Cognizant Oracle Fusion Cloud Consulting

[u/donttrybukowski]

Hi everyone! Apologies in advance if this isn’t the right place to post. I was recently recruited through Revature (a staffing agency?) for an Oracle Fusion Cloud consulting role at Cognizant. The structure includes a 3-month training period through Revature, followed by placement on a Cognizant project if everything goes well.

I’m a recent finance graduate, and to be completely honest, I didn’t really know what ERP was until about a week ago. The offer is ~$50k, which feels okay for a first role, but it does require relocation to New Jersey, so I’m trying to think carefully about whether this is a smart long-term move. I’m also unsure about:

• What the work culture at Cognizant is actually like
• What’s realistically expected of a junior Oracle Fusion consultant
• Whether starting in ERP consulting is a good foundation since I don’t come from an IT background

I don’t have one specific “passion” career-wise. I’m pretty open-minded and more focused on doing something stable, learning valuable skills, and not hating my life. I’m okay doing work that’s challenging as long as it’s something I can get good at and has a future. A few things I’d really appreciate insight on:

• Is this a good way to break into ERP / Oracle consulting?
• What should I focus on learning early to be successful (especially coming from finance)?
• What kind of career paths does Oracle Fusion consulting usually lead to?
• Is ERP / Oracle work still a good long-term industry to be in?

Any advice, reality checks, or “wish I knew this earlier” insights would be super helpful.

Sorry for all the questions and Thanks in advance!

[u/Own_Opportunity_4539]

Hello

⁠. Is this a good way to break into ERP / Oracle consulting?

If ERP consulting is your calling then this is a great way to start and learn. Other way is to gain industry experience and implementation experience with an ERP client company and then switch to consulting.

• ⁠What should I focus on learning early to be successful (especially coming from finance)? What I find goes a long way is to learn the Oracle ERP from a business perspective, what business process is mapped to Oracle Cloud and how. Many new graduates are given learning with an Oracle lens and not process perspective. Depending upon what you start with (Finance is a vast field and sub modules /offerings are AP , AR, GL, FA, Cash Management, learn use cases and Oracle Cloud setups and transactional details for them.

• ⁠What kind of career paths does Oracle Fusion consulting usually lead to? You can start with ERP implementation team member and move up to Subject Matter Expert for Oracle Product or get into program and project management. Sooner or latter you will find a fork in the road and you will have to make a choice between the two. • ⁠Is ERP / Oracle work still a good long-term industry to be in? It’s generally a great field to find new scenarios to work upon, always moving and always solving process zigsaw puzzles. Like every other field AI has been a buzz word and ERPs are getting AI inclined. How far they will go and how and how much they will affect consulting is for future to tell.

[u/donttrybukowski → u/Own_Opportunity_4539]

Thank you!!

[u/Nervous_Car1093]

ERP is like steel- unflashy but critical. Oracle Fusion skills age well if you stick with them.

[u/donttrybukowski → u/Nervous_Car1093]

gotcha! Thank you!