Associate Oracle Specialist

About the Role

As an Associate Oracle Specialist at IBM, you will help organizations improve business performance, streamline operations, and accelerate business transformation through Oracle enterprise applications and technology-enabled solutions. This is a business-focused opportunity, not a software development role. You will learn how organizations operate, understand their business challenges, and help implement and improve the enterprise applications that support their people, processes, and performance. Prior Oracle or programming experience is not required.

Functional Areas

Based on business needs and your skills and interests, you will be aligned to one of the following functional areas:

• Oracle Finance: Focused on helping organizations modernize financial operations through Oracle enterprise applications that support accounting, financial planning, reporting, budgeting, financial controls, and business performance management.
• Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM): Focused on helping organizations modernize human resources and workforce operations through Oracle enterprise applications that support core HR, talent management, recruiting, compensation, learning, workforce planning, and employee experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Depending on your project assignment, you may have opportunities to:

• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities to improve financial operations, workforce management, operational efficiency, and business performance.
• Support business requirements gathering, process documentation, and mapping current-state and future-state business processes.
• Assist with functional configuration, testing, implementation, and ongoing support of Oracle enterprise applications.
• Participate in client workshops, stakeholder discussions, and business transformation initiatives.
• Analyze financial, workforce, or operational data to support business decisions and process improvement.
• Explore how Artificial Intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies can improve business workflows, employee experiences, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with functional and technical teams to support enterprise solutions that address real client business challenges.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Curiosity and a passion for learning.
• Interest in enterprise applications, business transformation, and technology-enabled solutions.
• Awareness of emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence and automation.

Qualifications

• Currently completing or recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Management, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Economics, Psychology, or a related field.
• Foundational understanding of business processes related to finance, accounting, human resources, workforce management, enterprise operations, or organizational effectiveness.
• Understanding of how enterprise applications and technology solutions help organizations improve business processes, operational efficiency, and decision-making.
• Familiarity with business analysis, data analysis, reporting, process improvement, or business problem-solving concepts through coursework, projects, internships, or personal learning.
• Ability to analyze business challenges, communicate ideas clearly, and collaborate with others to develop practical solutions.
• Experience gained through academic projects, internships, case competitions, student organizations, research, part-time employment, or other practical experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Oracle, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Capital Management (HCM) platforms, or related business applications through coursework, academic projects, internships, or personal learning.
• Familiarity with business processes involving financial management, accounting, financial reporting, human resources, talent management, or workforce operations.
• Experience or exposure to business analytics, process improvement, requirements gathering, application testing, or enterprise transformation concepts.
• Familiarity with Excel, reporting tools, data analysis, process mapping, or business applications.
• Interest in Oracle technologies, Artificial Intelligence, business transformation, and continuous learning.