Oracle Fusion Hcm Consultant

Oracle Fusion HCM Core HR & Absence Management Functional Consultant

(India & KSA/UAE)

Remote / Hybrid   |   Full-time   |   10–12 Years Experience   |   Global HCM • Multi-country

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Fusion HCM Functional Consultant who combines deep expertise in Core HR foundation design with subject-matter mastery of Absence Management, to support complex multi-country deployments across the India, and the GCC (KSA/UAE). The ideal candidate will own the full employee lifecycle foundation — enterprise structures, workforce structures, employment models, and HR service delivery — while also leading the design and configuration of global absence and leave programs, including legislative leave mandates such as Maternity/Paternity (India, UK, Europe), and Paid Sick Leave regulations.

Mandatory hands-on experience configuring Core HR and Absence/Leave requirements for KSA, India & UAE legislations, as well as India statutory leave and HR compliance, is required, given the multi-country GCC and India deployments this position will support.

Key Responsibilities

Core HR — Foundation & Workforce Structures

• Design and configure enterprise structures: Legislative Data Groups, Legal Entities, Business Units, Reference Data Sets, HR Organisations, and Workforce Structures (Jobs, Positions, Grades, Locations).
• Configure HCM Common Architecture: Person Types, Relationship Types, Employment Models (Single or Multiple Assignment), Assignment Statuses, and Employment Categories.
• Implement Global HR: manage country-specific legislative rules, local HR statutory requirements, and multi-country org structures for complex enterprise deployments, including UAE and KSA labour law and statutory configuration.
• Configure Document Records, Document Types, and Document Delivery Preferences for employee file management and compliance document retention.
• Manage data security: person security profiles, organisation security profiles, HCM data roles, and abstract roles aligned to RBAC requirements.
• Lead organisation management: mass updates, position synchronisation, and reporting hierarchy maintenance for large-scale reorganisations.

Core HR — Employee Experience & Workflow

• Set up Oracle ME (My Experience) modules: Journeys for onboarding and life events, Touchpoints for manager-employee check-ins, Celebrate for recognition, and Communicate for workforce messaging.
• Implement Manager and Employee Self-Service: configure Redwood pages, guided journeys, quick actions, and role-based access for HR transactions.
• Configure HR Approval workflows using Oracle BPM/AME: promotions, transfers, terminations, salary changes — including delegation rules and escalation paths.
• Configure Workforce Predictions and HCM Analytics dashboards for HR KPI monitoring: headcount, attrition, diversity, and span-of-control reporting.

Absence Management — Plan Design & Configuration

• Lead the design, configuration, and implementation of Oracle Fusion Absence Management — covering absence plans, accrual bands, entitlement rules, qualification periods, and plan term definitions.
• Design accrual fast formulas for complex accrual scenarios — service-banded accrual rates, rollover caps, carry-forward limits, proration on hire/termination.
• Configure absence plan eligibility rules linked to employment category, grade, union status, location, and legal employer.
• Set up negative balance rules, maximum balance caps, absence certification requirements, and waiting day rules.
• Build and configure Oracle Work Schedules and Work Patterns to support correct absence duration calculations across shifts, time zones, and part-time arrangements, including GCC working-week and Ramadan working-hours variations.
• Configure employee and manager self-service for absence submission, approval workflows, absence calendar, and balance enquiries.

Absence Management — Statutory & Integration

• Design and configure India-specific statutory leaves: Casual Leave, Privilege Leave, Sick Leave, Maternity Leave (26 weeks), Paternity Leave, and National/Festival holidays.
• Design and configure KSA and UAE statutory leave entitlements: annual leave accrual per Saudi Labour Law and UAE Labour Law, sick leave tiers, Hajj leave (KSA), maternity leave, and public/Islamic holiday calendars.
• Integrate Absence Management with Payroll (absence element generation), Time & Labor (timecard absence entry), and Core HR (assignment status changes for long-term leave).
• Develop absence reporting — OTBI dashboards for absence utilisation, FMLA tracking, unplanned absence trends, and Bradford Factor analysis.

