Oracle Cloud Specialist (P7) (Information & Communications Systems: Enterprise Systems)
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the context of the changing social, political and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
- Respond to issues and incidents and provide day-to-day administration and support of Oracle Cloud ERP SCM & Financials.
- Work closely with the users and stakeholders to familiarise them with the Oracle Cloud SCM and Financials capabilities and support them in the decisions and development of the solution and process design for systems functions.
- The ability to understand both Finance and SCM business processes and requirements and translate these into system solutions, resolving any business issues is essential.
- Analyse business processes and help users and stakeholders to transform their business processes.
- Must have good functional knowledge and hands-on experience on Oracle Financials (R12) modules such as AR /AP /GL /FA /CM/iExpenses.
- Knowledge on modules like iProcurement, OM, Inventory and Purchasing.
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand business process.
- Good at mapping business scenarios to the standard product, identifying gaps and providing solutions and workarounds.
- Ability to produce artifacts such as fit gap documents, configuration documents, test scripts, training documents.
- Gather and Document Business and Functional Requirements.
- Investigate, determine and recommend solutions for Change Requests and present functional and technical options.
- Serve on an end-to-end applications implementation, upgrade or improvement projects from assessment to production support as a functional analyst/subject matter expert.
- Implement approved solutions including: configuration, test design, testing, implementation, user-documentation, and training.
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor’s degree: IT qualification
- Oracle Certifications in Oracle Fusion Financials and Fusion SCM
- At least 3 years of overall Oracle Fusion ERP experience
- 3 - 5 years Oracle EBS 12.2 supply chain or inventory management or financials experience
- Communicate clearly and effectively with all stakeholders
- Analyse problems and issues related to systems
- Ability to maintain current collaborative systems
- Effective time management
- Ability to work with other people from different backgrounds
- Delegate tasks and resources
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Accurately document processes and procedures
- Accurate report writing and document project progress
- Ability to function effectively under pressure
- Manage change effectively
- Assess situations and draw appropriate conclusions
- Provide training to others
- Ability to analyse and interpret data
- Research new technologies and trends
- Customer Focus
- Ability to identify and resolve problems
- Discipline Knowledge
- Teamwork – working cooperatively with others, as part of the immediate team and across functions to meet business objectives.
- Impactful & Influential
- Oracle Fusion ERP implementation experience would be beneficial
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
If you require technical support / assistance on the UJ e-recruitment website, please contact our service provider PNET on the following contact details: 0861 227337/010 140 3099 or email ujsupport@pnet.co.za
Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
