Title: HCM Cloud – Functional Lead
Duration: Until March 2026
Location : Reading
Key Accountabilities
* Support the successful delivery of the Oracle Fusion HCM Project through liaison with SI Partners, OCS, Business SMEs and IT colleagues through the build, test and cut over phases.
* Take particular ownership for the functional delivery of reporting, integration and DM specifications, quality assurance, testing and user testing support.
* Provide expertise and support for the data cleansing, data preparation, data mapping and reconciliation for data migration and integrations from non-EBS systems or data sources
* Identify risks, issues, and dependencies of the Integrations and Data Migration Workstream, mitigate, and manage these as required.
* Support the upcoming test phases with expertise in Parallel Payroll Runs / Payroll Comparison testing a particular focus
* Produce a range of project documentation, including but not limited to specs, strategies, project plans, RAID items.
* Translate technical concepts or terminology for non-technical audiences.
* A strong customer/client focus, with the ability to manage expectations appropriately and provide a superior customer/client experience.
* Ability to interact with staff at all levels up to senior and across all business units and organizations, and to understand business imperatives
* Strong organization and communication skills.
* Ability to work well under minimal supervision.
* Team-oriented interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including SI partners and IT and business personnel
* Ability to interpret highly complex technical solutions and ideas and understand their impact and implementation in organization
Skills/Experience
* Strong functional knowledge of Oracle Fusion HCM, covering Core HR, Payroll, Absence Management, Time & Labour and preferably Workforce Scheduling and LMS.
* Experience of moving from eBusiness Suite to Oracle Cloud
* Full lifecycle experience of Oracle HCM Cloud implementations from design, build, test through to deployment
* Experience in Data Migration from both EBS and from other systems to HCM Cloud from a functional perspective, which would include writing functional specs for DM routines, defining data mappings, and supporting the end to end process, including data validation and reconciliation
* A background in working in projects, preferably with larger companies (e.g. FTSE 100)
* Exposure to infrastructure and multi-platform environments; preferably within the energy or utility sector.
* Ability to demonstrate stakeholder management at most levels, including management, Information Technology colleagues and business representatives.
* Explaining to and communicating with both non-technical and very technical audiences
* You should have awareness of common Information Security management frameworks such as ISO 27001, COBIT, Information Security Forum and NIST.