Shared — Delivery & Testing

• Conduct CRP sessions, document business requirements, prepare configuration workbooks, and lead UAT test cycles with HR and payroll teams across India, KSA, and UAE entities.
• Develop functional design documents, test scripts, and end-user training materials covering both Core HR and Absence Management workstreams.
• Provide post-go-live hypercare support, troubleshooting Core HR and Absence configuration issues through resolution.

Core Skills

Core HR

• Oracle Fusion Core HR — Enterprise Structure configuration
• Global HR — multi-country legislative setup, including UAE / KSA
• Oracle ME — Journeys, Touchpoints, Celebrate, Communicate
• HR data security — person / org security profiles, HCM data roles
• BPM/AME approval workflow design
• Oracle Position Management and Workforce Structures

Absence Management

• Oracle Fusion Absence Management — full plan configuration
• Absence accrual fast formula design and debugging
• India statutory leave — Factories Act, Maternity Benefit Act (mandatory)
• KSA statutory leave — Saudi Labour Law annual/sick/Hajj leave (mandatory)
• UAE statutory leave — UAE Labour Law annual/sick/maternity leave (Optional)
• FMLA / ADA / State leave mandates (US legislation) (Optional)
• Work Schedules, Work Patterns, and Exceptions configuration
• Absence-to-Payroll element link and Absence-to-Time & Labor integration
• OTBI Absence subject area reporting
• HDL for absence plan enrollment and balance migration

Absence Plan Coverage

India Statutory Requirements

• Maternity leave (26 weeks — Maternity Benefit Act)
• Casual, Privilege, Sick leave — Factories Act
• Paternity and adoption leave
• National / Festival holidays by state
• Leave encashment configuration and payroll link

KSA Statutory Requirements (Mandatory)

• Annual leave accrual per Saudi Labour Law (21/30-day tiers by service length)
• Sick leave tiers (full pay, three-quarter pay, unpaid bands)
• Hajj leave and Eid / National Day holiday calendars
• Maternity leave and Iddah (bereavement) leave for female employees
• GOSI-linked leave and end-of-service leave encashment configuration

UAE Statutory Requirements (Optional)

• Annual leave accrual per UAE Labour Law
• Sick leave tiers (full pay, half pay, unpaid bands)
• Maternity, paternity, and parental leave per UAE Labour Law amendments
• Public and Islamic holiday calendar configuration
• Leave encashment and gratuity-linked leave balance configuration

Experience Breakdown

• Oracle Fusion HCM (Core HR + Absence Management) — 8+ yrs
• Oracle Fusion Core HR — 8+ yrs
• Absence Management — 5+ yrs
• India Leave & HR legislation — 3+ yrs (mandatory)
• KSA / UAE Core HR & Leave legislation — 3+ yrs (mandatory)
• Global / multi-country HR — 3+ yrs
• Payroll / Time & Labor Integration — 3+ yrs
• Oracle ME configuration — 1+ yrs
• Full HCM implementations — 3+ full cycles

Certifications

• Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud 2024/2025 Certified Implementation Specialist
• Oracle Absence Management Cloud 2025 Certified Implementation Professional

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or Information Technology
• Prior experience working on Oracle Fusion HCM implementations in the UAE and/or KSA, with working knowledge of regional labour law, WPS/GOSI/Mudad statutory requirements, and Gulf-region payroll and HR compliance
• Experience implementing Oracle Absence Management in conjunction with Oracle Time & Labor for shift-based or hourly workforce
• Knowledge of leave administration for unionised workforces and collective bargaining agreement leave provisions
• Understanding of migrating from EBS, PeopleSoft, SAP HCM, Workday, or legacy HRMS to Oracle Fusion HCM — managing Core HR cutover and data conversion
• Exposure to Oracle Journeys and Oracle ME for absence-related and broader employee experience enhancements
• Familiarity with Oracle Fusion HCM AI Agent Studio for configuring Career Coach and Internal Mobility agents
• Knowledge of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and statutory compliance configuration relevant to the deployed region
• Experience with Oracle Position Management for headcount-controlled hiring and integration with Workforce Budgeting
• Prior experience supporting GCC payroll/HR teams on Wage Protection System (WPS)-linked leave encashment and end-of-service calculations