Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Oracle EPBCS Senior Lead Consultant / Solution Architect to support and optimize an Oracle Fusion Cloud implementation landscape. The consultant will serve as the onsite functional lead, driving planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and integration initiatives between Oracle Fusion ERP and Oracle EPM Cloud. The role requires strong stakeholder management, solution architecture expertise, governance oversight, and the ability to lead global teams across support, enhancements, and transformation programs.
Key Responsibilities
• Act as the onsite SPOC for Oracle EPBCS-related activities and engage with Finance, FP&A, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Lead the design, configuration, and support of Oracle EPBCS modules including Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Workforce Planning, Capital Planning, and Project Financial Planning.
• Gather business requirements, conduct fit-gap analysis, and translate requirements into scalable EPM solutions.
• Manage integrations between Oracle Fusion ERP and EPBCS using Data Management, EPM Integration Agent, EDMCS, FDMEE, and OIC.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles, forecast submissions, and budget consolidations.
• Drive application enhancements, process improvements, and adoption of Oracle EPM best practices.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues and provide L3 support for EPBCS applications.
• Develop and review business rules, calculation scripts, forms, dashboards, Smart View templates, and reporting solutions.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, cutover, deployment, and hypercare activities.
• Provide governance, risk management, stakeholder reporting, and executive-level status updates.
• Mentor offshore team members and ensure delivery quality across support and enhancement engagements.
• Collaborate with Oracle and internal technical teams for product issues, patch assessments, and quarterly updates.
• Develop and maintain EPBCS solution design documents, configuration workbooks, planning and forecast models, integration design documents, and knowledge transfer documentation.
• Support the development of test scripts, UAT activities, production support, and enhancement roadmaps.
Required Qualifications
• 11-15 years of Oracle EPM experience.
• 6+ years of experience in Oracle EPBCS implementations.
• Experience with 3+ end-to-end Oracle EPM Cloud implementations.
• Strong experience with Oracle EPBCS / EPM Cloud Planning.
• Strong experience with budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience with Workforce Planning and Capital Planning.
• Experience with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), driver-based planning, business process design, and financial statement modelling.
• Strong experience with Oracle Fusion ERP, including GL, AP, AR, and Projects.
• Experience with Data Management / FDMEE.
• Experience with Smart View and Calculation Manager.
• Experience with Groovy Scripting and EPM Automate.
• Experience with OTBI / BI Publisher.
• Experience with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
• Strong SQL experience.
• Strong exposure to Oracle Fusion ERP integrations.
• Experience supporting global planning and forecasting processes.
• Experience leading onsite-offshore delivery teams.
• Ability to interact effectively with Finance leadership, including CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers, and PMO leadership.
• Strong stakeholder management, solution architecture, governance, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Oracle Cloud EPM implementations and transformation programs.
• Experience with global support and enhancement engagements.
• Experience working with Oracle product teams on product issues, patch assessments, and quarterly updates.
Certifications
• Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Certified Implementation Professional.
• Oracle Cloud EPM Certification.
• Oracle Fusion Financials Certification.
