Oracle Developer

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any basis prohibited by the laws that govern its operations.

Oracle Developer

How does this role contribute to our collective success?

As an Oracle Developer, you will build and enhance the finance technology solutions that AXIS relies on to run finance, reserving, treasury, and cash management. You will turn business needs into working, well-tested software that keeps our core financial systems accurate and dependable. Your success is measured by the quality, reliability, and timely delivery of the solutions you create and the value they deliver to the business.

What will you do in this role?

• Design, build, and test custom finance application components, taking ownership of your work from requirements through to deployment.

• Translate business requirements and functional specifications into working, well-documented code.

• Develop and support integrations that move data reliably between our Finance systems and third-party applications.

• Carry out unit, system, and integration testing to make sure solutions perform as expected before release.

• Coordinate deployments with the Application Maintenance team and follow release management protocols to keep changes controlled and compliant.

• Investigate and resolve issues, working under your own initiative while drawing on support from other developers and application delivery leads.

• Report on the status, risks, and issues of your key activities to the Agile team scrum master in a clear and timely way.

• Identify and suggest improvements to processes, standards, and ways of working.

• You will work as part of an Agile team, contributing to backlog refinement, estimation, sprint review and delivery, while partnering closely with the Product Owner, Scrum Master and other team members to deliver business value.

• Collaborate with business Product Owners to deliver value and other teams such as architecture, data governance, and infrastructure to ensure consistent end-to-end solutions.

You may also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.

About You:

We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.

What you need to have:

• 3+ years of experience working with Oracle EBS Financial applications.

• Hands-on experience developing and enhancing custom solutions within Oracle E-Business Suite Financials.

• Able to write and tune complex SQL and develop robust PL/SQL to build and correct application logic and data.

• Able to build and support interfaces and integrations between Oracle E-Business Suite and third-party applications.

• Experience with OBIEE and ODI development required

• Practical experience across core Finance modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable, with the willingness to broaden your expertise across the wider Oracle Financials landscape.

• Able to explain technical concepts clearly, in writing and in conversation, to both technical and non-technical colleagues.

• Able to analyze problems methodically and troubleshoot issues through to resolution.

• Able to collaborate effectively within a team and communicate progress and challenges transparently.

What we prefer you to have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or an equivalent field, or comparable practical experience.

• Experience working directly with business end users to gather requirements and validate solutions.

• Experience with development of Hyperion Essbase and Smartview

• Experience with HFM, HTP and DRM an advantage
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum
• Experience using Azure DevOps or similar Agile work management platforms for backlog and delivery tracking
• Able to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards.

Role Factors:

In this role, you will typically be required to:

• Be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week in our Halifax office to support team collaboration and engagement.

• Work standard business hours, with occasional flexibility to coordinate deployments or support releases outside core hours.
  

What we offer:

You will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid annual leave, and much more.

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of $85,000-$105,000 CAD (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location. 

This posting is for an existing vacancy.