Oracle Cloud HCM Functional Lead

SC&H Group External • Baltimore, MD

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About The Position

The Oracle Cloud HCM Functional Lead owns the HCM workstream on a large Oracle Cloud implementation, leading design, configuration, and delivery of the employee lifecycle from hire to retire. Core HR, Talent Management, and Oracle Recruiting Cloud are central to the role, with additional coverage in Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, and Compensation depending on expertise and staffing needs.

The lead partners with Finance and Projects workstreams on payroll costing to the general ledger and labor distribution to projects, and with the Technical Lead on HCM data conversion and integrations. The role also owns HCM security and workflow design, employee and manager self-service experience design, testing, training, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of Oracle HCM functional experience.
• At least 2 full-lifecycle Oracle Cloud (Fusion) HCM implementations.
• Deep, hands-on configuration expertise in Core HR (Global Human Resources), Talent Management, and Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
• Working configuration knowledge of at least one additional module: Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, or Compensation.
• Strong command of HCM foundational design, including enterprise structures, workforce structures, person and employment models, and the downstream consequences of design choices.
• Understanding of HCM touchpoints with Finance, including payroll costing, GL mapping, and labor distribution.
• Experience writing functional documentation such as FDDs, test scripts, and configuration workbooks.
• Experience facilitating workshops with HR leadership and process owners.
• Experience leading or executing SIT/UAT test cycles with structured defect management.

Nice To Haves

• Oracle Cloud HCM certifications across multiple modules.
• Hands-on US Payroll implementation experience, including parallel testing and third-party integrations such as tax filing, garnishments, and 401(k).
• Functional experience with HDL (HCM Data Loader) conversions and HCM Extracts.
• Familiarity with Redwood UX adoption, Journeys design, and Oracle quarterly release management for HCM.
• Exposure to Workforce Compensation cycles, HCM Communicate, or Oracle ME.
• Public sector or union-environment HCM experience, including position control, union rules in Time & Labor, or step-based pay.
• Consulting experience with direct client-facing delivery responsibility.
• Experience mentoring analysts.

Responsibilities

• Lead HCM requirements and design workshops, make fit/gap decisions, and produce documented, signed-off designs.
• Configure Core HR (Global Human Resources), including enterprise and workforce structures, jobs and positions, grades, person and employment models, and lifecycle actions.
• Design and configure Talent Management capabilities, including goals, performance, talent review and succession, and career development.
• Design and configure Oracle Recruiting Cloud requisitions, candidate experience, job application flows, offers, and recruiting-to-onboarding handoffs through Journeys.
• Lead or support design and configuration of Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, and Compensation modules in scope.
• Own HCM security and workflow design, including roles, areas of responsibility, data security, approval rules, and HR Help Desk considerations.
• Design employee and manager self-service experiences, including Journeys for onboarding and key lifecycle events.
• Define HCM master data and conversion requirements for workers, assignments, salary, and balances, and validate HDL-converted data during mock cycles with the Technical Lead.
• Coordinate cross-workstream touchpoints, including payroll costing to General Ledger, labor distribution to Projects, and worker links to expenses and procurement.
• Author functional design documents, configuration workbooks, and process flows to SC&H documentation standards.
• Build test scenarios and lead HCM System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing, including parallel payroll testing when Payroll is in scope.
• Deliver train-the-trainer sessions for HR, recruiting, and payroll teams, and support end-user training materials and job aids.
• Support cutover execution and hypercare to stabilize HR and payroll operations after go-live.

Benefits

• Equity ownership for every colleague with at least one year of service.
• Comprehensive health plan with multiple options.
• At least four weeks of paid time off.
• Eight firm-paid holidays.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Annual firm trip for the employee and a guest to an all-inclusive tropical location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed