HCM Transformation consultant
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£650 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
Central London (WC2A)
Summary: The HCM Transformation Consultant will lead the transition from SAP HCM Core HR to Oracle Fusion Core HR, focusing on streamlining hire-to-retire processes and ensuring compliance with GDPR during data migration. The role involves functional design, risk management, and user acceptance testing to facilitate a smooth implementation. The consultant will also oversee data quality and governance, ensuring high adoption rates within the organization. This position requires a strong background in both SAP and Oracle HR systems, along with experience in local authority environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Core HR design across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle
- Translate SAP PA/OM processes into Oracle Fusion Core HR best-practice designs
- Challenge legacy SAP customisation and Local Authority-specific workarounds
- Design Oracle-standard worker, assignment, job, grade, position, and organisation structures
- Act as Core HR Design Authority
- Define HR data migration scope (migrate vs archive vs retain read-only)
- Own HR data migration rules for workers, hierarchies, and absence balances
- Support HR data cleansing prior to System Integrator mobilisation
- Validate migrated HR data and support reconciliation
- Ensure GDPR compliance and data minimisation principles
- Identify and manage HCM functional, data, and adoption risks
- Maintain an HCM risk register with mitigation actions
- Escalate risks impacting Payroll accuracy, security, or statutory obligations
- Support Design Authority and SteerCo decision making
- Define HR test scenarios covering end-to-end employee lifecycle
- Support SIT and lead HR involvement in UAT
- Ensure HR design supports Payroll parallel runs
- Support defect triage and prioritisation
- Support HR cutover planning and sequencing
- Validate HR readiness for go-live
- Provide HR Core support during hypercare and stabilisation
Key Skills:
- Proven SAP HCM to Oracle Fusion Core HR implementation experience
- Strong SAP HCM (PA/OM) background
- Oracle Fusion Core HR functional design expertise
- HR data migration and UAT experience
- Experience operating in Local Authority or regulated environments
- Adopt-not-adapt mindset
- Strong data ownership and accountability
- Confident challenging legacy practices
- Calm and credible under programme pressure
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: Central London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role PurposeTo lead the translation of SAP HCM Core HR into Oracle Fusion Core HR, ensuring simplified hire-to-retire processes, clean and GDPR-compliant HR data migration, effective UAT, proactive risk management, and high adoption.
Key ResponsibilitiesFunctional Design & Process Translation- Lead Core HR design across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle- Translate SAP PA/OM processes into Oracle Fusion Core HR best-practice designs- Challenge legacy SAP customisation and Local Authority-specific workarounds- Design Oracle-standard worker, assignment, job, grade, position, and organisation structures- Act as Core HR Design Authority.
Data Migration & Data Quality- Define HR data migration scope (migrate vs archive vs retain read-only)- Own HR data migration rules for workers, hierarchies, and absence balances- Support HR data cleansing prior to System Integrator mobilisation- Validate migrated HR data and support reconciliation- Ensure GDPR compliance and data minimisation principles.
Risk Management & Governance- Identify and manage HCM functional, data, and adoption risks- Maintain an HCM risk register with mitigation actions- Escalate risks impacting Payroll accuracy, security, or statutory obligations- Support Design Authority and SteerCo decision making.
Testing, UAT & Payroll Dependency- Define HR test scenarios covering end-to-end employee lifecycle- Support SIT and lead HR involvement in UAT- Ensure HR design supports Payroll parallel runs- Support defect triage and prioritisation.
Cutover, Go-Live & Hypercare- Support HR cutover planning and sequencing- Validate HR readiness for go-live- Provide HR Core support during hypercare and stabilisation.
Programme Phase Skill MappingProgramme PhaseKey HCM SkillsOutcomes for Mobilisation & DiscoverySAP HCM knowledge, HR domain expertise, stakeholder engagementClear understanding of SAP complexity, risks, and data readinessDesignOracle Fusion Core HR design, process simplification, governanceApproved future-state HR design aligned to Oracle and LA standardsData MigrationHR data mapping, cleansing oversight, validation and reconciliationClean, trusted HR data ready for payroll dependencyBuild & TestHR scenario definition, UAT leadership, defect managementValidated hire-to-retire processesCutover & Go-LiveCutover sequencing, absence balances, readiness assessmentControlled go-live with minimal HR disruptionPost Go-Live / HypercareIssue resolution, optimisation, user supportStable Oracle Fusion HR adoption across Dorset Council.
Essential Skills & Experience- Proven SAP HCM to Oracle Fusion Core HR implementation experience- Strong SAP HCM (PA/OM) background- Oracle Fusion Core HR functional design expertise- HR data migration and UAT experience- Experience operating in Local Authority or regulated environments.
Key Behaviours- Adopt-not-adapt mindset- Strong data ownership and accountability- Confident challenging legacy practices- Calm and credible under programme pressure.