Job Title: Oracle ERP Architect Location: Nationwide, Based on candidates' suitability.
Contract / Permanent : FTC 12 Months, With further extension Start date: October 2024 Role: The Client is seeking to procure services to assist with the transition to a new financial management shared services system.
The main skills which are being sought include project and risk management, change management including gap analysis, process redesign, planning and implementation, governance, communications.
Knowledge and experience in critical ERP system implementations and process improvements, specifically Oracle, is required.
Experience Level Required: · It is a mandatory requirement that the Candidate proposed for this role has not less than 7 years relevant experience.
Any other experience levels less than this will not be accepted.
· It is a mandatory requirement, that the Candidate proposed hold the following qualifications or equivalents: Candidate must have, as a minimum, qualifications in a relevant field which is equivalent to European EQF level 7 in their specialised field.
· Candidates must have a full driving licence, appropriate insurance and access to transport.
Key Deliverable: The following non-exhaustive list of Key Deliverables are applicable to this Role.
· Develop an in-depth knowledge of the existing Justice Oracle ERP solution and its customisations.
· Work with the relevant IT technical and operational resources and stakeholders to review the transition plan, including risks, taking account of the interdependencies for the proposed systems across all stakeholders.
· Work with the relevant IT technical and operational resources and stakeholders to apply expertise and knowledge of business architecture to identify inter-dependencies, gaps, potential threats, and opportunities between Client organisations sharing the data.
· Establish project management control processes (to include governance processes, risk management and setting out agreed success factors with timelines) and is actively involved in the transition team to ensure a seamless transition.
· Act as a subject matter expert focused on the transition from the old Oracle ERP to the new Oracle ERP system in line with NSSO guidelines managing the move from the "as is" to the "to be" stage and beyond.
· Oversight of the data cleansing and data mapping and data migration plan to deployment and integration planning, security and user functionality including testing and rollout to production.
Provide the Client with advice on the optimal solution for historic data management that is easy to access for regular queries and reporting covering up to ten years' financial history for the Department and each Agency and Body.
· Assist with the implementation of the transition plan identifying gaps and process improvements to be incorporated.
· Provide weekly progress reports on work assigned; · Provide skills transfer to relevant Client staff; · Manage the development of process and service improvement opportunities, associated initiatives and solutions using principles of process excellence and related tools.
· Assisting business areas to analyse problems and define the problem to those who provide a solution.
· Act as a bridge between IT and business teams to proactively discuss any concerns, issues, solutions or to get any clarifications when a new solution is being developed.
· Participate in system testing and defect/issue resolution (as required).
· Working with the existing team to improve the Business analysis capabilities of the Client.
· Validate business requirements for all processes, working with relevant stakeholders to ensure processes comply with statutory obligations and operational guidelines Requirements Key Experience/Competencies/Skillsets : The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role.
ERP Architect: 1.
Minimum of 7 years' experience in Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Gap Analysis Methodologies and Business implementation.
2.
Experience with modelling business processes as well as planning and deploying both business and IT initiatives 3.
Experience with working at a senior level within Enterprise, ICT and Business Architecture teams, preferably with ERP systems experience.
ERP technical and operational deployments including process improvements roles.
4.
Strong knowledge and experience of Oracle key modules including requisitioning, purchasing, general ledger, reporting, income reconciliation, payments and fixed assets and Public Sector Information Systems.
The following are applicable to the role: · Assist in the Transformation of the necessary processes, tools, and environment from the "interim as-is" state to the agreed "to be" state without unnecessary impact on the day to day business.
· Manage the development of process and service improvement opportunities, associated initiatives and solutions using principles of process excellence and related tools.
· Assisting business areas to analyse problems and define the problem to those who provide a solution.
· Act as a bridge between IT and business teams to proactively discuss any concerns, issues, solutions or to get any clarifications when a new solution is being developed.
