Remote Senior Oracle EPM Cloud (FCCS) Functional Consultant in Reading

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) implementations, covering requirements, design, configuration, data migration, integration, testing, and post‑go‑live support.
• Guide finance stakeholders on consolidation matters—eliminations, currency translation, minority interest, and close calendar creation.
• Implement smart automations using Smart View, Data Management, EPM Automate, and REST APIs; create configurable rules and workflows.
• Own client relationships, managing expectations, facilitating workshops, reporting status, and delivering quarterly patch updates.
• Lead solution validation workshops and oversee testing support, training delivery, and functional implementation guidance.

Eligibility

• SC clearance required or eligibility for SC clearance (minimum 2 years UK residency).

Qualifications

• Minimum of two full FCCS implementation cycles.
• Hands‑on expertise in consolidation principles, Smart View, Data Management, and EPM Automate.
• Proven ability to integrate data with ERP/Planning systems and automate close processes.
• Strong communicator who leads workshops and delivers clear documentation to finance teams.
• Highly organised, self‑motivated, and capable of managing concurrent tasks in a dynamic cloud environment.
• Experience delivering on‑time project delivery and managing client expectations.
• Capacity to design and implement data integration, metadata orchestration, and scheduling.
• Experience with REST APIs and EPM Automate commands.
• Ability to design consolidation logic, workflows, insertion rules, and close calendars.
• Direct experience working with finance stakeholders and group reporting teams.
• Comfortable with Oracle Cloud update cycles and patch testing support.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Regularly provides status and issue reports to project managers or clients.
• Organised, self‑motivated, and delivery‑focused.

Desired Experience

• Accountancy qualification.
• Exposure to other EPM Cloud modules such as ARCS, EDMCS, or Tax Reporting.
• Experience migrating from Hyperion HFM to FCCS.
• Familiarity with REST API and EPM Automate for integration and automation.

Benefits

• Pathways mentorship and certification budgets.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Quarterly performance‑related profit share.
• Private healthcare coverage.
• Life assurance.
• Company pension scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Annual Excellence Awards and recognition programmes.