The EPM Functional Analyst will be responsible for the on-going support of our Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications, which includes EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, and Narrative Reporting. This position on the Finance Transformation team will work closely with the FP&A and Controllership teams to ensure the accuracy of reporting, as well as partner with IT on system solutions. A deep understanding of the planning, forecasting and reporting processes both conceptually and within the Oracle Cloud tools will help to identify efficiencies, insights, and best practices in these areas. This role requires a solid understanding of the metadata requirements across these applications, as well as dependencies with ERP.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the on-going support of the Oracle Cloud EPM suite: Planning (EPBCS), Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS), Account Reconciliation (ARCS), Enterprise Data Management (EDMCS), and Narrative Reporting (EPRCS)
- Use Oracle AI and BI tools to develop and publish reports, dashboards, and other analytical tools to assist various business functions in decision support and measurement
- Understand business processes, how the application supports the business processes, and apply this knowledge to best solve problems and drive continuous process improvement
- Understand dependencies and interrelationships between various components of Oracle EPM Cloud
- Lead Oracle EPM monthly upgrade testing, review, and adoption of new cloud features
- Collaborate with the FP&A and Controllership teams to facilitate the Planning, Forecasting, Consolidation, and Reporting process for the organization.
- Partner with Financial Transformation Team to identify opportunities to enhance the process and system, with the ability to effectively communicate ideas to the team
- Engage with IT Managed Services on break-fix and enhancement solutions
- Provide alternatives and recommendations based on best practices and application functionality
- Keep abreast of Oracle EPM roadmap and key functionality to identify opportunities where it will enhance the current process within the entire Financials ecosystem
- Support and document configurations, customization, reports and interfaces, testing and user training
- Help to define and maintain a data governance process to provide stability and data integrity across financial systems
- 2+ years of experience implementing and supporting Oracle Cloud EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, and Narrative Reporting
- 2+ years of experience working in FP&A or Controllership
- Bachelor's Degree (Finance or Accounting degree preferred)
- Working knowledge of the functional aspects of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting. Understanding of currency translations, inter-company eliminations, and consolidation accounting under various GAAPs
- Experience in building metadata, designing web forms, conducting data reconciliation, building dashboards, and automating business rules
- excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement
- Proven ability to collaborate with internal clients in an agile manner, leveraging design thinking approaches
- Experience conducting testing (e.g., system, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing), and preparing deliverables such as design documents, test documentation, training materials, and administration/procedural guides
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain system documentation, both functional and technical
- Ability to support training of internal Finance staff on advanced EPM concepts.
- Committed to a continuous learning environment to build expertise in EPM technologies
- Ability to collaborate with other members of Finance, Operations and IT
- Excellent Excel skills
- excellent oral and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of EPM Automate, including the ability to build scripts to automate various data admin activities
- Experience with EPM security, provisioning users and should be well-versed in user roles and groups
- Experience with integrating EPM with Oracle Cloud ERP
- Technical knowledge of scripting for writing custom consolidations, translation logic, business rules, and EPM Automation
- Experience building financial forecast models
- Experience leading a project and leading a project team
- Knowledge in Controllership processes including technical accounting (GAAP/IFRS standards), accounting operations, month end close, consolidations, and reporting
- Oracle EPM certifications
- Change Management: Ability to help people and teams with the transition or transformation of an organization's or function's goals, processes, tools or technologies.
- Process Mapping: Skills to visually describe using flowcharts the detailed flow of a process.
- Data Interpretation: Skills to correctly extract, analyze and intuit meaningful information or data from the various data sources such as structured and unstructured dataset, charts, tables, graphs, etc.
- MBA and/or CPA license
location: Charlotte, North Carolina
job type: Permanent
salary: $120,000 - 140,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
The EPM Functional Analyst will be responsible for the on-going support of our Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications, which includes EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, and Narrative Reporting. This position on the Finance Transformation team will work closely with the FP&A and Controllership teams to ensure the accuracy of reporting, as well as partner with IT on system solutions. A deep understanding of the planning, forecasting and reporting processes both conceptually and within the Oracle Cloud tools will help to identify efficiencies, insights, and best practices in these areas. This role requires a solid understanding of the metadata requirements across these applications, as well as dependencies with ERP.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the on-going support of the Oracle Cloud EPM suite: Planning (EPBCS), Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS), Account Reconciliation (ARCS), Enterprise Data Management (EDMCS), and Narrative Reporting (EPRCS)
- Use Oracle AI and BI tools to develop and publish reports, dashboards, and other analytical tools to assist various business functions in decision support and measurement
- Understand business processes, how the application supports the business processes, and apply this knowledge to best solve problems and drive continuous process improvement
- Understand dependencies and interrelationships between various components of Oracle EPM Cloud
- Lead Oracle EPM monthly upgrade testing, review, and adoption of new cloud features
- Collaborate with the FP&A and Controllership teams to facilitate the Planning, Forecasting, Consolidation, and Reporting process for the organization.
- Partner with Financial Transformation Team to identify opportunities to enhance the process and system, with the ability to effectively communicate ideas to the team
- Engage with IT Managed Services on break-fix and enhancement solutions
- Provide alternatives and recommendations based on best practices and application functionality
- Keep abreast of Oracle EPM roadmap and key functionality to identify opportunities where it will enhance the current process within the entire Financials ecosystem
- Support and document configurations, customization, reports and interfaces, testing and user training
- Help to define and maintain a data governance process to provide stability and data integrity across financial systems
- 2+ years of experience implementing and supporting Oracle Cloud EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, EDMCS, and Narrative Reporting
- 2+ years of experience working in FP&A or Controllership
- Bachelor's Degree (Finance or Accounting degree preferred)
- Working knowledge of the functional aspects of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting. Understanding of currency translations, inter-company eliminations, and consolidation accounting under various GAAPs
- Experience in building metadata, designing web forms, conducting data reconciliation, building dashboards, and automating business rules
- strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement
- Proven ability to collaborate with internal clients in an agile manner, leveraging design thinking approaches
- Experience conducting testing (e.g., system, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing), and preparing deliverables such as design documents, test documentation, training materials, and administration/procedural guides
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain system documentation, both functional and technical
- Ability to support training of internal Finance staff on advanced EPM concepts.
- Committed to a continuous learning environment to build expertise in EPM technologies
- Ability to collaborate with other members of Finance, Operations and IT
- Excellent Excel skills
- strong oral and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of EPM Automate, including the ability to build scripts to automate various data admin activities
- Experience with EPM security, provisioning users and should be well-versed in user roles and groups
- Experience with integrating EPM with Oracle Cloud ERP
- Technical knowledge of scripting for writing custom consolidations, translation logic, business rules, and EPM Automation
- Experience building financial forecast models
- Experience leading a project and leading a project team
- Knowledge in Controllership processes including technical accounting (GAAP/IFRS standards), accounting operations, month end close, consolidations, and reporting
- Oracle EPM certifications
- Change Management: Ability to help people and teams with the transition or transformation of an organization's or function's goals, processes, tools or technologies.
- Process Mapping: Skills to visually describe using flowcharts the detailed flow of a process.
- Data Interpretation: Skills to correctly extract, analyze and intuit meaningful information or data from the various data sources such as structured and unstructured dataset, charts, tables, graphs, etc.
- MBA and/or CPA license
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 3 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors (required)
skills:
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
