Oracle EPM Technical Application Consultant (Senior)

Job Title : Oracle EPM Technical Application Consultant (Senior)

Location: Boston MA or Quincy, MA - onsite

Duration: Long term

Job Type : Contract (We can consider - W2 )

Responsibilities:

Overview

• The organization is seeking a senior-level Oracle EPM Technical Application Consultant / SME to support, optimize, and enhance Oracle EPM Cloud applications.
• This role partners closely with Finance, Accounting, and FP&A teams to design scalable planning processes, improve performance, and ensure reliable, highquality EPM operations across the enterprise.
• The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across EPM Planning/EPBCS/Essbase, FCCS (and/or HFM), and EDMCS/DRM/DRG, with a strong background in designing planning cycles and tuning calculation performance at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance Oracle EPM Cloud solutions using enterprise standards and best practices.
• Serve as a technical SME for production support, including break/fix and enhancement work.
• Architect and implement planning processes in EPM Planning/EPBCS, including driverbased planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, workflows, forms, Smart View, and endtoend cycles.
• Develop and maintain calculation scripts, business rules, Groovy rules (where applicable), and Essbase artifacts.
• Optimize calculation performance through efficient design, block/aggregation strategy, rule sequencing, and data volume management.
• Build and maintain dimension builds, data loads, automations, and batch integrations.
• Integrate GL and upstream finance data sources using Data Management or other integration patterns.
• Support migrations from onpremise EPM solutions to Oracle EPM Cloud, including artifact refactoring.
• Produce highquality technical documentation for design, training, and knowledge transfer.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of Oracle EPM experience, with significant depth in Oracle EPM Cloud.
• Strong expertise in one or more of the following:
• EPBCS / Planning / Essbase
• FCCS
• HFM
• EDMCS / DRM / DRG
• Proven ability to design planning processes, including planning cycle architecture, business alignment, and user experience considerations.
• Expert-level experience with:
• Business rules and calc scripts (with a focus on performance optimization)
• Data loads and Data Management
• Metadata management (DRM hierarchies, mappings, workflows; DRG preferred)
• Automation scripting and batch orchestration
• Strong scripting skills: PowerShell and Batch (Python a plus).
• Experience partnering with Finance, Accounting, and FP&A teams in large enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience integrating GL data sources and implementing reconciliation/validation controls.

Soft Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders.
• Comfortable working independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deliver on deadlines.

Nice to Have

• Python scripting for automation and integrations.
• Experience delivering full lifecycle EPM implementations (requirements design build test deploy support).