Oracle Forms and Reports Developer

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

The Finance Systems Team at Arup is a specialised function within the Digital Technology Group (DTG), responsible for supporting, developing, and maintaining the firm’s financial applications and reporting platforms. The team plays a critical role in enabling accurate financial operations, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

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The Opportunity

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Forms developer to join our Finance Systems team in the Digital Technology Group. You will be responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of our Finance reporting application and interfaces including integrations with other systems and calculations for consolidation, overheads and cross charging. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Oracle Forms, Reports and PL/SQL along with the ability to analyse and understand complex processes and dataflows.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports.

• Write complex PL/SQL queries, procedures, functions, and triggers.

• Integrating solutions with other applications and technology platforms

• Collaborate with business analysts and users to gather and understand requirements.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and data issues.

• Optimise and troubleshoot existing reports, computations and integrations to improve performance and reliability.

• Conduct in-depth analysis of our bespoke Oracle application, including its data flows, and integration with other systems.

• Collaborate with the finance team to provide technical support and insights for the ongoing finance strategy project.

• Participate in code reviews and follow development best practices.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of applications and processes.

• Participate in the migration of legacy Oracle Forms applications to modern platforms if required.

Daily Tasks Include:

• Enhance Oracle Forms and Reports, Interfaces and background processes

• Design, develop, test high-quality solutions that meet business requirements.

• Provide guidance and support to business analysts and stakeholders, ensuring that business requirements are accurately translated into technical solution

• Respond to and resolve production issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations and providing timely updates and support to stakeholders.

Did you know: Our Digital Technology team are proud prior winners of the IT Team of the Year at the Chartered Institute of IT’s UK IT Industry Awards. 

Is this role right for you?

We’d like to hear from candidates who:

• Have a strong knowledge and recent hands-on experience of Oracle Forms & Reports

• Have solid PL/SQL and SQL skills

• Have excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills.

• Can analyse and interpret intricate dataflows

• Have experience working in a finance systems environment delivering complex system solutions

• Experience in version control systems (e.g. Git)

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. 

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do. 

• We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
• We care about you and want you to perform at your best, which is why we offer one of the most competitive benefits packages in our sector.
• As a member organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme (payments are dependent on the firm’s financial performance).
• We also provide private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence. 

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at Careers - Your Life at Arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

To understand what to expect next, please visit our Careers page Our aim is to make this process as streamlined and easy as possible for our applicants. 

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