Job description
Company Description
For over 29 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as:
- Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)
- Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications)
- AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA)
- One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023)
With 3,700+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m, Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe.
Job Description
Senior Oracle Cloud Payroll Functional Consultant
Own the solution. Shape the future. Lead at enterprise scale.
Are you one of the rare Oracle Cloud Payroll specialists who doesn’t just configure—but leads, advises, and shapes how Payroll is delivered?
At Version 1, this role goes far beyond implementation. You’ll play a defining role in how Oracle Cloud Payroll solutions are designed, governed, and delivered across complex, enterprise environments. You’ll influence senior stakeholders, mentor consultants, and act as a trusted authority for clients navigating critical Payroll transformations.
This is a role for consultants whose opinions are listened to—and whose expertise genuinely matters.
Why This Role?
We’re a multi-award-winning, values-led consultancy, trusted by global organisations and consistently recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in the UK & Ireland. Our Oracle Cloud practice is growing rapidly and is widely regarded as one of the strongest and most credible in the market.
Joining Version 1 means you’ll benefit from:
✨ Enterprise-scale Oracle Cloud programmes across a wide range of industries
✨ A senior, influential role shaping Payroll solutions, standards, and delivery approaches
✨ Funded Oracle certifications, structured career pathways, and genuine long-term investment in you
✨ Hybrid working, real work-life balance, and a culture built on trust—not presenteeism
✨ An employee Profit Share scheme, so you share directly in the success you help create
We’re looking for confident, ambitious consultants who want more than “the next project” — people ready to step into a role with visibility, influence, and progression.
If you want to elevate your career with a partner that will elevate you in return, Version 1 is the place to do it.
The Role
As a Senior Oracle Cloud Payroll Functional Consultant, you will:
- Lead the end-to-end design of complex Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll solutions
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding strategy, best practice, and solution direction
- Own and quality-assure functional configuration, documentation, and key deliverables
- Mentor, coach, and develop junior and mid-level consultants within the Oracle practice
- Play a pivotal role in pre-sales, including:
- Delivering compelling, high-impact demonstrations
- Shaping solution designs, scope, and proposals
- Providing authoritative insight into Oracle Cloud Payroll capabilities and roadmaps
- Facilitate advanced design workshops and translate requirements into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions
- Work closely with technical, integration, and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes
Qualifications
What You’ll Bring
Essential Experience
You will have:
- Extensive experience delivering Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll, ideally across multiple end-to-end implementations
- Deep functional and configuration expertise, including:
- Fast Formula
- Element design
- Payroll process flows
- Calculation cards
- Strong workshop facilitation and solution documentation skills
- Confidence operating in pre-sales and client-facing environments
- OTBI reporting and/or SQL capability
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Desirable Experience
You may also bring:
- Experience across related HCM modules, such as:
- Absence Management
- Benefits
- Compensation Workbench
- Experience defining standards, accelerators, or methodologies within an Oracle Cloud practice
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
- Strong career progression & mentorship through our Strength in Balance and leadership programmes, including quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews.
- Significant training budget for certifications and further education.
- Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out recognition platform celebrating achievement.
- Moments that matter & enhanced maternity/paternity leave policies to support your journey.
- Active ESG & CSR initiatives, allowing you to give back through fundraising, volunteering, and diversity, inclusion & belonging programmes.
Benefits include:
- Quarterly performance-related profit share
- Hybrid / Remote working flexibility
- Pension, private healthcare, life assurance cover
- Certified Great Place to Work for 10+ years running
This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)
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We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers
Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!
