Oracle Absence and Payroll Consultant

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high‑profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in‑demand skills development, and long‑term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), delivering deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.

As a Senior Consultant, you will contribute to all phases of the consulting lifecycle. You will play a customer‑facing role and be involved in Requirement Analysis, Business Process Documentation and Solution Design. You will work with and support your peers to develop, configure and deploy the solution, ensuring project processes and deliverables in your area are met. You will also contribute to proposal development, demonstrate the application to potential customers and play an important role in building our Oracle Cloud capabilities and offerings.

• Required education: None
• Preferred education: Bachelor’s degree
• Up to 10 years of functional experience delivering Oracle Payroll Cloud Applications
• Multiple full Oracle Cloud implementation cycles
• Demonstrated experience in Solution Design, Requirements Analysis, Functional Design, Configuration Documentation, Troubleshooting and Integration Architecture
• Experience working with technical teams for interface design, development and testing
• Ability to multi‑task, work independently and under pressure
• Strong client‑facing communication and customer‑management skills
• Good understanding of application implementation methodologies
• Ability to travel to client sites
• Functional skills in UK Absence (payroll side) including occupational and statutory, understanding of absence impact on UK pensions, and migration requirements for absence
• Strong fast formula skills
• At least two full lifecycle payroll implementations

• Experience leading project implementations
• Good domain knowledge of HCM and Payroll modules
• Oracle Cloud implementation certification(s)
• Experience integrating Oracle Cloud implementations with other on‑premise or cloud applications
• Good understanding of broader Oracle Cloud functional areas (Finance, HCM, Payroll, SCM, CX, Logistics)
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud reporting and analytical tools
• Some experience in pre‑sales activities such as contributing to proposals, conducting proof‑of‑concepts and configuring sandbox environments for functional demonstrations

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of personal security controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, potentially including the Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected under applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.