Hyperion EPM
Location: USA - any city
Job Type: PBC/FCC
Job Title: Hyperion EPM Sr. Consultant
We are looking for a functional EPM consultant with at least 5 years of relevant experience in Oracle EPM Applications (Essbase, Planning, Hyperion Financial Management, FDM, DRM, OBIEE, or Public Sector Planning), as well as applicable hands-on development experience. Must be able to work in a fast-paced consulting environment with the goal of delivering high-value solutions to our esteemed customers globally across a diverse set of verticals.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design and develop all aspects of new Hyperion implementations and required changes to existing applications
• Translate client business needs into practical architecture for budgeting, reporting, or consolidation solutions
• Define systems strategy, develop systems requirements, design, prototype, implement and rollout solutions
• Write and maintain clear, concise functional and technical specifications for Hyperion applications and business system processes
• Write custom Business Rules and/or Calculation Scripts for custom logic to facilitate client budgeting and forecasting needs
• Proactively and frequently communicate with customers to build and maintain a solid working relationship
• Integration of Hyperion applications with existing processes, including budgeting and forecasting, and data warehouse/management
reporting
• Design and implementation of custom reports using Hyperion reporting tools to address company needs and improve frequency,
accuracy and timeliness of reporting
• Optimization of Hyperion applications
• Work on other Hyperion development projects with the rest of the Hyperion Team and business users as needed
• Willingness to create and deliver abstracts, webinars and presentations for conferences, user groups and social media
• Produce and deliver documentation for design, training and application administration
• Operate independently to provide quality work products to an engagement.
• Demonstrate expertise to deliver functional and technical solutions on moderately complex customer engagements.
• Effectively consult with management of customer organizations.
• Gain client acceptance of the defined solution.
• Fully comprehend client requirements and translate them into implementable solutions.
• Participate in and/or support business development activities.
• Learn and execute based on the Inspirage implementation methodology.
Required Knowledge & Skills:
• 5 years EPM related experience developing and architecting all aspects of EPM solutions using the Hyperion suite of products
• 4 years of Planning/Essbase consulting experience
• Involvement with a minimum of five (5) full life cycle Hyperion EPM implementations
• Ability to write custom coding in Hyperion Planning/Essbase or Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in all technical and functional aspects of Hyperion application solution design, development and deployment
• Extensive knowledge of application administration and database administration, specifically Oracle Database
• Deep understanding of Hyperion components, RDBMS, and Weblogic
• Understanding of Finance business processes, including forecasting and budgeting cycles and corporate reporting requirements
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills with experience in troubleshooting issues for Hyperion clients
• Strong analytical skills and ability to think in a complex and rapidly changing environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel within the continental US up to 80% (typically Monday - Thursday)
• US citizen or valid US work visa
• BS degree in Finance, Accounting, IT, Computer Science or related field
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a given point in time
• Ability to learn quickly
• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience
• Up to 80% within the continental US (typically Monday - Thursday)

Preferred qualifications:
• Hyperion Certified implementation professional
• Corporate FP&A or Accounting experience
• Relational database experience
Inspirage offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that is comparable to the best in the consulting industry. This package includes:
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance that begins on your date of hire and includes dependents
• Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401K program with generous employer contribution
• Paid vacation and holiday time