Our client, located in Houston, Texas, is seeking an Oracle Functional Consultant. This role's primary responsibility is to review, recommend, and revise changes to the proposed configuration and blueprint for setting up a 'Procure-to-Pay' business flow in Oracle E-Business Suite (R12). The consultant should be able to suggest industry best practices as it pertains to an Oil and Gas company. This role would additionally include how to handle COPAS values, allocating shipping & freight charges to Inventory Item Costs, implementing reconditioned items, and be able to evaluate various implementation options to derive the best Inventory Organization and Subinventory setups and proposed migration steps to the new setup. Additionally, this role will provide support for maintaining and enhancing the Oracle Inventory, Contracts, Procurement Management and Accounts Payable/Fixed Assets modules of the Oracle E-Business Suite in its current state. Additional Duties: Identifies opportunities to apply technologies to business processes and procedures through research & fact-finding Develops and maintains credibility and effective working relationships with both user and IT personnel in a way that demonstrates an understanding of business problems, IT strategies, issues and priorities Participates in less complex technical studies to evaluate business requirements and recommend solutions Provides business requirements and works with developers for changes to application interface and/or data changes as required through the use of business knowledge and/or SQL queries Provides guidance in complex problem areas, where errors may cause minor delay, expense and disruption Perform other duties as requested or assigned Candidates must have experience with the following: Experience configuring an Oracle R12 environment to utilize Procure-to-Pay is required Proven system experience with core Oracle software applications; specifically Oracle Inventory, Contracts, Procurement Management and Accounts Payable/Fixed Assets modules as they pertain to the Procure-to-Pay process Reasonable knowledge of accounting transactions in applicable subledgers and month end accounting period close process Proven experience in the design, development, and implementation of software solutions, systems, or products Experience with Computer Systems Validation, SOX and other IT Best Practices Create systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmers Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support Ability to recognize a problem and provide solutions