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Introduction

The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) market is a relatively new market and the demand for GRC products and services is growing in spite of the current economic climate.  Many Accounting, Auditing, and Oracle Finance Professionals are interested in learning more about Oracle GRC Technology Products and/or Applications.  Some of these professionals realize very quickly that they can leverage their Accounting, Auditing and/or Oracle Financials experience to become proficient implementing GRC Solutions using the Oracle GRC Technology Products and/or Applications.

Oracle GRC Platform

The first step is to become familiar with the Oracle GRC Technology Products and Applications included in the Oracle GRC Platform.  You accomplish this by viewing the OIC presentation Introduction to the Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Platform.  You can also download the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.  The PowerPoint presentation provides links to the Oracle GRC Portal, which you can use to quickly learn more about each Oracle Technology Product and/or Application included in the Oracle GRC Platform.

What is Reality GRC?

Reality GRC is an OIC Blog, which you can use to participate in the installation and/or implementation of one or more Oracle GRC Technology Products and/or Applications.  We (OIC) installed the Oracle GRC Technology Products and Applications included in the Oracle GRC Platform on our dedicated server hosted by The Planet.  The Planet is the largest privately held hosting company in the world and is SAS 70 Type II compliant.  We have also installed Release 12.1.1 of the Oracle Vision Demo EBS Instance.

We will use the collective experience of Oracle GRC Professionals to develop case studies of the installation and/or implementation of one or more of the Oracle GRC Technology Products and/or Applications.  We will use fictitious companies with real world GRC requirements to develop these case studies.  Additionally, we will use the OIC tools and resources to implement an Oracle GRC solution to provide our participants with an opportunity to gain “hands on” experience using the Oracle GRC Technology Products and/or Applications.

We Need Oracle GRC Professionals

We need Oracle GRC Professionals to place on projects installing and implementing the Oracle GRC Technology Products and Applications.  If you wish to be considered for one of these Oracle GRC contract positions, please forward your resume to roger.drolet@theoicllc.com.  You must have hands on experience installing and/or implementing and using one of more of the following Oracle Applications and/or Technology Products:

Oracle GRC Applications

¡  Oracle GRC Insight

• GRC Intelligence (GRCI) 3.0

¡  Oracle GRC Process Management

• Enterprise GRC Manager (EGRCM) 8.0

¡  Oracle GRC Application Controls

• Application Access Controls Governor (AACG) 8.5
• Transaction Controls Governor (TCG)
• Configuration Controls Governor (CCG) 5.5.1
• Preventive Controls Governor (PCG) 7.3.1

Oracle GRC Technology Products

¡  Oracle Audit Vault

¡  Oracle Database Vault

¡  Oracle Identity & Access Management Suite

• Oracle Access Manager
• Oracle Identity Manager
• Oracle Identity Federation with Fedlet
• Oracle Directory Services Plus

¡  Oracle Enterprise Manager

• Application Management Products
• Middleware Management Products
• Database Management Products
• Hardware Management Products
• Heterogeneous Management Products

The Oracle Independent Consultants (OIC) LLC is an Oracle Gold Partner. We focus solely on providing training, services and resources for Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Solutions.

ORACLE GRC PROFESSIONALS ARE IN DEMAND, BUT SCARCE
The demand for Oracle GRC Professionals is increasing as the economy improves. I currently receive more unsolicited Oracle GRC requirements than I am able to fill. Oracle GRC Professionals are very difficult to find.

I’m not looking for Oracle consultants who can implement Oracle GRC applications. I need GRC Professionals who can implement GRC solutions using Oracle GRC applications.

EARN HIGHER RATES
IT Auditors and Accountants who have Oracle Financials and/or Oracle GRC experience earn higher rates than IT Auditors and Accountants who don’t have the Oracle experience. I encourage you to do your research. Our business model supports, at least, $80 per hour plus expenses.

LEVERAGE YOUR ACCOUNTING AND/OR AUDITING EXPERIENCE
Leverage your experience to become proficient implementing GRC solutions using Oracle GRC applications. You also MUST HAVE, AT LEAST, GOOD ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

The GRC applications are nothing more than tools to implement the GRC solutions and you probably already understand the COSO and CobiT internal control frameworks. Similarly, you probably understand Segregation of Duties (SOD), internal controls, continuous monitoring of internal controls and many of the other principles associated with accounting and auditing. I can help you learn how to use the Oracle GRC applications to implement GRC solutions.

BECOME AN OIC CONTRACTOR
As an OIC Contractor, you can work for whomever and wherever you wish; however, we will do our best to place you on an Oracle GRC project. We have a huge monetary incentive to do this; however, we CANNOT GUARANTEE you that we will be able to do this.

Access to OIC Resources
OIC Contractors are provided FREE access to My Oracle Support (Oracle knowledge base and source of all documentation), Oracle Partner Network (OPN, which provides access to many Oracle free online self paced training courses and other collateral that is only available to Oracle Partners. In addition, we provide our members with FREE access to Release 12.1.1 of Oracle’s Vision Demo E-Business Suite. This enables you to gain “hands on” experience working with the Oracle Financial applications (and other applications installed with EBS).

Discount on OIC and Oracle University (OU) Training Courses
All OIC Contractors receive a 25% discount on all Oracle GRC Courses and fee-based courses provided by Oracle University.

Discount on Access to Oracle GRC Applications
We have installed the full suite of Oracle GRC applications on our dedicated server hosted by The Planet, which is the largest privately held hosting company in the world and SAS 70 Type II compliant. All OIC Contractors receive a 25% on all fees charged to access one or more of the Oracle GRC Applications:

OUR GOAL
Our goal is to be the firm that Oracle Sales, Oracle Consulting, Oracle Partners, Oracle Customers, Oracle Recruiters/Hiring Managers, Risk and Advisory Firms, SOX Advisors, External Auditors and other Oracle Consulting firms call when they need training, services or resources for Oracle GRC solutions.

SUMMARY
I encourage you to visit our website at www.theoicllc.com to learn more. You can also visit us on YouTube at www.youtube.com/theoicllc. If you have questions, you can contact us at www.theoicllc.com/contact_us or simply send me an email to roger.drolet@theoicllc.com.

Please include your resume and use email to write a short cover letter that explains why you would be a good for our Oracle GRC Practice.

I welcome your comments and/or suggestions.

Regards, 

Roger Drolet CPA, MBA, CISA, CITP
Founder and CEO
Oracle Independent Consultants (OIC) LLC
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