year. Over the next decade the MOD is committed to spending over £190 billion on equipment and support. The MOD's customers include both the armed forces and national security agencies, and it has a diverse range of requirements, including military fighting vehicles, education services, nuclear submarines and facilities management.

The MOD's aim is to provide its armed forces with the best capabilities to enable them to protect the UK's security and advance national interests, both now and in the long term.

To do this the MOD has an annual budget of almost £53 billion and a workforce comprising 197,000 people. of which 54,000 are civilians working for the UK MOD.

The work really matters; the MOD offers a range of engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services they provide, in many locations across the UK. We support teams working in HR, Primary Health Care, Corporate Services, and many others.

As a , Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management Consultant your main responsibilities will be:

• Understand the critical success factors and key delivery outputs and milestones and help the J2C Finance workstream deliver quality outcomes within the agreed baseline plan
• Understand the key strategic and operational themes from the portfolio programme director and expand the same to help develop the support and control needed for the finance workstream to deliver on its functional excellence without compromising excellence in other corporate services within CSM
• Support the full eco-system of exit gate criteria, output matrix, risk management, resource planning and integrated portfolio plan to pro-actively identify risks and opportunities and signpost the appropriate RAID team. The role needs to make relevant RAID management team aware of RAIDs, when discovering the same. RAID management will be dealt by the relevant RAID team(s)
• Contribute towards the management of exit criteria relevant to J2C Cloud finance workstream and help the portfolio programme director manage exit criteria effectively
• Have a keen eye on the actual progress on the ground and validate delivery position to the portfolio programme director or his appointed representative. Maintenance and management of programme and portfolio plan will be done by the planning team
• Guide, support and monitor the key design and configuration decisions in the J2C Finance workstream and ensure solution integrity and its fitness for the purpose
• Major contributor to the portfolio delivery support and management function at the portfolio level for the finance function
• Working for the portfolio programme director to ensure that J2C Cloud finance workstream implementation is to the right quality and is within its delivery schedule

Essential:

• A degree level qualification (essential)
• Strong finance function knowledge cutting across transactional and strategic finance business areas
• Over ten years' experience in complex technology enabled transformation projects/programmes(essential)
• Experience of managing complex stakeholder landscape (essential)
• Experience of working effectively in a complex third-party supplier landscape (essential)
• Minimum of two Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management end-to-end implementation programme experience in large organisations (essential)
• Strong communicator and proficiency in business documentation (essential)
• Proficient in using PowerPoint, Excel, Word (essential)
• Ability to work independently (essential)
• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The MOD guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.