Technical Lead - Oracle Financials

Company Description

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet. 

Job Description

The role

Technical Lead will be an integral part of Product Management team of Clifford Chance. The role will be responsible for designing and development of enterprise solutions. This role demands someone with high analytical ability and who is highly committed and motivated. It also requires strong ability to understand technical aspects of project, organizing and prioritizing own deliveries, performing code reviews, mentoring peers and junior team members and providing regular project updates. The person should have good communication skills, excellent at removing impediments and breaking down complex tasks into simple easy to complete milestones, willing to jump in and solve the problem.

How you will influence:

• Solve complex business problems using technical knowledge

• Deliver the application feature using shortest possible lead time

• Improve the overall code base of the applications by ensuring compliance to coding standards and guidelines

• Effectively perform the code reviews of the team members and able to extract the quality code from them

Key Accountabilities:

What you will be doing:

• Person will be involved in GPMS, Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports , 11i, development, using SQL, PL/SQL package creation, Stylesheet creation, execution and deployment

• Development and Support for Pref-Oracle Financial applications (Accounts Payables/ General Ledger/ Cash Management) and will be involved in performing system admin activities

• Unit Testing of GPMS applications (Keystone, Oracle Financials & Business Intake – INTAPP) and Integrations

• Technical Documentation (Low Level Design, Technical specification/approach, PoC/Spikes) and scripted unit testing

• Performing peer reviews

• Experience of working in Agile Methodologies from development process perspective will be an advantage

• Person will be involved in Sprint cadence meetings and Projects meetings

Qualifications

Your experience

What we need:

• Minimum 5 Years of experience in development for IT Applications with knowledge and experience of Oracle Financials.

• An in depth understanding of how Finance function works

Technical requirements:

• Substantial technology experience of more than 5 years on Oracle Forms and Reports using SQL, PL/SQL

• Must have experience on Oracle Financial Applications like Accounts Payables, General Ledger, Cash Management

• Must have experience in HTML, Stylesheets development and writing macros

• Must have experience on Oracle R12 Dev Suite

• Should have good command on tuning concepts/ performance optimization

• Should have good understanding of Scrum activities like backlog refinement, release planning, PI planning and various sprint reports

Additional requirements:

• Working experience on SAP Fulcrum GT platform will be an added advantage

• Visual Studio 2022 and above, Experience with configuration and design tools such as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visio etc.

Personal Success Characteristics:

• Candidate should have very strong communication skills being required for this role. Must be capable of interacting with solution architects, SMEs/ business users and other technology teams

• Candidate should have good team collaboration skills, high level of attention to detail and good analyticalresearch capabilities

• Candidate should be –
  • • Punctual, organised and efficient - ability to meet a daily publication deadline
    • Ability to think laterally
    • Strong adherence to processes and ability to solve the problems creatively
    • Ability to remain calm and work effectively with clients when under pressure
    • Competent in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Education & Experience

• Total 8+yrs experience in IT with 5 years of experience in managing Financial applications

• Requires B.E./B.Tech/MCA from reputed college with high grades, and strong relevant professional experience

• Working on SAP Fulcrum GT platform will be an added plus

Additional Information

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. 

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.