Job Summary :

We are looking for an experienced Oracle EPM Functional Consultant with 8+ years of experience in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on functional expertise in at least one of the following Oracle EPM modules : Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS), Planning & Budgeting, Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS), Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS), or Narrative Reporting.

The candidate will be responsible for understanding business requirements, translating them into functional solutions, supporting end-to-end implementations, configuring Oracle EPM applications, and delivering enhancements and production support. Experience in at least two end-to-end Oracle EPM implementations is mandatory.

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Work closely with finance, accounting, FP&A, and other business stakeholders to understand business processes and requirements.

- Conduct requirement-gathering workshops, stakeholder discussions, and business process assessments.

- Translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution designs.

- Identify process gaps and recommend appropriate Oracle EPM solutions.

- Prepare functional documentation, including business requirement documents (BRDs), functional design documents (FDDs), and process flows.

- Lead or contribute to the design, configuration, implementation, and deployment of Oracle EPM applications.

- Configure application components based on approved business requirements and solution designs.

- Support application setup, metadata management, dimensions, hierarchies, forms, workflows, business rules, and reporting requirements, as applicable to the selected module.

- Participate in application testing, validation, defect resolution, and deployment activities.

- Ensure that the implemented solution aligns with business objectives and Oracle EPM best practices.

Module Specific Responsibilities :

1. Planning and Budgeting :

- Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario-planning processes.

- Configure planning applications, forms, dimensions, business rules, and workflows.

- Work with finance teams to develop planning models and budgeting processes.

- Support variance analysis, financial forecasting, and management reporting.

2. Financial Consolidation and Close :

- Support financial consolidation, period-end close, and statutory reporting processes.

- Configure consolidation rules, currencies, entities, intercompany transactions, and account structures, as applicable.

- Support currency translation, intercompany eliminations, and consolidation validation.

- Assist with financial close activities, reconciliations, and issue resolution.

3. Account Reconciliation :

- Support account reconciliation and financial close processes.

- Configure reconciliation profiles, formats, workflows, matching rules, and transaction matching, as applicable.

- Improve reconciliation efficiency, controls, and exception management.

- Work with finance teams to resolve reconciliation issues and improve compliance.

4. Narrative Reporting :

- Support the development of management reports, financial statements, and narrative reporting packages.

- Configure reporting structures, report packages, and approval workflows.

- Integrate financial data with narrative reporting requirements.

- Ensure reporting accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery.

Project Delivery and Support :

- Participate in or lead at least two complete Oracle EPM implementation lifecycles.

- Support project activities across requirement gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.

- Coordinate with technical consultants, integration teams, project managers, and business stakeholders.

- Prepare implementation documentation, test scenarios, training materials, and deployment plans.

- Support user acceptance testing (UAT), cutover, go-live, and stabilization.

- Develop and execute functional test cases and support system integration testing (SIT) and UAT.

- Identify, analyze, and resolve functional issues and defects.

- Provide production support, troubleshooting, and application enhancements.

- Recommend improvements to business processes and Oracle EPM application performance.

- Support knowledge transfer and end-user training.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

- Minimum 8+ years of experience in Oracle EPM Functional Consulting.

- Strong hands-on experience in at least one of the following modules : EPBCS (Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service), Oracle Planning & Budgeting, FCCS (Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service), or ARCS (Account Reconciliation Cloud Service).

- Mandatory experience in at least two end-to-end Oracle EPM implementations.

- Strong understanding of finance, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, reconciliation, or reporting processes, depending on the module.

- Experience in requirement gathering, functional design, application configuration, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.

- Ability to prepare functional specifications and communicate effectively with technical and business teams.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment.

- Experience working with Oracle EPM Cloud applications.

- Knowledge of integrations between Oracle EPM and ERP systems such as Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP or Oracle E-Business Suite.

- Familiarity with data loading, metadata management, migration, and reconciliation processes.

- Exposure to Agile or structured project delivery methodologies.

- Oracle EPM certifications would be an added advantage.