Job Description
Functional Consultant (NetSuite Planning and Budgeting) – Local Government Global Industry Unit
Who We Are:
The Oracle Local Government Global Industry Unit has a suite of SaaS applications for local government markets using cutting edge technologies. These are exciting times in our space - we are growing fast, still at an early stage, and working on ambitious new initiatives.
Who You Are:
The Functional Consultant role is a challenging, exciting opportunity for you to develop and implement solutions for our NetSuite for Government Planning and Budgeting product within our growing industry unit. In this role you will work with multiple NetSuite for Government customers and be responsible for the successful design and delivery of the application. You will work with a strong project team of leaders in the Oracle Local Government Industry Unit, along with Product, Development and Support organizations to focus on delivering a world-class implementation of Oracle software and products.
You will use your experience in EPM implementations to identify customer needs and lead the delivery of a successful implementation activities. You will use your strong understanding of planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to develop successful solutions on projects with sophisticated business requirements. You will use your strong influence and collaboration skills to work successfully with internal stakeholders and customers.
Career Level - IC3
Responsibilities
What you will do:
- Use your background in EPM and government budgeting to lead, develop, test, and deploy delivery of NetSuite Planning and Budgeting functional and technical solutions for the customer
- Build and maintain Essbase Outlines, Calculation Scripts, Business Rules, Dimension Builds, Data Loads and Batch Automation Scripts
- Conduct formal workshops with the client to agree the solution design, displaying knowledge of the business environment in defining the customer’s needs
- Develop trusted relationships with customers, set expectations, provide meaningful and timely communication, to deliver on promises and commitments
- Partner with Product, Development, and Support to define and develop implementation tools and practices for future projects
- Provide regular status on deliverables and milestones to the project team and to the customer
- Exercise creativity, independent judgment, and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques
- Exhibit strong executive presence and ability to interact with key project sponsors
What you've done:
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of proven professional experience as practitioner and/or implementation consultant/Lead, either working with Oracle EPM solutions within a consultancy or working within a company finance function.
- Ability to plan and facilitate design sessions and to conceptualize a solution of significant scope, across multiple business processes.
- Proven self-starter that proactively develops working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and time management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Shown comfort working in rapid paced environments with evolving expectations and priorities and master unfamiliar concepts quickly with little supervision
- Able to travel up to 25% of the time as needed
It would be awesome if you also had:
- EPM consulting and implementation experience with Oracle EPM Cloud solution (PBCS, Narrative Reporting, Data Management, dashboards utilizing ad-hoc queries, Smart View, Financial Reporting report) will be a plus.
- Expertise in developing custom integrations using EPM Data Integration, EPM Integration Agent, Pipeline, Groovy Business Rule, and EPM Automate
- A broader view across multiple processes associated with the EPM ecosystem, like, Integration of EPM with ERP, HCM, and third party system
- Technical expertise in Essbase and EPM Planning in relation to configuration and development including: Essbase Database (configuration, performance tuning), Planning configuration, Calculation scripts, Groovy Scripting
- Good understanding of Income statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Workforce planning, Capex planning, strategic planning, different methods of consolidation and their calculations and disclosure in financial statement
Qualifications
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $89,000 - $142,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
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