Job Description Dunnes Stores is Ireland's leading retailer, operating over 130 stores across Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Spain, alongside a growing online business.
We are a long-established, Irish-owned organisation currently in the midst of a multi-year transformation programme spanning digital, data, supply chain, and enterprise systems.
Our Corporate Systems function plays a critical role in enabling this transformation, while also ensuring the stability and integrity of business-critical platforms that support our people, payroll, and operations.
The Role We are seeking an experienced Oracle E-Business Suite Senior Analyst (HRMS & Payroll) to take ownership of our on-premise Oracle EBS R12.2 HRMS and Payroll landscape.
This is a hands-on, techno-functional role combining deep HRMS and Payroll domain expertise with strong technical capability across Oracle EBS customisation, integration, and support.
The successful candidate will work closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT colleagues to ensure weekly payroll stability, deliver enhancements, support ongoing legislative requirements, and contribute to the modernisation and evolution of our enterprise systems estate.
Key Responsibilities HRMS & Payroll Ownership Act as a senior subject matter expert for Oracle HRMS (Core HR) and Payroll, supporting end-to-end hire-to-retire and payroll processes.
Ensure the successful execution of weekly payroll runs, including validation, issue resolution, reconciliation, and post-pay support.
Support annual and ad-hoc payroll legislative updates (e.g.
PAYE, statutory changes, reporting).
Configuration & Enhancements Configure and maintain HRMS and Payroll components including: Flexfields (DFF/KFF) Employee templates SITs / EITs Elements, balances, and fast formulas Deliver enhancements using seeded Oracle functionality wherever possible, balancing configuration vs customisation.
Technical Development & Integrations Design, build, and support CEMLIs using: PL/SQL Oracle Forms and Reports Oracle APEX XML / BI Publisher Build and support integrations and data interfaces, including: Time & Attendance systems (e.g.
UKG or similar) Payroll inbound/outbound feeds Finance and third-party systems Work with Oracle HRMS/Payroll APIs, data loads (Web-ADI), and secure data transfers.
Support & Operations Provide day-to-day support via the helpdesk/ticketing system, including incident management and root cause analysis.
Liaise with Oracle Support (SR logging and resolution).
Maintain high standards of documentation, including runbooks, cutover plans, functional and technical design documents.
Transformation & Change Contribute to ongoing enterprise transformation initiatives, including: EBS upgrades and platform modernisation Integration rationalisation Process standardisation and automation Work collaboratively with Architecture, Security, Data, and Digital teams to ensure HR and Payroll systems align with Dunnes Stores' long-term technology roadmap.
Support evaluation of future-state options, including Oracle Cloud HCM, while maintaining the stability of the current EBS platform.
Required Experience & Skills Essential 5+ years' hands-on experience with Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS and Payroll (R12.x).
Proven experience supporting live payroll operations in a complex organisation.
Strong PL/SQL development skills within Oracle EBS.
Hands-on experience with Forms, Reports, APEX, and XML/BI Publisher.
Experience building and supporting integrations and data transfers.
Strong understanding of HR and Payroll business processes.
Ability to work independently while collaborating across technical and business teams.
Desirable Experience with multi-jurisdiction payroll environments.
Exposure to Oracle Financials (GL/AP/AR) for payroll costing and integrations.
Experience with Oracle EBS upgrades (11i ? R12 / R12.1 ? R12.2).
Awareness of Oracle Cloud HCM and transition pathways.
Experience working in retail or other high-volume, operationally critical environments Dunnes Stores is an equal opportunity employer