[Hiring] Oracle Planning and Budgeting Lead @Accenture

Role Description

• Lead 4–5 end-to-end Oracle EPBCS implementations, primarily covering Financial Planning and Workforce Planning.
• Own the complete project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare support.
• Design and configure Financial Planning solutions covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, revenue, expenses, budgets, forecasts, and financial drivers.
• Design and configure Workforce Planning solutions covering headcount, salaries, benefits, bonuses, merit increases, taxes, employee expenses, and workforce drivers.
• Conduct workshops with Finance, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and develop scalable EPBCS solutions.
• Configure dimensions, metadata, forms, dashboards, Smart Lists, validations, business rules, and calculation logic.
• Develop and optimize Groovy scripts, Calculation Manager rules, and business rules to automate processes and improve application performance.
• Design workforce models supporting new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, employee movements, and compensation planning.
• Develop financial planning models for revenue, OPEX, CAPEX, allocations, assumptions, and forecasting.
• Integrate EPBCS with ERP, HR, HCM, and other source systems using Oracle Data Integration/Data Management and appropriate mapping strategies.
• Lead data migration, metadata loading, historical data migration, reconciliation, and validation activities.
• Develop test strategies and lead SIT, UAT, defect resolution, regression testing, and business sign-off.
• Configure security, user access, approval workflows, substitution rules, and role-based access controls.
• Manage dependencies and data flows across Workforce, Financials, Projects, Capital, and other EPBCS modules.
• Troubleshoot complex calculation, integration, data, security, and performance issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Perform application performance tuning and optimize business rules, Groovy scripts, forms, and calculations.
• Lead and mentor onshore/offshore EPM teams, coordinate project activities, and ensure delivery milestones are achieved.
• Manage technical and functional deliverables while ensuring alignment with business requirements and Oracle EPM best practices.
• Provide post-go-live support, knowledge transfer, technical documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Support the transition of implemented solutions to the application support/operations team.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall experience in Oracle EPM/Enterprise Performance Management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle EPBCS.
• Extensive expertise in EPBCS Financials and Workforce Planning modules.
• Experience leading multiple end-to-end EPBCS implementations.
• Strong knowledge of planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and workforce planning processes.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle EPBCS Workforce Planning, Financials, Calculation Manager, Groovy, Data Integration/Data Management.
• Experience integrating EPBCS with Oracle ERP/HCM and other enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of Finance and HR business processes.
• Experience with data migration, reconciliation, SIT, UAT, and production deployment.
• Ability to work effectively with onshore/offshore delivery teams.

Professional Attributes

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent communication and client-facing capabilities.
• Strategic thinking with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of accountability, ownership, and attention to detail.
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and team development.