Sr. Oracle Cloud EPM Planning | Federal Budget Formulation Consultant.

About the role

We are seeking an Oracle Cloud EPM Federal Accounting Expert to combine hands-on Oracle Cloud EPM Planning configuration and technical build with federal accounting expertise — general ledger, financial reporting, reconciliations, and internal controls — in support of an active pursuit for the federal client's Enterprise Financial Services II (EFS II) effort.

Responsibilities

• Analyze federal budget formulation processes, business rules, data requirements, approval workflows, reporting needs, and system interfaces.
• Facilitate requirements sessions with budget, finance, program, and technical stakeholders.
• Translate business and federal budget requirements into Oracle EPM Planning designs and configurations.
• Configure and support Oracle EPM Planning applications, including dimensions, metadata, forms, calculations, workflows, security, dashboards, reports, scenarios, and versions.
• Develop and maintain business rules using Oracle Calculation Manager, Essbase calculations, formulas, and/or Groovy.
• Configure and support Oracle Smart View and other reporting capabilities.
• Support integrations between Oracle EPM Planning and financial, accounting, HR/payroll, acquisition, data warehouse, and other enterprise systems.
• Support data loads, reconciliations, validations, automation, and interfaces using tools such as EPM Data Integration, EPM Automate, REST APIs, and related technologies.
• Support modernization or migration from legacy Hyperion, spreadsheet-based, or custom budget formulation solutions to Oracle Cloud EPM.
• Participate in testing, deployment, training, documentation, production support, and knowledge transfer.
• Troubleshoot functional, calculation, integration, workflow, performance, reporting, and security issues.
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, developers, integration specialists, testers, and federal subject matter experts.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will combine hands-on Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Planning expertise with knowledge of federal budget formulation processes.
• The consultant will work with federal budget, finance, program, and technical stakeholders to analyze business requirements and design, configure, implement, enhance, and support Oracle Cloud EPM Planning solutions.
• Candidates should have direct experience with Oracle Cloud EPM Planning, PBCS/EPBCS, Oracle Hyperion Planning, or Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, computer science, public administration, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of experience implementing, configuring, enhancing, or supporting Oracle EPM Planning or Oracle Hyperion Planning solutions.
• 3+ years of experience supporting budget formulation, financial planning, forecasting, or performance management solutions.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
  • Oracle Cloud EPM Planning
  • Oracle PBCS or EPBCS
  • Oracle Hyperion Planning
  • Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting
• Experience configuring dimensions, forms, calculations, workflows, security, dashboards, and reports.
• Experience with Calculation Manager, Essbase calculations, formulas, and/or Groovy business rules.
• Experience with Oracle Smart View.
• Experience loading, validating, reconciling, and reporting financial or budget data.
• Experience gathering requirements and translating business requirements into functional and technical solutions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to satisfy federal client citizenship, residency, suitability, and background-investigation requirements applicable to the project.

Nice to Have

• Experience implementing or supporting Oracle EPM Planning for a U.S. federal government agency.
• Knowledge of federal budget formulation and execution processes and OMB Circular A-11.
• Experience with federal appropriations, operating plans, spend plans, workforce planning, or multi-year budgeting.
• Experience integrating Oracle EPM Planning with Oracle Federal Financials, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, or other federal financial systems.
• Experience migrating Oracle Hyperion Planning or Public Sector Planning and Budgeting solutions to Oracle Cloud EPM.
• Experience with EPM Data Integration, EPM Automate, REST APIs, Enterprise Data Management, Narrative Reporting, or Management Reporting.
• Experience with workforce, compensation, project, capital, or driver-based planning.
• Oracle Cloud EPM certification or other relevant professional certification.
• Previous federal financial management modernization or shared-service-provider experience.

Security & Eligibility Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust (suitability) clearance
• Must be able to pass a federal background investigation
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency required (no visa sponsorship available)

Benefits

• Referral Bonus
• (401k) Matching
• Holidays – Eleven
• Technology Reimbursement
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (0-3 years - 15 Days PTO | 3+ years 20 Days)
• 80% Employer Paid Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)