Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation

Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. Oracle's product strategy provides flexibility and choice to our customers across their IT infrastructure. Now, with Sun server, storage, operating-system, and virtualization technology, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is integrated to work together as a single system. In addition, Oracle's open architecture and multiple operating-system options gives our customers unmatched benefits from industry-leading products, including excellent system availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership.

Oracle Utilities Overview

Oracle Utilities delivers proven software applications that help utilities of all types and sizes achieve competitive advantage, business performance excellence and a lower total cost of technology ownership. Oracle Utilities integrates industry-specific customer care and billing, network management, work and asset management, mobile workforce management and meter data management applications with the capabilities of Oracle's industry-leading enterprise applications, business intelligence tools, middleware, database technologies, as well as servers and storage. The software enables customers to adapt more nimbly to market deregulation, meet ever-evolving customer demands and deliver on environmental conservation commitments.

The Global Delivery Center – Hyderabad is part of the UGBU Global Delivery Consulting group that partners with the regional consulting centers in delivering the high-performance Utilities solutions that increase our customers' competitiveness.  The delivery incorporates institutionalized methodologies in an offshore environment whereby world-class talent is developed through mature standards and processes. The UGBU Global Delivery Consulting group continues to improve its core delivery value proposition through the recruitment and development of top technical talent.

Role Description

The position offers experienced PMO the opportunity to play Project Admin activities including Tracking financials, handling resource changes or assignments, vendor management, senior management and customer reporting on the project etc. The role also provides opportunity to work on administrative support activities for the consulting team of Oracle UGBU GDC including resource assignments on projects, contractor management support, Handling PO and Assets, EBH support etc.,

As PM he/she may participate in planning and execution of all primary administrative functions for both Development and Managed Services projects.  Candidates with prior experience in working in offshore delivery teams in a PMO position is a huge advantage.  Mandatory to the role is supporting manage the project parameters of budget, scope, and schedule working closely with the onsite PM.

Responsibilities

Project Admin Responsibilities 

Project Financial Management

• Produce Revenue Forecasts and POC.
• Verify timesheets and expenses. Coordinate corrections as necessary
• Track weekly financial and WIP reports against project funding and contractual terms
• Invoice review/approval to ensure content is aligned to Project Milestones and SOW
• Financial report maintenance

Staff Management

• Project Resource Assignment and Verification
• Assist in on-boarding new joiners in the project including access to required systems.
• Sub-contractor management
• Maintain Team Calendar (record Time-offs, Trainings, Work locations of resources)
• Maintain Team Directory and Contact information

Work Management and Reporting

• Manage Project repositories such as GCDP and Beehive
• Document Management Plan/system.
• Ad-hoc project reporting such as Status updated, Defect reporting, Product SRs reporting and Quarterly Delivery Report.

Other Responsibilities

• Generating and Sharing MOM's
• Sharing Agenda and ensure stakeholder are included
• Share responsibility in promoting learning and transfer of knowledge within the UGBU organization.
• Effectively applies Oracle's methodologies, policies, and procedures while adhering to contractual obligations, thereby minimizing Oracle's risk and exposure.

Admin Support

• Duties include processing and tracking of purchase orders, expense reports and time cards.
• IT Asset inventory, ordering, tracking and reporting including coordination with Assets team and/or Facilities when required
• Procurement and Management of stationery and other miscellaneous items
• Contractor co-ordination including negotiating with vendors, Vendor management and coordination with Resource Analyst team as required
• Transport coordination for the 24*7 operations team as required
• Visitor facilitation including invite letters, travel plans and cab booking and management.
• Assisting Managers on EBH and other monthly reports
• Operations reporting including resource tracking, regular and adhoc reporting etc
• Workstation space management including identifying new hire offices and works with facilities on office space assignments
• Arranges internal/external meetings/events and catering needs
• Acts as an information source on organization policies and procedures.
• Works with other administrative personnel, builds network of colleagues to support and obtain support for work environment
• Normally receives no instructions on routine work, and general instructions on new assignments
• Always maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity  

 Requirements

• University degree in IT, Computer Science or any of its equivalents
• Has subject matter knowledge of relevant implementation responsibility
• At least 8-10 years consulting or industry experience
• Experience as PMO or Administrator or similar role for at least 5 years
• Experience in Offshore Onsite model or methodology
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel and PPT
• Experience in general office procedures including procurement process, inventory tracking and reporting
• Good communication skills including verbal and written English language skills, ability to effectively communicate with all levels of employees
• Ability to work in a dynamic fast paced environment
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and handle multiple tasks
• Positive and Self-motivated
• Proactive and resourceful

Having knowledge on MPP is an added advantage

Career Level - IC3