Oracle EPM Planning
OracleEPMPlanning-HyperionPlanningEssbaseDeveloper
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“Oracle EPM Planning - Hyperion Planning Essbase Developer at Oracle EPM Planning. Skills: Oracle EPM Planning, Essbase, Data Integration. Own application lifecycle. Translate business requirements”
What You'll Achieve.
enable financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes; ensure scalable, high-performing, and well-governed planning solutions; Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and auditability; improve user experience
Industry & Context.
analytical and problem-solving capability; Troubleshoot system, data, and performance issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Oracle EPM Planning / Hyperion Planning (Cloud and on-prem), Essbase (cube design, calc scripts, MDX), Calculation Manager (business rules, Groovy scripting advantageous), Data integration tools (FDMEE / Data Exchange), SQL (PostgreSQL or MS SQL), Oracle Smart View (reporting and input templates), OCI (user management, monitoring), AWS (S3, Glue, RDS), financial planning, budgeting, or forecasting processes, end-to-end solution delivery and support, analytical and problem-solving capability, Ability to translate functional requirements into technical solutions, Attention to detail, governance, and control mindset
Nice to Have
BCom (Informatics) or BSc (Computer Science), Relevant diploma or equivalent qualification, Groovy scripting
What You'll Do.
Own application lifecycle
Translate business requirements
Drive continuous improvement
Develop Essbase cubes
Optimise application performance
Design data integrations
Enable automated data pipelines
Provide ongoing support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Effective stakeholder engagement and communication; Support to Finance users
Communication Scope
Effective stakeholder engagement and communication
Process & Methodology
end-to-end solution delivery
Full Job Description
### **Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.** With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. _**Job Summary**_ The primary objective of this role is to design, develop, and support Oracle EPM Planning and Essbase applications to enable financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. The role bridges business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and well-governed planning solutions. **_Job Description_** **1\. Application Ownership & Delivery** * Own the full application lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, and support) * Translate business requirements into EPM Planning solutions and models * Drive continuous improvement and evolution of planning models **2\. Application Development** * Develop Essbase cubes, outlines, hierarchies, and dimensions * Build and maintain business rules, calculation logic, and data forms * Optimise application performance (calculation efficiency, cube design) **3\. Data Integration & Automation** * Design and maintain data integrations using Data Exchange / FDMEE * Enable automated data pipelines between source systems and EPM * Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and auditability **4\. Application Administration** * Maintain metadata, security models, and application configurations * Execute regular data loads and manage planning cycles * Support upgrades, patches, and environment maintenance **5\. Application Support & Stakeholder Engagement** * Provide ongoing support to Finance users * Troubleshoot system, data, and performance issues * Gather new requirements and improve user experience **6\. Training & Documentation** * Train end-users on planning processes and Smart View usage * Maintain technical and functional
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