Oracle Transformation Director

Grant Thornton (US); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Grant Thornton LLP in Chicago is seeking an Oracle Director to lead advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Transformation Practice. From day one, you’ll be empowered by the Transformation team to help clients make moves that align with their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Core responsibilities include guiding full life cycle implementations, documenting requirements, configuring Oracle applications, creating training materials, delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, Information Technology, MIS, or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum 6 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function serving cross-industry clients at a national level.
• Minimum of 5 full life cycle implementations of Oracle.
• Industry recognized professional certification required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports.
• Experience with application integration and back-end data connectivity applications.
• Experience installing/configuring/implementing Oracle Applications.
• Exposure or training on Oracle Cloud Applications; Knowledge of Oracle Cloud Applications.
• Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects.
• Strong leadership skills, able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents.
• Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes.
• Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, and build phases.
• Document business requirements, system design and transformational goals.
• Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing.
• Create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption.
• Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment.
• Provide post-production support.
• Participate in full life cycle implementations.
• Assist in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
• Communicate effectively with senior audiences, delivering messages with clarity and sensitivity.
• Drive the development of business cases to support strategic IT initiatives.
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
• Coach and develop team members.
• Demonstrate executive presence.
• Contribute to service offerings and thought leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Business analysis

Client advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, IT, MIS

Master’s degree is a plus

Tools

Oracle Applications

Oracle Cloud Applications

Application integration

Job description

Grant Thornton LLP in Chicago is seeking an Oracle Director to lead advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Transformation Practice. From day one, you’ll be empowered by the Transformation team to help clients make moves that align with their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Core responsibilities include guiding full life cycle implementations, documenting requirements, configuring Oracle applications, creating training materials, delivering