Oracle EPM Solution Architect, Greater Manchester
Client:
KPMG
Location:
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
9fbbd5040684
Job Description:
The Role
* Communicating compelling and well thought out solutions for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) in response to complex client problems.
* Supporting business development and project delivery activities across clients from multiple industries.
* System design and delivery, including release management, integration management, data migration strategy and management.
* Defining an overall Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solution leveraging leading practice solutions to support the business requirements.
The Person
* Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve this.
* Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider firm.
* Builds strong global relationships and actively seeks out the global network’s best experts to address client needs.
* Communicates compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems.
* Builds constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries or cultures.
* Fosters a sense of self-belief and confidence in others.
* Seeks to understand others’ motivations.
* Supports others to make brave decisions.
Functional skills:
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
* An understanding of the key business issues/drivers that result in clients pursuing transformation programmes.
* Experience of multiple industry sectors (e.g. Media, Services, Retail, Insurance, Local Government etc.).
* Excellent influencing skills, with the ability to land key decisions with senior leaders and key business stakeholders.
* Experience of multiple Oracle Cloud EPM implementation project lifecycles, from presales, scoping and planning through to post-go-live support, as a Solution Architect.
* Detailed knowledge of Oracle Cloud EPM enabled end-to-end business process across Finance.
* A background in designing and delivering end-to-end business processes across multiple functional areas including FP&A processes Planning, Financial close and consolidation, Reconciliation, Data management and other Oracle cloud products.
* Experience in design and implementation of EPM applications primarily EPBCS, FCCS, ARCS, DM and EDMCS; experience in other processes like PCMCS and EPRCS would be advantageous.
* Experience in key finance and accounting processes that include general accounting and corporate consolidation, financial planning and analysis, accounts payables and receivable, fixed assets, and Management Reporting.
* Experience with governance controls, change management, conceptual data modelling, master data management, data standardization and data quality management.
* Broad knowledge of other Oracle Cloud product sets like ERP, SCM, HCM and Payroll solutions.
* An understanding of the functional, application and technical architectural elements of an Oracle Cloud EPM programme.
* Experience of operating and implementing in a cloud environment and understanding the impacts of implementing and operating on the cloud versus on premise.
* Experience of managing a team of 10+ colleagues, including client and third parties.
* Experience in planning and estimating Oracle Cloud EPM programmes.
* An appreciation of the influence of user experience-based design e.g. Personas, user journeys and how this can be used to augment a solution.
Professional skills:
* Excellent documentation, reporting and presentation skills in both a virtual and in-person mode.
* Well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues and synthesise large amounts of information.
* Experience producing project deliverables (business requirements, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.).
* Highly proficient Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Projects.
* Excellent interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills.
* Fast learner with an ability to get up-to-speed in a short space of time.
* Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling and succinct way in written and verbal communications.
* Good attention to detail and an ability to analyse and use data in decision making.
* Excellent organisational and multitasking skills with ability to balance competing priorities.
* Experience identifying, diagnosing and resolving issues independently; taking initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances.
* Anticipates need to re-prioritise; can shift gears and comfortably makes decisions based on new information.
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