Oracle Application Specialist

Our client is an increasingly popular veterinary healthcare corporation seeking a candidate with 5 or more years of experience working with Oracle. This position will be part Business Analyst and part Oracle Design Specialist. Candidates wanted who would like to work in a very friendly and pet-oriented environment!

The primary purpose and function of the Senior Oracle Application Specialist is to gather business requirements, design solutions, and implement the solution in production. This position will also provide customer and product support, working on multiple modules of Oracle E-business suite that support financial, human resources, purchasing and other business activities. This is an individual contributor position with no supervisory responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

- Collaborate with business owners to define business requirements of Oracle E-business Suite.
- Provide user requirements analysis, systems analysis, design, and programming support for Oracle ERP E-business Suite applications and enhancement.
- Develop and install custom reports, forms and programs.
- Code, test, document, problem solve, and advise users on system use.
- Participate on project teams for system/database/application implementations, extensions, maintenance and upgrades.
- Design/develop and implement interfaces, reports and extensions between the Oracle E-business Suite and other client applications.
- Create/maintain system/application documentation (requirements, processes and procedures).
- Provide on-call support to business teams.
- Assist, mentor, and train other team members.
- Other job duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING:

- Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities required
- Minimum five years of relevant professional experience including experience with some of the following Oracle tools required: ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE APPLICATIONS, ORACLE DATABASES, PL/SQL, ORACLE REPORTS, ORACLE WORKFLOW, WEB ADI, AND XML PUBLISHER
- Experience working with end users to understand business problems and provide solutions
- Strong desire, commitment, and demonstrated ability to learn new modules required
- Experience with Oracle E-business suite applications preferred (Oracle Financials, Oracle HCM, Oracle Advanced Benefits, Oracle Purchasing)

CAPABILITIES:

- Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully
- Priority Setting - Spends time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside
- Leadership skills - ability to successfully supervise, coach and mentor others
- Peer Relationships - Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all
- Planning - Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects
- Listening - Practices attentive and active listening
- Informing - Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization
- Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
- Dealing with Ambiguity - Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably.
- Ability to multi-task- Manages multiple tasks at one time; quickly and accurately shifts attention among multiple tasks under distracting conditions without loss of accuracy or appearance of frustration
- Communication skills - Reads, writes and speaks English fluently, using appropriate grammar, style and vocabulary
- Organizational ability - Demonstrates a systematic approach in carrying out assignments; excels at cutting through confusion and turning chaos into order
- Problem solving skills - Demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems; unusually decisive in handling difficult problems
- Intellectual ability - Accurately and consistently follows instructions delivered in an oral, written or diagram format and can provide directions.
- Mathematical ability - Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and to compute rate, ratio and percent; ability to convert units of measurement
- Computer skills - Comfortably and confidently uses a computer and specialized software. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.
- Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job
- Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently
- Environment where pets are present