EY India | Tech Consulting - Oracle - EPM - FCCS and ARCS - Functional Consultant - Senior

Primary responsibilities and accountabilities

• The role will support solution design and independently deliver application configuration, integrations, testing, deployment, documentation and production support under the guidance of project leadership.
• Participate in end-to-end Oracle Cloud EPM Financial Consolidation and Close &.
• Conduct requirement-gathering, fit-to-standard and design discussions; document business requirements and translate them into scalable consolidation and close solutions.
• Implement currency translation, foreign-exchange calculations, CTA, historical rates, multi-currency and multi-GAAP reporting requirements.
• Develop and optimise configurable calculations, consolidation rules, member formulas, cash-flow logic, movement schedules and validation controls.
• Build statutory, management and consolidation reports using Oracle Cloud EPM Reports, books, bursting, charts, grids, dashboards and Smart View.
• Develop and support integrations with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, E-Business Suite, SAP, other ERPs and data warehouses using Data Integration, EPM Automate, REST APIs and file-based interfaces.
• Execute CRP, SIT, UAT, data migration, trial-balance reconciliation, parallel close, cutover, go-live and hypercare activities; investigate defects and support root-cause resolution.
• Prepare configuration workbooks, solution designs, specifications, test scripts, training materials, close procedures and deployment documentation.
• Collaborate with finance, controllership, audit, tax and technical teams; guide junior consultants, participate in peer reviews and support demonstrations and estimations.
• Configure FCCS dimensions, metadata, application settings, validation accounts, substitution variables, security, forms, dashboards and navigation flows.
• Configure ARCS solution architecture covering periods, calendars, currencies, organisational units, attributes, formats, profiles, reconciliation methods, risk ratings, workflow, rules, tolerances, variance analysis, attachments and audit evidence.
• Configure consolidation methods, ownership structures, entity hierarchies, partial ownership, acquisitions, disposals and equity pickup requirements.
• Configure intercompany matching, eliminations, plug accounts, partner reporting and related reconciliation processes.
• Configure consolidation journals, journal templates, approvals, posting workflows, recurring journals and audit controls; exposure to Enterprise Journals is desirable.
• Configure Task Manager and close calendars to coordinate, monitor and automate period-end close activities; exposure to Supplemental Data Manager is desirable.
• Close-process controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, reconciliations and statutory reporting

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of Oracle EPM experience, including strong hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud EPM Financial Consolidation and Close.
• At least two full-lifecycle Oracle EPM implementations, including one FCCS implementation.
• Strong knowledge of consolidation accounting, legal and management consolidation, currency translation, intercompany eliminations, ownership, journals, cash flow and multi-GAAP reporting.
• Hands-on experience with FCCS application configuration, configurable calculations, data loads, reconciliations, close execution and performance troubleshooting.
• Demonstrable ARCS experience with Reconciliation Compliance and Transaction Matching, including profiles, formats, rules, match types, data sources, adjustments, exceptions and dashboards.
• Strong reporting experience with Oracle Cloud EPM Reports, Smart View, dashboards and management reporting packs.
• Experience integrating FCCS with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP or other source systems using Data Integration, EPM Automate, REST APIs or file-based integrations.
• Experience supporting workshops, configuration, testing, migration, cutover, go-live and post-production support.
• Industry experience in government, retail, energy, real estate, oil and gas, financial services, or power and utilities is preferred.
• Strong analytical, accounting, problem-solving, documentation, teamwork and stakeholder communication skills.
• Relevant Oracle Cloud EPM Financial Consolidation and Close certification is preferred; integration, reporting or close-process credentials are advantageous.

EY (Ernst & Young)

EY is one of the Big Four professional services networks, providing assurance, tax, consulting and strategy-and-transactions services. The network in its present form came from the 1989 merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young.

In India, EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services employ large finance teams. Typical openings for chartered accountants and finance professionals are in financial accounting advisory (FAAS), audit, tax, risk and transaction services.

• Industry: Assurance, tax, consulting and transactions (Big Four)
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services centres in several Indian cities