Senior Consultant - Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

The opportunity

EY's Technology Solutions Delivery practice assists our national consulting practices in planning, pursuing, delivering, and managing large, complex full lifecycle initiatives along with providing experience in leading practices, methods, and resources in the Oracle’s cloud applications and technology space. Oracle Cloud Applications and Technology Services within the COE supports our area offices by providing resources that can design, configure, and implement Oracle Cloud Application Solutions. This group advises clients to understand, architect and implement the core applications and technology required to run their business. Our focus will be on helping our clients to achieve following key benefits:

• An optimal applications portfolio and governance structure that aligns with IT strategy and business architecture.
• Improvement in application performance driving higher customer (internal and external) satisfaction.
• Cost reduction and better investment decisions for applications infrastructure and services

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your key responsibilities

• Facilitates design workshops with business stakeholders to understand business requirements; demonstrates understanding of business needs and recommend robust design.
• Contribute to large-scale, global work streams requiring cross workstream knowledge of Oracle Project Management Cloud.
• Work with the project team, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create a stand-out Projects solution offering powered by Oracle Project Management Cloud.
• Lead teams to design, set-up, test, and deploy Oracle Project Management solutions and ensure that all the pieces work together in an integrated environment.
• Understand Oracle Cloud Project Management data model conversions and advise business teams on conversion strategies and leading practices.
• Guide and lead the testing cycles teams as well as perform cutover activities as required for go-live preparation.
• Plan and organize tasks and report progress on the track/deliverables.
• Demonstrate an end-to-end solution to the client during hands on Oracle demonstrations

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum of 3 years experience working with Oracle Applications.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Oracle Cloud Project Management Cloud (Project Financial Management: Project Foundation, Project Costing, Project Control, Project Billing, and Enterprise Contracts for Project Billing, Project Execution Management: Project Management, Project Resource Management, Task Management).
• Minimum of 2 year’s experience in a functional advisory or consulting role on Oracle Cloud transformation Project.
• Minimum of 2 full life-cycle Oracle Cloud PPM implementations.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (minimum 6 years’ work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent (minimum 12-year working experience).

Skills and attributes for success

• Team with client business and technology professionals, and/or third-party strategic alliances to provide implementation of technology solutions 
• Demonstrate ability to implement software. 
• Develop long-term relationships and networks both internally and externally.
• Interact and communicate effectively with finance, projects, supply chain, human resources and technology senior and middle management executives as well as end user and business subject matter experts

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Degree in Business, or related field (MBA or MS degree preferred)
• Certifications in Oracle Applications 
• Domain Experience
• Process Knowledge

What we look for

We’re interested in passionate individuals with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the Oracle Cloud Applications industry. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve the full potential of their application suite, this role is for you.

What we offer

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

EY reports salary ranges in accordance with applicable provincial pay transparency legislation. Individual salaries within the anticipated salary ranges noted below are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, education, relevant experience, knowledge, and applicable skill sets.  

• Vancouver & Toronto : $90,000 to $130,000
• Victoria :  $80,000 to $120,000

Inclusiveness at EY 

Inclusiveness is at the heart of who we are and how we work. We’re committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We embrace diversity and are committed to combating systemic racism, advancing gender equity and women in leadership, advocating for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, promoting our neuroinclusion and accessibility initiatives, and are dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) nationally as we strive towards reconciliation. Our diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives make our people unique and help guide us. Because when people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.

Learn about our commitment to Inclusiveness at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity