Oracle EPM Architect (Senior Manager)

Responsibilities

• Communicating compelling and well thought out solutions for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) in response to complex client problems.
• Supporting business development and project delivery activities across clients from multiple industries.
• System design and delivery, including release management, integration management, data migration strategy and management.
• Defining an overall Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solution leveraging leading practice solutions to support the business requirements.

The Person

• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.
• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm.
• Builds strong global relationships and actively seeks out the global network’s best experts to address client needs.
• Communicates compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems.
• Builds constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries or cultures.
• Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in others.
• Seeks to understand other’s motivations.
• Supports others to make brave decisions.

Functional skills

• An understanding of the key business issues/drivers that result in clients pursuing transformation programmes.
• Experience of multiple industry sectors (e.g. Higher Education, Retail, Insurance, Local Government etc.).
• Excellent influencing skills, with the ability to land key decisions with senior leaders and key business stakeholders.
• Experience of multiple Oracle Cloud EPM implementation project lifecycles, from presales, scoping and planning through to post go live support, as a Solution Architect. (Must have)
• Detailed knowledge of Oracle Cloud EPM enabled end-to-end business process across Finance. (Must Have)
• A background in designing and delivering end-to-end business processes across multiple functional areas including FP&A processes Planning (including financial planning, workforce planning, capital expenses planning, project planning, strategic planning), Financial close and consolidation, Reconciliation, Data management and other Oracle cloud products (Must have).
• Experience in design and Implementation EPM applications Primarily EPBCS, FCCS, PCMCS, DM and EDMCS and experience in other processes like ARCS and EPRCS would be advantageous.
• Experience in Key finance and accounting processes that includes general accounting and corporate consolidation, financial planning and analysis, accounts payables and receivable, fixed assets, and Management Reporting.
• Experience with governance controls, change management, conceptual data modelling, master data management, data standardization and data quality management.
• Broad knowledge of other Oracle Cloud product sets like ERP, SCM, HCM and Payroll solutions.
• An understanding of the functional, application and technical architectural elements of an Oracle Cloud EPM programme.
• Experience of operating and implementing in a cloud environment and understanding the impacts of implementing and operating on the cloud versus on premise.
• Experience of managing a team of 10+ colleagues, including client and third parties.
• Experience in planning and estimating Oracle Cloud EPM programmes.
• An appreciation of the influence of user experience-based design e.g. Personas, user journeys and how this can be used to augment a solution.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Professional skills

• Excellent documentation, reporting and presentation skills in both a virtual and in person mode.
• Well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues and synthesise large amounts of information.
• Experience producing project deliverables (business requirements, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.).
• Highly proficient Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills.
• Fast learner with an ability to get up-to-speed in a short space of time.
• Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling and succinct way in written and verbal communications.
• Good attention to detail and an ability to analyse and use data in decision making.
• Excellent organisational and multitasking skills with ability to balance competing priorities.
• Experience identifying, diagnosing and resolving issues independently; taking initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances.
• Anticipates need to re-prioritise; can shift gears and comfortably makes decisions based on new information.