Senior Oracle EPM Architect (Lead)(Independent Visa Candidate Only/W2)

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall architecture, design, governance, and roadmap for the Oracle EPM platform.
• Serve as the technical and functional lead for Oracle Planning and Enterprise Performance Management initiatives.
• Design, configure, enhance, and support enterprise budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, workforce planning, capital planning, revenue planning, and operating expense planning applications.
• Partner closely with FP&A, Corporate Finance, Accounting, Controllership, and business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable Oracle EPM solutions.
• Build and enhance driver-based planning models, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, and long-range planning capabilities.
• Design and maintain metadata, dimensions, hierarchies, business rules, calculation scripts, security models, and application architecture.
• Lead integrations between Oracle EPM and enterprise systems including Oracle ERP Cloud, NetSuite, PeopleSoft, and other financial applications.
• Develop and support data integration processes utilizing Data Integration, FDMEE, REST APIs, and EPM Automate.
• Provide hands-on production support, troubleshooting, system enhancements, and issue resolution during financial close and forecast cycles.
• Establish development standards, governance, documentation, change management processes, and platform best practices.
• Lead third-party implementation partners and offshore resources while mentoring internal technical teams.
• Present project updates, architecture decisions, roadmap, and delivery status to Finance leadership and executive stakeholders.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of Oracle EPM implementation, architecture, administration, and solution delivery experience.
• Expert-level experience with Oracle Planning / EPBCS (Planning Cloud).
• Strong hands-on experience across the Oracle EPM suite including:
• Oracle Planning / EPBCS
• FCCS (Financial Consolidation & Close Cloud)
• ARCS (Account Reconciliation Cloud Service)
• Essbase
• Data Integration
• FDMEE
• REST APIs
• EPM Automate
• Extensive experience supporting:
• Annual budgeting
• Rolling forecasts
• Driver-based planning
• Long-range planning
• Workforce planning
• Capital planning
• Revenue and expense planning
• Financial modeling
• Strong understanding of FP&A, financial statements, consolidation, planning, forecasting, and enterprise finance processes.
• Experience integrating Oracle EPM with Oracle ERP Cloud, NetSuite, PeopleSoft, or similar ERP platforms.
• Experience operating in SOX-controlled or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong architecture, design, governance, and enterprise solution delivery experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with senior Finance executives and business leadership.