[Hiring] Oracle HCM Cloud Consultant @Highstreet

Role Description

The Oracle Cloud US Payroll Implementation Consultant is responsible for supporting the end-to-end implementation of Oracle Cloud Payroll solutions for North American clients. This is a hands-on delivery role requiring strong functional expertise, client-facing consulting skills, and the ability to configure, validate, test, and deploy Oracle Cloud Payroll solutions.

The consultant will work closely with client stakeholders, onshore and offshore teams, and cross-functional Oracle HCM consultants to deliver solutions that align with business requirements and Oracle leading practices.

• Participate in client discovery, business process discussions, fit-gap analysis, and business requirement gathering sessions.
• Analyze business requirements and prepare Functional Solution Designs (FSDs), configuration workbooks, test scripts, and deployment documentation.
• Perform hands-on configuration of Oracle Cloud Payroll.
• Capture data conversion requirements within the Functional Solution Design (FSD), define mapping requirements, coordinate business validation activities, support conversion testing, and help resolve data conversion errors.
• Work with technical and cross-functional teams to prepare Functional Solution Designs (FSDs) for integrations, reports, Fast Formulas, data conversions, and application enhancements.
• Drive functional specifications, support unit testing, validate delivered solutions, and troubleshoot implementation issues.
• Collaborate with Core HR, Time and Labor, Absence Management, Benefits, Compensation, General Ledger, and technical teams to support end-to-end business processes and resolve functional issues.
• Define System Integration Testing (SIT) scenarios, coordinate end-to-end testing across Payroll, Core HR, Time and Labor, Absence Management, Benefits, Compensation, and Finance/General Ledger.
• Validate integrated business processes and drive resolution of defects identified during SIT.
• Participate in Conference Room Pilots (CRPs) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), supporting business validation and resolution of functional issues.
• Support Parallel Payroll testing by executing payroll reconciliation and payroll variance analysis, validating payroll calculations, balances, taxes, earnings, deductions, costing, and payroll results to ensure production readiness.
• Conduct remote client-facing knowledge transfer sessions, configuration walkthroughs, and solution validation meetings.
• Support payroll cutover, production deployment, and approximately 30 days of post-go-live stabilization by investigating and resolving functional issues identified during deployment and production support.
• Work collaboratively with onshore and offshore functional and technical teams to successfully deliver project milestones.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of Oracle HCM experience with strong expertise in Oracle Cloud Payroll.
• Hands-on experience implementing at least 3 Oracle Cloud Payroll implementations.
• At least one full end-to-end Oracle Cloud Payroll implementation from Discovery through Go-Live and Hypercare/Post-Production Support.
• Strong hands-on experience configuring Oracle Cloud Payroll.
• Experience working with cross-functional Oracle Cloud modules including Core HR, Time and Labor, Absence Management, Benefits, Compensation, and General Ledger.
• Experience gathering business requirements, conducting fit-gap analysis, preparing Functional Solution Designs (FSDs), application configuration, data conversion, Conference Room Pilots (CRPs), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Parallel Payroll testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills with experience supporting remote customer engagements.
• Ability to work effectively with onshore and offshore functional and technical teams.
• Oracle Cloud Payroll Certification is a plus.

Requirements

• Experience supporting US Government/Public Sector implementations, including City, County, State, and Higher Education organizations.
• Knowledge of US Payroll legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Exposure to payroll-impacting Oracle Cloud modules including Time and Labor, Absence Management, Benefits, Compensation, and Finance/General Ledger.

Oracle Cloud Version

• Oracle Cloud HCM Release 25+.

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