Position: Oracle EPM Technical Application SME

Location: Boston, MA 2x per week. Candidates must be local

Duration: 6+ month contract; Strong potential for extension

Top Must-Haves:

• 10+ years of Oracle EPM experience, with significant depth in Oracle EPM Cloud.
• Strong experience with one or more: EPBCS / Planning / Essbase, FCCS, HFM, EDMCS/DRM/DRG.
• Proven ability to design planning processes (not just build rules)—including planning cycle design, business process alignment, and user experience considerations.

 Overview

Our client in the commercial banking domain is seeking a senior Oracle EPM Technical Application Consultant / SME to support and enhance Oracle EPM Cloud applications across their organization. This role partners closely with Finance, Accounting, and FP&A teams to design, build, optimize, and support scalable EPM solutions.

 The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise in EPM Planning/EPBCS/Essbase, FCCS (and/or HFM), and EDMCS/DRM/DRG, with a strong track record of designing planning processes and tuning calculation performance to ensure rules run efficiently at scale.

 Key Responsibilities

·     Design, build, and enhance Oracle EPM Cloud solutions using best practices and enterprise standards.

·     Serve as an ongoing technical SME to support production applications, including break/fix and small-to-medium enhancements.

·     Design and implement planning processes in EPM Planning/EPBCS (e.g., driver-based planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, approvals/workflows, forms, Smart View, and end-to-end cycles).

·     Develop and maintain calculation scripts / business rules, Groovy (where applicable), and Essbase artifacts.

·     Performance tune and optimize rules to ensure fast execution and scalability (efficient calc design, block/aggregation strategy, data volume considerations, rule sequencing, and avoiding common performance pitfalls).

·     Build and maintain dimension builds, data loads, automations, and batch integration processes.

·     Integrate GL and upstream finance data sources into EPM applications (Data Management and/or other integration patterns).

·     Support and execute on-prem to EPM Cloud migrations, including refactoring artifacts where needed.

·     Produce high-quality technical documentation for solution design, training, and knowledge transfer.

Required Technical Skills / Experience

·     10+ years of Oracle EPM experience, with significant depth in Oracle EPM Cloud.

·     Strong experience with one or more: EPBCS / Planning / Essbase, FCCS, HFM, EDMCS/DRM/DRG.

·     Proven ability to design planning processes (not just build rules)—including planning cycle design, business process alignment, and user experience considerations.

Expert-level experience building and maintaining:

·     Business rules / calc scripts (with a focus on performance and runtime optimization)

·     Data loads / Data Management

·     Metadata management (DRM hierarchies, mappings, workflows; DRG experience preferred)

·     Automation scripts and batch orchestration

·     Strong scripting experience: PowerShell and Batch (Python is a plus).

·     Experience working directly with Finance/Accounting/FP&A stakeholders in large enterprise environments.

·     Hands-on experience integrating GL data sources and implementing reliable reconciliation/validation controls.

Soft Skills

·     Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to explain technical concepts to business partners.

·     Able to work independently and within a larger cross-functional team.

·     Comfortable managing multiple priorities and delivering against timelines.

 Nice to Have

·     Python scripting for automations/integrations.

·     Experience implementing EPM solutions end-to-end (requirements / design / build / test / deploy / support).