Oracle EPM Planning

OracleEPMPlanning-HyperionPlanningEssbaseDeveloper

Sandton, South Africa FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Problems you'll solve

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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