Oracle Consultant

Role Senior Oracle Cloud Payroll Techno-Functional Consultant

Experience: 8+ Years Relevant Experience: 8+ Years in Oracle Cloud/Fusion HCM Payroll Employment Type: Full-Time Role: Senior Techno-Functional Consultant / Payroll Lead

Location - Hyderabad & Bangalore

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Oracle Cloud Payroll Techno Functional Consultant with 8+ years of relevant experience in Oracle HCM Cloud/Fusion Payroll. The candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Oracle Cloud Payroll implementation, configuration, testing, production support and payroll business processes.

The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders, HR/Payroll teams, technical teams and project leadership to deliver scalable Oracle Fusion Payroll solutions.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead and participate in end-to-end Oracle Fusion Cloud Payroll implementations.

· Gather and analyze business requirements and conduct Fit-Gap analysis.

· Configure Oracle Cloud Payroll based on business and statutory requirements.

· Configure and support:

o Payroll Definitions

o Legislative Data Groups

o Legal Entities and Payroll Statutory Units

o Payroll Relationships

o Elements and Element Eligibility

o Earnings and Deductions

o Balances and Balance Feeds

o Payment Methods

o Payroll Costing

o Payroll Flow Patterns

o Calculation Cards

o Retro Pay

o QuickPay

o Payroll Calculation and Prepayments

o Payroll Reconciliation

· Handle end-to-end payroll processing and validation.

· Work on payroll costing, accounting and reconciliation with Finance/GL teams.

· Support data migration and validation activities.

· Prepare Functional Solution Design documents, configuration workbooks and functional specifications.

· Design and execute SIT, UAT, regression and parallel payroll testing.

· Participate in CRP, UAT, cutover, Go-Live and Hypercare activities.

· Analyze payroll calculation issues involving earnings, deductions, taxes, balances and payments.

· Perform root-cause analysis and provide functional solutions.

· Work with technical teams on Fast Formula, BI Publisher.

· Coordinate with Core HR, Time & Labor, Absence, Benefits, Compensation and Finance teams for integrated business processes.

· Provide production/L2-L3 support and resolve critical payroll issues.

· Support Oracle quarterly releases and assess the impact of new features and legislative updates.

· Prepare functional documentation, user guides and knowledge-transfer material.

· Conduct client/business-user training and configuration walkthroughs.

· Mentor junior functional consultants and provide functional leadership.

Mandatory Skills

· 8+ years of relevant Oracle HCM experience, with strong expertise in Oracle Cloud/Fusion Payroll.

· Strong hands-on experience in Oracle Cloud Payroll configuration.

· Minimum 2–3 Oracle Payroll implementation/support projects preferred.

· At least one end-to-end Oracle Fusion Payroll implementation preferred.

· Strong understanding of payroll processing, elements, balances, costing, payments and reconciliation.

· Experience in SIT, UAT, parallel payroll testing and Go-Live.

· Strong knowledge of payroll business processes and statutory requirements.

· Experience working with Core HR and at least one of OTL, Absence Management.

· Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills.

· Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Mandatory Technical Skills

· Oracle Fast Formula

· BI Publisher

Preferred Qualifications

· Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll certification.

· Experience with US or/and Middle East Payroll localization.

· Experience in global/multi-country payroll implementations.

· Experience in Managed Services / Production Support.

· Experience working with offshore/onshore global teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration or a related discipline.

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for Functional 70% and Technical 30% work Experience, Relevant experience with 8+ years specifically in Oracle Cloud/Fusion Payroll, strong hands-on configuration experience, multiple implementation/support projects, excellent payroll domain knowledge, and the ability to independently manage functional discussions with clients and business stakeholders.