Oracle EPM Consultant in Slough

Base Location: London, Birmingham or Manchester

Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions driven by a pre-defined back-office function based on leading practices and KPMG’s six-layer Target Operating Model. The target operating model comprises of service delivery model, people, process, technology, data & insight and governance & controls. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into what makes a world class corporate services function with the latest in ERP technology provided by the leading SaaS ERP vendors such as Oracle.

Why Join the KPMG People Consulting team as an Oracle EPM Consultant?

The Powered Apps teams are communities of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver SaaS ERP based transformation programmes based on KPMG Powered Enterprise. The teams use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g., Finance, HR, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. Oracle, Workday, Coupa) to lead and deliver client programmes, to support pre-sales activities and to develop improvement and extensions to the Powered Enterprise model. KPMG are growing their Powered Apps team to meet an ever-increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking IT management consultants with relevant expertise and experience.

What you need to do:

• Delivery track record in one or multiple Oracle EPM products such as Planning, Financial Consolidation and Close implementations (Oracle FCC), PCMCS, ARCS, EDMCS who can leverage business and technology-based solutions to deliver outcomes for our clients.
• System design and delivery, including release management, integration management, data migration strategy and management.
• Prior consulting experience on delivery Oracle EPM for customers across different industries is a preferred requirement.
• An understanding of Financial Services Organisation’s Target Operating Model, Process & Controls, Organisation Design, Change Management and Business Readiness is good to have.

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 planning core concepts, or statutory close and consolidation process.
• Experience of different industry sectors (e.g. Higher Education, Retail, Insurance, Local Government etc.).
• Experience of end to end implementation of Oracle EPM products including Oracle EPRCS (Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud Service) (Must have).
• Expertise with the technical design and solution configuration on large scale Oracle Finance Transformation programmes in the EPM space.
• Proven expertise in review of functional and technical designs against business requirements and provide challenges where relevant.
• Exposure to Chart of Accounts & Data Model Design.
• Exposure to the EPM lifecycle including planning, budgeting and forecasting, enterprise wide KPI & reporting framework, profitability/cost analysis and experience with other EPM technologies would be desirable.
• Exposure to other EPM products such as EDMCS, ARCS, will be nice to have.
• 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 is good to have.
• 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.
• 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.
• Manage the translation of clients technical and accounting requirements to Oracle EPM product specific design.
• Support the documentation of the solution’s test strategy and oversee the drafting of test scenarios and technical testing script.
• Assist in end user training and conduct knowledge transfer of the solution to technical client teams.
• Assist in deployment of the solution to production and provide post go-live support.

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.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country, but preference will be given to candidates who are willing and able to do 2 days per week in one of our core hubs for this role, which are: London, Birmingham, Manchester.

We can potentially facilitate flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.