Principal Solutions Architect – Oracle EPM, MDM

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• As a Principal Solutions Architect, you will play a crucial role in leading and ensuring the current Oracle EPM on-premise application footprint is optimized within EPM and interdependent systems.  Role will also have key leadership and input to the roadmap, design and architecture for driving GE Aerospace fit-for-purpose EPM solution including EDM, FCC, PBCS applications and related modules (essentially Oracle EPM Cloud). Scope includes ensuring seamless integration of upstream and downstream system dependencies (for reporting/other purposes) as well as master data management to the Finance ecosystem – EPM, ERP and other reliant systems.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Design and develop end-to-end Oracle Hyperion EPM solutions according to business requirements.
• Design, configure, and implement robust EPM solutions including Hyperion DRM, EDM, Financial Management (HFM), FCC, Planning, PBCS, FDMEE, Data Management and related modules required for consolidations, planning and financial reporting.
• Ability to develop, implement and maintain EPM modules and business process flows.
• Manage end-to-end system development lifecycle including testing, deployment, and documentation.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to resolve system issues, ensuring optimal system performance and stability. Including coordinating resolution through both internal and external technical support providers.
• Research application and service logs to troubleshoot application issues.
• Identify required software quality standards and delivery models.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize system performance and efficiency. Including spearheading efforts to analyze existing processes to identify risks and automation opportunities.
• Collaborate with developers and operational support across a distributed, global landscape.
• Clearly communicates by delivering audience-appropriate information and insights spanning. 
• Readily partners with stakeholders to gather requirements, perform gap analysis, create functional specifications, documentation of technical solutions and authoring test scripts as needed.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and Oracle Hyperion EPM best practices, ensuring the EPM landscape is aligned with evolving needs and innovative technology offerings. 

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Oracles EPM products and data integration tools in both implementation and support
• Sound knowledge of EPM Cloud (EDM, FCC, PBCS and related modules, DM)
• In-depth understanding of principles related to finance accounting and planning, including corporate month end close - consolidation, translation, elimination, and financial reporting activities as well as planning, forecasting and management reporting processes and master data management
• Proven expertise of Oracle Hyperion EPM system architecture, security environments, and interface technologies
• Proficient in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), SQL, and Oracle relational databases
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading complex EPM implementation projects - navigating dependencies of multiple initiatives that will impact the application landscape. 

Eligibility Requirement:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Soft Skills

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate. Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance. Works with executive stakeholders to embrace the implications of change. Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction. Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical processes. Subdivides major deliverables into smaller, manageable components and re-appropriates existing solutions to new requirements and situations. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address problems.
• Collaboration - Establishes a baseline of objectivity for team. Drives the team toward the organizational objectives. Builds team structure to leverage the strengths of individuals in carrying breadth or depth in capabilities to form a cohesive whole. Introduces company-wide tools for improving collaboration, productivity and building strong communities. Participates in company and industry conferences/ boards. Introduces new methodologies for working across the company. Identifies and forecasts evolving needs of the team/company.
• Comfort in Ambiguity - Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Makes decisions and course corrects as a result of the feedback from those decisions. Presents results with alternatives and scenarios. Creates new tools and methods for gaining data and driving clarity. Supports the team to drive through ambiguity.
• Communication - Creates stories and utilizes two-way communications. Communicates functional strategy and roadmap with detail for teams to utilize. Describes functional area information to leaders. Coaches’ others on presentation skills. Collaborates with leadership on mediums and messages that drive the intended direction of the organization with measurable results. Determines the need for theoretical explanations vs. a business actionable answer in a presentation.
• Consulting - Leads partnership with clients to define/determine the scope of engagement. Identifies business and technology trends. Advises senior leaders on planning opportunities and implementation considerations for strategic investments. Uses formal techniques of facilitation and analysis to assist leadership in criterion based decision-making and strategic planning.
• Curiosity/Creativity - Removes barriers and constraints that block the creativity of self & others (e.g., creates open idea forums, solicits new processes, etc.). Inspires continuous learning and stimulation of thought. Champions progression of ideas to solutions through simplicity and speed.
• Decision Making & Risk Management - Participates in the creation of company-wide risk management strategies. Works with senior business leaders to communicate risks, impact, and mitigation plans for the business. Applies best practices to take calculated risks. Takes risks and learns from failures. Encourages ideas from others that may include risk but may provide great gains for the organization.
• Influence - Influences through others, including by use of experts or other third parties. Builds direct and ""behind the scenes"" support for ideas. Foresees downstream consequences and tailors’ communication strategy to support a positive outcome.
• Problem Solving - Predicts problems and proactively converts them into business opportunities or minimizes business risk for the company. Builds, coaches, and develops a team & culture of proactive problem solving. Removes roadblocks. Knows when & where to place bets, when to reuse and when to persevere.

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