Senior Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Consultant

The primary function of the Senior Oracle EPM Consultant role is to effectively deliver/implement Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud modules, in order to provide an integrated planning, budgeting, consolidation, and reporting solution.

Accountability:- 

• Facilitate and actively participate in all phases of the Implementation cycle, to include Requirements Gathering & Analysis, System Design & Development, Testing, and Implementation of Oracle EPM Cloud solutions. 

• Assist Business Users in mapping and streamlining / re-engineering planning, budgeting, consolidation, and reporting processes to implement various Oracle EPM modules, using standardized implementation methodology including reports specification development and deployment. 

• Assist, coach, and mentor other engagement team members on issues they may encounter in the design and implementation of EPM solutions. Participates actively in internal Oracle EPM problem management. 

• Consults offshore and/or onsite with internal/external clients on business requirements in order to provide support. 

• Supports multiple projects/tasks within assigned area of the Oracle EPM portfolio and related business applications. 

• Performs miscellaneous tasks as assigned by his direct manager. 

• Drives business process re-engineering and related lean concepts through Oracle EPM and related information systems best practice deployment. 

• Develop business re-engineering and modelling for planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycles. 

• Setting up design solutions, application builds, and system configuration / parameterize. 

• Provides in-depth technical consultation to Business Unit and project supervision to ensure development of efficient EPM application systems utilizing established standards, procedures, and methodologies.

• Work closely with Project Manager in EPM projects management & planning activities.

Qualification :-

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent. 

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Oracle EPM Cloud. 

• Should have at least 5 full cycle implementation projects with Oracle EPM Cloud with extensive experience across Planning and Budgeting, Financial Consolidation, and Reporting modules.

• Should have a very good functional financial experience that lets him cover various financial planning and reporting treatments consultation.

• Experience with the following: 

• Planning & Budgeting Cloud (PBCS/EPBCS): Application build and configuration, forms and templates design, business rules (Groovy/Calc Manager), data forms, task lists, and approval workflows. 

• Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS): Configuration and setup. Awareness of consolidation rules, inter company eliminations, currency translation, ownership management, and journals. 

• Account Reconciliation Cloud (ARCS): Reconciliation rule setup, transaction matching, and reporting (added advantage). • Narrative Reporting (EPRCS): Report package design, Management Reporting, and integration with Planning/FCCS data sources. 

• Data Integration: Data Management / FDMEE configuration, data load rules, mappings, and integration with Oracle Financials and third-party source systems. 

• Smart View / Reporting: Building and maintaining ad hoc and pre-built reports, dashboards, and grids for business users. 

• Essbase / Calculation Manager: Awareness of cube design, dimension build, business rules, and calculation scripts. 

• OUM Implementation Methodology: Documentation procedures across different phases of the projects. 

• Configuration and setups: Hands-on experience in performing setup and configuration. 

• Add on having Oracle EPM certification.