Assistant Director - Oracle Governance & Corporate Systems

This is a critical leadership role at the heart of Birmingham City Council's transformation into a modern, high-performing organisation. As Assistant Director - Oracle Governance & Corporate Systems, you will lead the Council's Oracle Centre of Excellence, ensuring the stability, governance and continuous improvement of a mission-critical, cloud-based ERP platform spanning Finance, HR, Payroll and Procurement. You will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the Council's financial integrity, enabling statutory compliance and driving organisational performance. Working at the most senior level, you will shape how the Council operates, ensuring systems, data and processes are robust, reliable and future-ready. What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and oversee the Council's Oracle ERP platform, ensuring system stability, security, compliance and continuous improvement
• Own and deliver the Oracle roadmap, aligning system capability with business priorities, financial plans and transformation programmes
• Establish and embed robust governance across data, reporting, integrations, security and system changes
• Drive high-quality service delivery through the Oracle Centre of Excellence, covering platform, product, reporting, support and vendor management
• Provide strategic advice to senior leaders, Members and Commissioners on system performance, risk, dependencies and organisational impact
• Lead audit readiness, internal controls and risk management, protecting the Council's financial and operational integrity
• Build organisational capability through effective engagement, training and change management to maximise adoption and value
  
  Significant senior leadership experience within complex ERP environments (ideally Oracle Fusion)
• Proven track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering large-scale digital, finance or HR systems
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including managing large budgets and supplier relationships
• Deep understanding of governance, controls, audit and data quality within enterprise systems
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders
• Politically astute, with experience influencing at Executive, Member and Commissioner level
• Resilient, credible leader with the ability to manage high-impact risks, incidents and organisational change
Leadership & Impact
• Lead and develop a high-performing multi-disciplinary team (c.70 FTE) across platform, product and service delivery
• Create a culture of accountability, performance and continuous improvement
• Build strong relationships across Finance, HR, Procurement, Digital and wider Council services
• Represent the Council externally with suppliers, partners, regulators and other authorities
  
  Drive innovation, simplification and automation to improve efficiency and user experience
Why Join Us
• Lead one of the largest and most significant ERP programmes in local government
• Play a central role in Birmingham's Improvement and Recovery journey
• Shape how a major city operates through systems, data and governance
• Work at the heart of senior leadership, influencing strategic decisions
• Drive real impact across financial sustainability, workforce and service delivery
• Be part of a forward-thinking organisation embracing digital transformation
• Lead change that directly benefits residents, communities and the city
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed., Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.