Oracle HCM Cloud Recruitment and Core Lead

Grant Thornton UK; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy in the UK seeks an experienced Oracle Cloud Recruitment Lead Consultant to drive recruitment solutions within its Business Consulting team. This role entails owning the recruitment solution definition, leading consultancy teams in delivery, and building strong stakeholder relationships for successful project execution. The ideal candidate will have relevant Oracle certification, significant experience in consulting/project roles, and excellent communication skills. The company supports flexible working and values diversity within its inclusive culture.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive culture

Work life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum years’ experience in similar consulting/project roles.
• Experience as HCM implementation consultant.
• Hands-on functional and technical delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the recruitment solution definition and delivery in projects.
• Lead recruitment solution teams in implementation.
• Build relationships with senior customer stakeholders.

Skills

Oracle certification in Cloud HCM/recruitment

Wider Oracle Cloud HCM experience

Building relationships with C Level and Senior Solution stakeholders

Excellent verbal and written communication

Project delivery experience

Education

Relevant Oracle certification in Cloud HCM/recruitment

Job description

Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Job Description

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Grant Thornton’s Business Consulting consists of Enterprise Applications, Technology, Finance, Operations, Deals and People focus areas. The Enterprise Applications (EA) Practice is responsible for advisory and project implementation services related to Oracle Cloud Applications and Technology in particular, and ERP/HCM applications advisory consultancy more generally.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

As an Oracle cloud Recruitment and core Lead Consultant within our team practice, you will:

• If you enjoy working on a wide-reaching range of projects that will help businesses and communities flourish, you’ll fit right in. Here are some things you can expect from this Oracle HCM Cloud Recruitment Lead Consultant role.
• This means doing what’s right even when no one’s looking. The work that you will do has a major impact on our clients and our firm. We pride ourselves on the high-level standards we have for the work that we do.
• Within a delivery project you will own the Recruitment solution definition and delivery (in collaboration with other senior sales and delivery leaders), able to use your knowledge of Oracle HCM Cloud functionality to design specific client solutions, and to convince customers of the appropriateness of those solutions. You will be able engage in the detail of recruitment solutions using your experience as a recruitment specialist implementation consultant to both lead teams and deliver specialist activity where needed.
• You will be able to take responsibility both for all functional aspects of an Oracle Cloud HCM implementation, but also be hands on regarding technical aspects of the implementation including data loading and integration specification. You will also be able to own the interaction with senior customer stakeholders, to understand their requirements and build relationships in which they buy into your solution vision.
• You will be part of the Enterprise Applications Practice team, taking a key role in leading recruitment solution teams (including both on shore and off shore consultants) in the implementation of your recruitment solutions. You will work collaboratively with the EA practice leaders in defining solutions and with Project Managers, Solutions Architects and implementation consultants in the delivery of customer projects.
• Your responsibilities will be measured in terms of the successful design and delivery of recruitment projects, and in achieving reference ability of those customers.

• The EA team is the leading enterprise solutions team within Grant Thornton and your success will be aligned to your ability to build an internal and external brand as an established leader for Oracle Cloud recruitment solutions. Your knowledge will be visible and respected internally within the EA and Business Consulting teams and within Oracle UK’s sales and solution consulting teams.

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Oracle cloud Recruitment Lead Consultant, the minimum criteria you’ll need is relevant Oracle certification in Cloud HCM/recruitment, and multiple years’ experience in similar Consulting/Project roles, covering both successful project delivery and related sales/practice development activity. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

Your experience will be both as HCM implementation consultant individual contributor, and lead, with strong experience both in terms of solution design and hands on functional and technical delivery. Your experience may be in a mix of implementation and end user roles, but as a minimum you will have undertaken multiple Oracle recruitment implementations with involvement in other modules such as Core HCM, Compensation or payroll.

Here are a few more skills we are looking for:

• Additional to your project implementation experience in recruitment module, a knowledge of, or background in, the end user aspects of Overall HCM processing and related issues, such that you are able to perform advisory consulting related to Core HCM, Absences and other modules and their interaction with Core HCM and recruitment and best practices in a wider sense
• Wider Oracle Cloud HCM experience, with Certification in other Oracle Cloud HCM modules
• Experience of building lasting relationships with C Level and Senior Solution stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communications – and a demonstrable track record of being able to use those skills to convince customers regarding your solution vision as part of sales and delivery processes
• Experience in Project Delivery roles encompassing project leadership and oversight alongside your solution responsibilities
• Willingness to travel depending on customer requirements, mostly in UK, but throughout Europe & the Middle East if needed.

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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