HR Functional Engineer; Oracle HCM

• Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary:
  Fixed Term Contract (UK and ROW) / Temporary (US)
• L&G Business Unit:
  Legal & General Group Functions
• L&G sub Business Unit: GROUP HEAD OFFICE BAU
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  London, One Coleman Street
• Job Family: IT & Change

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We are seeking an experienced functional engineer (Product Developer - Oracle HCM) to support key change initiatives and BAU activities within Oracle HCM. This role plays a crucial role in configuration and delivery of change items, BAU processes and ticket resolution for our employees to enhance and improve our core HR system.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the configuration within Oracle HCM following an approved change request across multiple HR modules, supporting the business with art of the possible when it comes to technology support and working closely with our IT teams where applicable.

What you’ll be doing:

• Configuring key Oracle HCM Cloud modules — including Global HR, Compensation, Absence Management, Learning & Performance, and HR Helpdesk — to meet evolving business requirements
• Demonstrating strong technical expertise to support innovative change requests, partnering with HR and Operational Excellence teams to explore and deliver impactful solutions
• Aligning system changes with the standard BAU calendar to ensure consistency with established HR processes and timelines
• Leveraging deep knowledge of HR policies and processes to identify and implement system enhancements that drive operational efficiency and compliance
• Overseeing Oracle quarterly releases and facilitating playback sessions to keep relevant business stakeholders informed and engaged
• Collaborating with HR and business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document system requirements, translating them into effective configurations within Oracle and ATS platforms
• Partnering with internal teams — including IT, Data, and Integrations — to ensure system design and functionality align with downstream impact assessments
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive documentation, including user guides, standard operating procedures, and configuration workbooks, to support system integrity and user adoption

Who we’re looking for:

• Proven configuration experience in Oracle HCM is essential
• Strong Understanding of HR Processes & Best Practices
• Strong understanding of payroll processes
• Ability to analyse complex HR requirements and design effective solutions within Oracle HCM.
• Ensure data integrity and security within Oracle HCM
• Hands on experience in cloud implementation, configuration, and customisation

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance
  -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• Ther…