Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.

We have 20,000 people operating across 44 countries and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people, and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity.

Job Description

The Consultant Oracle Financials is primarily responsible for functioning in a Global DevOps environment, to design and develop technical-configuration solutions for all Change Requests across Global Corporate Systems & Services (GCSS) for Oracle Financials modules. He-She should ensure that projects-change requests are delivered on time, to budget, and with the right quality, by involving in design reviews, code deployment, and systems testing etc. He-she shall be responsible for managing incident tickets raised for PRODUCTION issues, and meeting SLA, in Oracle Financials modules, including incident triage and resolution. This role requires 50-50 involvement in functional and technical space.

Functional Responsibilities

Provide functional design and configuration solutions in support of Experian’s global business processes
Support the effort to build and update Experian’s global business processes
Develop a deep understanding of global business processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities
Interact with Subject matter experts (SME), Global process owners (GPO), and Business users to understand business requirements, provide definitive solutions
Deliver changes in the following Oracle modules –

P2P

Accounts Payable
E-Business Tax
iExpense
iPayment
iSupplier
Procurement and iProcurement (including Supplier Punchout)
Purchasing

O2C

Accounts Receivable
Advanced Collections
iReceivables
Service Contract

R2R

Cash Management
Fixed Assets
General Ledger
Subledger Accounting
Advanced Global Intercompany System (AGIS)

Prepare configuration guides (BR100), business requirements (RD50), functional design (MD50), conversions (CV40), test scripts and training manuals
Conduct impact analysis of a change e.g. patches, scripts, data fixes and change requests
Identify and suggest technical and functional process improvements
Generation of test plans for patches-break fixes-change requests to ensure their comprehensiveness and relevance.

Technical Responsibilities

Deliver technical RICEW components that follows Experian custom build standards, deliver to user expectations and perform within expected benchmark levels and Experian global processes
Prepare technical design (MD70), Conversion (CV60), deployment (MD120) documents, and unit test scripts
Responsible for deployment and release of technical changes, in all environments (DEV to PRODUCTION)
Communicate well with peers within, and across tracks, to develop a full understanding of what is being build, and in sharing common RICEW objects
Support PRODUCTION issues, in aiding R&D, problem solving, and sharing of knowledge to continuously improve our service levels
Perform code review for CRs delivered by technical team members

Process Responsibilities

Operate in a global DevOps environment, working to deliver Change Requests (CR) and resolution of PRODUCTION incidents concurrently
Follow either traditional waterfall methodology, or agile methodologies (i.e. scrum, Kanban) to deliver CR-Projects depending on business requirements
Provide Peer approval for UAT and PRODUCTION deployment for CRs delivered by the delivery team
Follow global processes for incident triage and resolution (i.e. follow-the-sun model)
Provide positive input to regular team meetings, to enhance both the quality of the application, and improve knowledge and expertise within the team
Work independently with minimum supervision and guidance, to deliver project-support tasks
Self-learn and apply knowledge to problems faced in day-to-day tasks and share with peers by maintaining the GCSS ERP knowledge base.

Qualifications

Degree preferably in Computer Science-Software Engineering or MIS, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of IT development experience on large Oracle implementations or Support environments. Oracle ERP is preferred but not required.
Solid experience creating, maintaining, enhancing, and tuning PL-SQL programs
Oracle Applications R12 development experience is preferred but not required.
Hands-on experience in Oracle Application Framework – OAF (i.e. Ability to create, extend, deploy OA framework pages, and ability to personalize Core and OAF pages) is preferred but not required.
Oracle Forms, Reports and BI Publisher tool experience
Knowledge in Java, J2EE, HTML, JavaScript, Python, is preferred but not required.
Data loader tool experience
Unix Shell scripting experience,
Experience using version control and code promotion tools (BitBucket, Jenkins), is preferred but not required.
Experience of using incident and change tracking software (ServiceNow), is preferred but not required.
Fluent in English
Excellent Analytical skills
Team player with abilities to work in complex cross-functional and geographically diverse teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good understanding of statutory and regulatory reporting and process requirements
Ability to handle conflicting priorities

Additional Information

This is a permanent home-based role in Costa Rica. No relocation available.

Our benefits include: Medical, life and dental insurance, Asociacion Solidarista, International Share Save Plan, Flex Work, Work from home, Paid time off, Annual Performance Bonus, Education Reimbursement, Family Bonding, Bereavement Leave, Referral Program, and more.

Oracle Financials Developer II