Oracle Fusion EPM PBCS Consultant in Colchester

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential.

As an Oracle Fusion EPM PBCS Consultant within our Enterprise Applications (EA) practice, you’ll support the design, configuration, and delivery of Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service solutions for a wide range of clients. You will play a key role in enabling clients to modernise their planning processes, strengthen forecasting capabilities, and drive finance transformation agendas.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to EPM planning solution definition and delivery, working in collaboration with senior EA leaders.
• Designing PBCS/EPBCS solutions using deep functional knowledge across planning modules, including workforce, capex, project, and financial planning.
• Engaging hands-on in configuration, data modelling, business rules, forms, dashboards, task lists, and security.
• Leading or supporting workshops to gather requirements, define planning models, and align clients on future-state processes.
• Delivering specialist activity across at least one full planning process area (e.g., FP&A, driver-based forecasting).
• Working closely with Oracle SMEs, integration teams, and client stakeholders to ensure well-designed and efficient solutions that align with EPM leading practices.
• Supporting testing cycles, deployment readiness, training, documentation, and hypercare.
• Contributing to proposals, go-to-market activity, and the ongoing development of EA’s EPM capability.

Minimum qualifications:

• A 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent).
• Oracle EPM or PBCS-related certification.
• Demonstrable experience in EPM implementations, including hands-on PBCS/EPBCS configuration.
• Experience participating in end-to-end project lifecycles, covering design, build, testing, and deployment.

Nice to have:

• Experience with EPM Automate, data integration (Data Management, ODI, or equivalent).
• Experience with Smart View, narrative reporting, and forecasting model design.
• Knowledge of wider Oracle Cloud (ERP/EPM Ecosystem).
• Confidence communicating with clients and helping convince stakeholders of the value of your solution designs.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements when needed.

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves.