JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Oracle Finance Implementation/Support Lead

Job Objectives 

To provide expertise support to Finance business areas to take full advantage of the new ORACLE ERP implementation. The new ORACLE anchoring Team has the depth of both business and ERP knowledge and can support, coach, advice, and hand-hold end-users to properly use ORACLE ERP system.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to:

• Chief Finance Officer

Direct Report:

• Finance Officer – ERP

 In-Direct Reports:

• NA

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the ORACLE Business Support Organisation resources to support and ‘anchor’ implementation of ORACLE and related processes,
• Assistance to the Business on the best way to apply ORACLE in the management of relevant business processes in such a way as to realise the planned benefits in ORACLE implementation,
• Constantly analyse and review the activities in the Finance business area to identify area of improvements to how ORACLE is being used,
• Contributes to reviews of local design issues to ensure that issues raised in one module do not affect other modules adversely. Evaluates all proposed changes in corporate context,
• Participate in the development and review of training materials and take active part in training delivery to increase ORACLE user effectiveness in all areas of the business,
• As the most experienced in Finance related modules of the ORACLE in the project team, he shall in addition to the principal accountabilities of ORACLE project team, manage and coordinate the activities of the Finance users,
• Actively promote efficient use of ORACLE and monitor its business impact in the various areas of the business with a view to realising the expected benefits, and guide the Business in the use of ORACLE for maximum benefit
• Assess potential impact of organisation changes on use of ORACLE system,
• Contribute to provision of user-level support, which consists of training and analysis of issues to establish if there is a case for configuration changes or business process change requests,
• Adheres to NAHCO Business Principles, HSE & information security policies and standards,
• Ensure that requests for ORACLE revisions are clearly defined, have an adequate business case and any subsequent proposal is managed to fruition,
• Manage the relationships with service providers for optimal ORACLE support,
• Provide learning & development programmes to ensure all users have adequate skills and understanding of business processes,
• Facilitate the sharing of the ORACLE Fusion Enterprise Resource best practices and process knowledge with users within Nahco
• Initiate competence Development Framework for all Finance users, and;
• Ensure full business continuity plans are in place and tested

Education, Qualification and Experience

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in any disciplines plus professional qualification in accounting
• In-depth understanding of Ground Handling and NAHCO Business Processes
• Certification in any ORACLE modules with special interest in Finance
• Expertise knowledge of ORACLE designs within Finance business area.
• Abreast of the rapid changes in user support services and rapidly deploys them to enhance better service delivery.
• Good understanding of all ORACLE modules and designs to appreciate the impact of changes to one module on the other modules.

Key Skills & Competency Requirements

Technical Competencies

• Project Management
• ERP deployment and implementation Skill
• IT Savvy
• Team Leadership

Behavioral Competencies

• Value based leadership– the role holder must demonstrate and live the key values of NAHCO; demonstrating authentic leadership and an ability to engage with colleagues and customers at all levels to deliver on set target.
• Communications– able to express ideas effectively in individual and group situations. Ability to present ideas and reports in succinct and cohesive structures to suit the audience be it written or oral.
• Influence– able to influence a wide range of groups and individuals to actively support a point of view or position, securing the buy-in of others who may hold a contrary view and carry the majority in achieving desired objectives
• Customer service orientation– proactively develops customer relationships by making efforts to listen and to understand the customer needs and expectations and can develop value propositions that meets customer requirements.
• Teamwork/Collaboration– works effectively with individuals and teams at all levels of the organization and across regional boundaries.

Personal Attributes

• Analytical
• Problem Solver
• Dynamic
• Thorough with good attention to details
• A team player

Kindly send your CV to recruitmentnahco@nahcoaviance.net. All application closes 7 days after the publishing of the vacant roles.