Oracle Fusion Consultant

Role: Oracle Fusion Consultant

Type: Contract (Inside IR35)

Nature: Remote (Intially 10 days in Cork, Ireland- exp covered)

Duration: 6 months

Location: UK (remote)

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Oracle Cloud Business Process Owner groups, as well as Applications Solution delivery and boundary Systems teams to prepare a list of Cutover tasks.
• Prepare and refine our detailed cutover plan, with activities, dependencies between activities, resources, and timelines required for transitioning to our Production environments.
• Coordinate with Solution delivery teams to optimize the time needed for Cutover activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, business units, external suppliers, customers, and Partners, to ensure alignment on cutover activities and Business & IT readiness.
• Work with data conversion teams, ensuring data migration activities have been optimized and can be completed as per the Cutover Plan.
• Work with Business teams to develop interim process so that business can operate with minimal disruptions during the Cutover period.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with cutover activities, including data migration, Change Management, Security & Controls, system outages/downtime, and system administration issues.
• Support and lead teams in conducting a full rehearsal of all cutover activities, prior to our Production cutover phase.
• Work with Corporate communications team and act as a draft/review resource for all cutover-related communications, keeping stakeholders informed of timelines, activities, and any issues or changes.
• Provide status updates to Stakeholders and ensure Cutover activities align with the Program Schedule.
• Develop and maintain contingency plans for critical cutover activities, preparing for potential delays, rollbacks, or system issues.
• Oversee post-cutover stabilization activities, ensuring any issues are addressed quickly and that end-users have the support they need.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all cutover activities, including step-by-step procedures, roles and responsibilities, and lessons learned.
• After cutover, conduct a post-mortem review and implement best practices for future deployments or quarterly updates.
• Support the organization in adopting the Oracle Cloud modules, and the related business processes, through hypercare (dedicated specialized support) to business-as-usual (BAU) operations
• Act as a liaison for global (24/7) cutover team, by bridging shifts in India (Bangalore) and US (RTP) - ensure a proper handoff of daily execution progress across geographies

Knowledge and Skills

• Project Management experience in managing complex cloud-based implementations
• Proven experience managing cutover activities for large-scale projects.
• Experience in Data Migration, Change Management, Security & Controls and Hypercare activities.
• Experience with Jira, SmartSheet, and MS Project
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships, influence others, and move toward a common vision or goal; problem solving and root cause identification skills.
• Excellent active listening skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others; self-motivated, tenacious, adaptable, and able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics; accurate, above average attention to detail, and ability to perform several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project life cycle.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Experience with MS Project, Visio, and graphics programs preferred.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.