EPM Budget and Cost Specialist

EPM Budget and Cost Specialist Duties

• Maintain and configure hierarchies.
• Business point of contact for verifying metadata integrity and updates in ESSBASE.
• Understand and verify the impact of hierarchy changes in downstream applications.
• Partner with the EPM Budget and Profitability Specialist to ensure business needs for forecast and cost modeling are being met.
• Configure, update, enhance and maintain the EPM budget module.
• Works with business unit leaders to set budget up in system.
• Partner with Lead Functional Analyst to create one year forecasting models using budget and true results to ensure business needs are being met.
• Configure data and metadata that goes through all Oracle modules in the EDMC application.
• Recognize and address budget errors; address errors with appropriate parties and identify a resolution.
• Recognize issues as they arise with ability to resolve and provide guidance.
• Provide design recommendations, budget governance and configure the module to optimize information flows.
• Serve as subject matter expert on profitability module.
• Add all of Clayton’s business units to utilize profitability module.
• Work with Bus for Profitability Enhancements and test and evaluate the monthly application updates.
• Understand and identify how changes can have a downstream impact; offer solutions as necessary.
• Collaborate with technology team on testing new system processes and post testing evaluations.
• Responsible for evaluating, testing, implementing, and training on regular upgrades from EPM provider.

EPM Budget and Cost Specialist Qualifications

• 4-year college degree with Bachelor’s in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related area.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• CPA preferred.
• Audit/Accounting background preferred.
• Prior experience with annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Oracle Planning and Budget and Enterprise Data Management Tool experience.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Highly detail oriented and analytical.
• Ability to think outside the box and problem solve.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Full-time team members have the flexibility to create their own health, dental, and vision benefits package.
• Competitive 401K programs, including investment options and company matching for full and part time team members after one year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• More.

About the Role

This is a Business Admin role that supports the EPM Pillar. The team member will work with EDMC to perform configurations and develop hierarchies. This team member will also be an advanced user of the EPM applications, understand their architecture, and contribute to usage and testing of our ESSBASE cubes.

Schedule

Not specified.

Pay

$87,935.00 - $109,920.00