Oracle EPM Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

Overview : We are seeking an experienced Oracle EPM Hyperion and ODI professional with strong technical expertise in Oracle EPM Cloud, Hyperion Planning, Essbase, EDMCS, Narrative Reporting, Oracle Data Integrator, and enterprise data integrations.

The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, supporting, and enhancing Oracle EPM applications and integrations. The role requires strong analytical, troubleshooting, SQL, metadata management, and stakeholder communication skills.

Experience Expectations

· Experience working as a technical consultant or team member in Oracle EPM and/or Oracle Data Integration projects.

· Experience delivering technical solutions of moderate to high complexity.

· Experience supporting production environments and resolving critical incidents.

· Experience working directly with business users and stakeholders.

· Experience with end-to-end development, testing, deployment, and production support activities.

 

Preferred Qualifications

· Oracle EPM Cloud certifications.

· Oracle Data Integrator certifications.

· Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

· Experience with enterprise financial planning and reporting processes.

· Experience with Agile and DevOps-based delivery models.

· Experience with application migration and release management across EPM environments.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities – Oracle EPM / Hyperion

· Work closely with business stakeholders to analyze and clearly document business requirements, processes, functional requirements, and business rules.

· Design, develop, configure, test, and deploy solutions using Oracle EPM EPBCS, EPM FreeForm, Hyperion Planning, Essbase, EDMCS, Narrative Reporting, and related Oracle EPM technologies.

· Create and maintain Planning forms, business rules, calculation scripts, task lists, dashboards, reports, Smart View templates, and other EPM artifacts.

· Develop and maintain Essbase calculation scripts, member formulas, allocations, aggregations, and data load processes.

· Design and develop EPM Automate scripts, MaxL scripts, shell scripts, and batch scripts to automate operational and administrative activities.

· Develop and maintain EPM integrations using Data Integration, Data Exchange, Data Management, EPM Agents, and other Oracle integration capabilities.

· Configure and maintain EDMCS applications, viewpoints, hierarchies, subscriptions, validations, requests, and metadata integrations with EPBCS and other systems.

· Support metadata management activities, including member creation, hierarchy maintenance, validation, and metadata synchronization across source and target systems.

· Troubleshoot application, calculation, data load, metadata, integration, and reporting issues.

· Support production deployments, application migrations, release activities, and post-production validation.

· Identify opportunities for process automation and continuous improvement to improve application stability, performance, and operational efficiency.

· Establish and maintain data standards, naming conventions, consistent data definitions, and data quality controls.

· Monitor and audit data quality to ensure data is accurate, complete, consistent, and reliable for operational and strategic decision-making.

· Assist in resolving technical infrastructure, security, connectivity, and environment-related issues.

Key Responsibilities – Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

· Design, develop, maintain, and support integrations using Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).

· Develop and maintain ODI mappings, packages, scenarios, load plans, procedures, and schedules.

· Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve ODI integration failures and performance issues.

· Develop and optimize SQL and PL/SQL queries, procedures, and routines.

· Analyze data and metadata-related issues involving source systems, staging environments, and target applications.

· Design and support integrations across multiple data sources and target systems, including ERP systems, EPM applications, databases, flat files, and other enterprise applications.

· Develop and maintain data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading processes.

· Support integrations with downstream reporting and analytical applications such as Mainframe systems, SAP, Business Objects, FMIS, Essbase, PBCS/EPBCS, and other enterprise reporting platforms.

· Work with FDMEE, Data Integration, load rules, SQL routines, ODI, and other technologies to support enterprise data

integration requirements.

· Perform root cause analysis for data load, transformation, metadata, and integration issues and implement permanent corrective actions.

  Required Technical Skills: The candidate should have hands-on experience with:

· Oracle EPM EPBCS and EPM FreeForm

· Hyperion Planning and Essbase

· Oracle EDMCS

· Oracle Narrative Reporting

· Oracle Data Integration / Data Exchange / Data Management

· Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

· FDMEE and EPM load rules

· EPM Automate

· EPM Agents

· MaxL scripting

· Essbase calculation scripts

· Business Rules and Groovy Rules

· SQL and PL/SQL

· SQL Server and relational databases

· Metadata management and hierarchy maintenance

· Data integration and ETL processes

· Shell scripting and batch scripting

 

Functional and Professional Skills:

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements.

· Strong SQL query development and query optimization skills.

· Ability to troubleshoot complex data, metadata, calculation, and integration issues.

· Strong attention to detail and commitment to data quality.

· Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

· Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within a team.

· Strong ownership, accountability, and delivery orientation.

· Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fas