Oracle EPM Consultant

Next Ventures is seeking an experience Oracle EPM Consultant with solution design experience for a contract role with our client in the middle-east.

Start Date: April

Location: Dubai

Duration: 3 months + extensions

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Oracle Cloud EPM design phase for a transformation programme migrating from Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Run design workshops with finance and business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document requirements across planning, consolidation, and performance management processes.
• Translate business requirements into Oracle Cloud EPM solution designs aligned to standard Fusion capabilities.
• Define end-to-end finance and planning processes and how they will operate within the Oracle Cloud EPM suite.
• Clearly articulate the value of Oracle Cloud EPM features and best practices, ensuring the client maximises the platform's capabilities.
• Challenge and minimise customisations, guiding stakeholders towards standard Oracle functionality where possible.
• Where gaps exist, propose practical workarounds or alternative business processes aligned to Oracle best practice.
• Produce solution design documentation, process maps, and functional specifications for EPM modules.
• Work closely with ERP, integration, and data teams to ensure alignment between EPM and the wider Oracle Fusion landscape.
• Provide design leadership and functional guidance to both client stakeholders and project teams during the design phase.

Required Experience:

• Proven experience as an Oracle Cloud EPM Functional Consultant or Solution Lead.
• Hands-on experience leading design phases for Oracle Cloud EPM implementations (non-negotiable).
• Experience supporting Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion / Cloud transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of finance transformation and enterprise performance management processes.
• Experience facilitating client workshops, requirement gathering, and solution design sessions with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable Oracle Cloud EPM solutions aligned to best practice.
• Experience managing customisation vs standard functionality decisions and proposing viable alternatives or workarounds where required.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and design documentation skills.

Modules:

• Financial Planning
• Workforce Planning
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• Financial Consolidation and Close
• Account Reconciliation
• Narrative Reporting
• Profitability & Cost Management
• Predictive Cash Forecasting

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