Oracle BRM Application Architect

Job ID GBS-0508605 Job type Full-time Regular Work country Canada Position type Professional Work city - Any Posted 12-Nov-2013 Travel Up to 4 days a week (home on weekends-based on project requirements) Job area Consulting & Services Business group Global Business Services Job category Consultant Business unit ConServ Job role General Other Consultant Job role skillset General Commissionable/Sales-Incentive jobs only No

Job description

IBM Global Business Service: Join a leader. Consult with us! IBM Global Business Services helps top-tier clients solve their most complex business and technical issues. IBM GBS is seeking an experienced Oracle BRM consultant to support various client initiatives in its Oracle Service line. As the premier supplier of Oracle's business applications and technology solutions to a rapidly growing list of major North American corporations, we are proud of our talented team. IBM’s Oracle Service Line offers customers leading edge innovations and functionality, high performance and a broad choice of solutions. GBS is a great place to grow your Career. GBS Consulting offers lot of options to perform leadership roles in a team environment. Training and mentoring are readily available tools to make learning easier. Every engagement provides opportunities to work in leading edge technologies and business solutions for different private and public sector clients. In these engagements you will be working with the best and the brightest talent in technology space, where your skills are shared and enriched. The Application Architect leads the design and configuration of the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) application. The role will include a range of activities from process analysis and gathering functional business requirements to the design and development oversight of the BRM application and its components. In summary, this role is responsible to ensure the deployed application meets the business requirements. The candidate should also have experience in creating and maintaining design, training and business procedures documentation and delivery of end-user training in the BRM suite key functions of Revenue Generation, Revenue Capture, Revenue Collection and Revenue Analysis Examples of activities performed by this role are: • Participates in project planning, organization, direction and control processes • Analyses software requirements, defines solution parameters and specifications. • Leads the functional design process by understanding the applications to be used and best practices in designing appropriate solutions • Negotiates and manages functional scope to reduce business and technical risks • Plans the Software Development Lifecycle. • Anticipates future customer, industry and information technology trends. • Reviews and assess multiple designs and ensure formation of a creative and cohesive solution. • Manages the fact-finding, analysis and development of projects. • Assesses business and technical impacts of solution. • Understands, articulates and addresses business issues, business drivers and needs. • Plans and facilitates application design sessions. Able to influence direction of a senior management group in/outside application design sessions. • Plans and facilitates SDLC tasks such as testing, training and deployment • Conceptualises a solution of significant scope, across multiple business processes • Manages the client’s expectations so that the resultant system meets their budget and time constraints Business Skills: • Strong leadership skills and the ability to multi-task within a dynamic workplace • Thorough experience and knowledge of consulting practices and techniques • A comprehensive understanding of Consumer Packaged Goods industry leading practices, specifically in the areas of logistics and transportation • The ability to develop strong relationships with clients, including building rapports and scope-management • Excellent time-management skills and the ability to deliver quality results with an aggressive timeline • Effective coaching and knowledge transfer skills • Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills • Exceptional communication and presentation skills • The ability to thrive in a team environment

Required Bachelor's Degree At least 4 years experience in design and configuration of the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) application. At least 4 years experience in Consulting English: Fluent

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