Job Title
Chapter Lead - Corporate (People Hub, Finance & Corporate)
Contract Type
Permanent
Salary
£89,250.00
Working Hours
35
Working Pattern
Monday to Friday Hybrid
Location
Speke, Liverpool
Application Instructions
Attach a current CV and covering letter. We recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
We accept applications based on any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK. We will not apply for additional sponsorships for existing colleagues or candidates.
About you
We are looking for someone with Oracle experience in HCM, Finance and EPM along with knowledge of data migration, integration, test and release strategies in relation to Oracle.
Why Riverside?
One Housing Group is a part of Riverside. For 90 years, we have been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Benefits
* Competitive pay & generous pension
* 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
* Flexible working options available
* Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
* A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion
We are inclusive. We value diversity in all its forms and foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard.
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If you meet the minimum requirements for the role they will be guaranteed an interview.
This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to be considered.
Job Purpose
Riverside Digital and Technology embed DevOps as a key method of its delivery approach. The role holder will ensure all members of their DevOps Chapter work well together to deliver value.
Reporting and Accountability
Reporting directly to the Head of Digital Products, own and be accountable for all Digital Products in the Corporate domain, including Oracle HCM and Oracle ERP. Keep on top of emerging trends and technologies, including Oracle, and leverage all technologies to add most value to the group through a DevOps focused environment. Lead the end-to-end Agile delivery of Service and Change across Corporate products, ensuring delivery within approved budget, timescales, quality and compliance standards, managing a product backlog with continuous delivery. Manage partners, customers and suppliers across the Riverside Group.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintain expertise in emerging technologies and trends, particularly around Oracle HCM and ERP / EPM.
* Ensure strategic alignment of the Digital Products within the Corporate Domain with the Corporate Plan and the Digital and Technology strategy.
* Be accountable for the strategy and roadmap for Digital Products within the Corporate domain.
* Develop the DevOps squad across the corporate domain, including Oracle.
* Develop, lead and manage a high performing, cost effective and scalable provision of internal and external resource to meet business demands.
* Be proactive in understanding and leveraging broader product, cyber and infrastructure technologies and methodologies.
* Influence key decisions at a senior level including Capital spend for large future technology investments.
* Be accountable for Service performance and change delivery across Digital Products within the Corporate domain.
* Be accountable for the planning and provision of Oracle environments for all support, enhancement and change activities.
* Approve order of magnitude estimates of both cost and resource at Discovery phase.
* Approve non-functional requirements and be accountable for the reporting of progress, risks and issues across all design, development, test, deployment and warranty phases.
* Approve technical design reviews and be accountable for all configuration and customisation.
* Demonstrate expertise in advanced programming concepts across PL / SQL and Java technologies.
* Manage key risks and issues across assigned modules and business areas.
* Provide service and support including service requests, incidents, problem and change, proactively managing performance, availability and resilience.
* Be accountable for the quarterly releases, identifying any technology or methodology changes that will impact product or business.
* Be accountable for the relationship with Oracle as a vendor through proactive relationships with service, account management and customer success teams.
* Be accountable for the Audit and compliance of the system.
* Be accountable for all information security, including data protection, for all Corporate Products.
* Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities, undertake other duties when required and participate in an on-call rota if required.
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience
* Experience of developing high-performing teams.
* Broad knowledge of technologies and methodologies across Digital Products, Cyber and Infrastructure.
* Experience of managing tier 1 ERP systems such as Oracle.
* Relevant IT qualifications, equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree or above.
* Knowledge of Waterfall, Agile and DevOps approaches and methodologies.
* Knowledge of Service methodologies and approaches.
* Proven Oracle Cloud knowledge across HCM, Financials or EPM.
* Knowledge of data migration, integration, test and release strategies in relation to Oracle.
* Knowledge of the Oracle cloud quarterly release cycle and key activities.
* Proven experience of working with Oracle as a vendor, and with an implementation partner.
Desirable Skills and Experience
* Completion of at least two full Oracle Cloud HCM or Financials implementation.
* Oracle Fusion HCM or Financials certification.
* Experience supporting HR functions in Oracle HCM across a medium to large-scale Oracle Cloud implementations, including key HR concepts, functional guidance and technical build for at least 3 of HCM, Payroll, Absence, Expenses, Learning, Performance, Recruitment.
* Experience supporting accounting functions in Oracle ERP across a medium to large-scale Oracle Cloud implementations, including key Financial concepts, functional guidance and technical build for at least 3 of GL, Payables, Receivables, Purchasing, Procurement, Expenses, Asset, Collections, and Cash Management.
* Experience of developing Oracle OTBI dashboards and reports.
* Experience with Oracle Cloud Data Conversion.
* Experience with Oracle Analytics Cloud.
* Experience of Oracle Cloud delivered Web Services (SOAP & REST).
* Experience with Oracle Identity Manager, MS Active Directory, and Identity Propagation.
* Experience with Oracle Cloud SaaS Security.
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