Oracle Cloud HCM OTL & Absence Management Consultant

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Cloud HCM OTL (Oracle Time and Labor) & Absence Management Consultant to lead the design, configuration, implementation, and support of Oracle Cloud HCM Time and Labor and Absence Management solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong techno-functional expertise, hands-on implementation experience, and a solid understanding of HCM business processes.

Key Responsibilities

Oracle Time and Labor (OTL)

• Lead requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment for Oracle Cloud Time and Labor.
• Configure Time Entry, Time Calculation, Time Categories, Time Consumer Sets, Time Processing Profiles, and Time Card rules.
• Configure time validation, approval workflows, time calculation rules, and overtime processing.
• Develop and maintain Fast Formulas for complex time and labor requirements.
• Configure integration between OTL, Payroll, Absence, Projects, and other HCM modules.
• Support employee, manager, and administrator time-entry processes.
• Troubleshoot time-card, time calculation, approval, and payroll-transfer issues.

Oracle Absence Management

• Lead implementation and configuration of Oracle Cloud Absence Management.
• Configure absence types, plans, eligibility profiles, accruals, balances, carryover rules, and enrollment processes.
• Configure absence approval workflows and notifications.
• Develop Fast Formulas for complex accrual, eligibility, entitlement, and validation requirements.
• Configure integration between Absence Management, Payroll, Time and Labor, Benefits, and Core HR.
• Support complex leave policies, statutory requirements, and organization-specific absence rules.
• Perform analysis and resolution of absence plan, accrual, balance, and eligibility issues.

Technical / Integration Responsibilities

• Work with technical teams on HDL, HSDL, HCM Extracts, BI Publisher, REST/SOAP APIs, and integrations.
• Analyze and resolve integration and data issues involving OTL and Absence.
• Develop functional design documents.
• Support data conversion, migration, reconciliation, and validation activities.
• Assist with reporting requirements using OTBI and BI Publisher.

Implementation & Project Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of Oracle Cloud HCM implementation, including:
• Requirements and discovery
• Fit-gap analysis
• Solution design
• Configuration
• Unit/System Integration Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Data migration
• Cutover and deployment
• Production support
• Prepare configuration workbooks, functional specifications, test scripts, and training materials.
• Conduct demonstrations and knowledge-transfer sessions for business stakeholders.
• Work closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, IT, and other functional teams.
• Provide post-production support and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 5–7 years of Oracle HCM experience, with significant experience in Oracle Cloud HCM.
• 2–3 or more Oracle Cloud HCM implementations involving OTL and Absence Management.
• Strong understanding of HCM business processes and HR policies.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud HCM security, approvals, roles, and workflows.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Canadian Public Sector HCM implementations is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Canadian statutory and organizational leave requirements.
• Experience integrating OTL and Absence with Oracle Payroll.
• Experience with HDL, HSDL, HCM Extracts, BI Publisher, OTBI, REST APIs, and SOAP web services.
• Oracle Cloud HCM certification is preferred.
• Experience working in large, complex enterprise or public-sector environments.