Mastercard US | Lead Oracle EPM / Hyperion Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities

• The Global Business Services Center (GBSC) Systems team is the strategic financial systems organization within Mastercard’s Global Shared Services organization.
• The team owns and operates critical financial applications, including Oracle Financials, Oracle EPM, Hyperion Planning, and Essbase, that support Mastercard’s businesses globally.
• We are seeking an experienced Oracle EPM professional with at least seven years of hands-on experience with Hyperion Planning, Essbase, and Oracle EPM Cloud.
• The ideal candidate will have experience delivering end-to-end implementations, application enhancements, and cloud migrations.
• As a Lead Oracle EPM / Hyperion Business Systems Analyst on the GBSC Systems Hyperion team, you will serve as a functional and technical expert across Mastercard’s financial planning and reporting platforms.
• This is a hybrid position based in Purchase, New York.
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach with the ability to build productive internal and external relationships.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and.
• During critical financial-processing periods, the role may also require after-hours or on-call support.
• Analyze business needs and translate functional requirements into scalable financial-system solutions.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support Hyperion Planning, Essbase, and Oracle EPM Cloud applications.
• Develop and maintain financial reporting solutions, including Financial Reporting and Smart View.
• Support financial-system capabilities related to budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, allocations, and management reporting.
• Lead or contribute to end-to-end Hyperion and Oracle EPM implementation, enhancement, and cloud-migration initiatives.
• Participate across the complete solution lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, validation, deployment, training, and post-production support.
• Develop and maintain complex allocation models, business rules, calculation scripts, data integrations, security structures, multidimensional databases, and reporting solutions.
• Monitor application environments, troubleshoot system issues, and identify opportunities to improve performance, stability, and the user experience.
• Lead small- to medium-sized projects in partnership with business and technology stakeholders.
• Partner with FP&A, Tax, Human Resources, and other teams to understand business processes and recommend effective system solutions.
• Assess the impact of system changes and integrations across financial planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, allocation, and reporting processes.
• Coordinate deliverables across onsite, offshore, and third-party resources.
• Manage vendor relationships and monitor performance against established service-level agreements and key performance indicators.
• Develop user documentation and training materials and facilitate end-user training.
• Build trusted relationships with business partners and deliver a high level of customer service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hyperion, Essbase, Oracle EPM Cloud, PMP, Six Sigma, or another relevant professional certification is preferred.
• At least seven years of hands-on experience with Hyperion or Oracle EPM technologies in complex, global business environments.
• Strong experience developing, implementing, supporting, and enhancing Hyperion Planning and Essbase applications.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle EPM Cloud is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading or playing a significant role in at least one full-cycle Hyperion Planning or Oracle EPM implementation.
• Experience supporting an on-premises-to-cloud migration or transformation is strongly preferred.
• Experience across the complete implementation lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, development, testing, validation, deployment, training, and post-production support.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining complex allocation models, business rules, calculation scripts, multidimensional databases, data integrations, and reporting solutions.
• Working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, profitability analysis, allocations, and management reporting processes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Experience leading projects and coordinating work across onsite, offshore, and third-party resources.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and monitoring delivery against SLAs and KPIs.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with finance, technology, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to understand complex business requirements and translate them into scalable, sustainable system solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation, documentation, and end-user training capabilities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate across functions, organizational levels, and geographic regions.
• Strong project leadership, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong customer-service orientation and sense of urgency.
• Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.

Mastercard US

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