Oracle EPM Planning - Hyperion Planning Essbase Developer

The primary objective of this role is to design, develop, and support Oracle EPM Planning and Essbase applications to enable financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. The role bridges business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and well-governed planning solutions.

• Own the full application lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, and support)
• Translate business requirements into EPM Planning solutions and models
• Drive continuous improvement and evolution of planning models
• Develop Essbase cubes, outlines, hierarchies, and dimensions
• Build and maintain business rules, calculation logic, and data forms
• Optimise application performance (calculation efficiency, cube design)
• Design and maintain data integrations using Data Exchange / FDMEE
• Enable automated data pipelines between source systems and EPM
• Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and auditability
• Maintain metadata, security models, and application configurations
• Execute regular data loads and manage planning cycles
• Support upgrades, patches, and environment maintenance
• Provide ongoing support to Finance users
• Troubleshoot system, data, and performance issues
• Gather new requirements and improve user experience
• Train end-users on planning processes and Smart View usage
• Maintain technical and functional documentation

• 2–3 years’ experience in Oracle Hyperion / Essbase / EPM Planning development
• Exposure to financial planning, budgeting, or forecasting processes
• Experience in end-to-end solution delivery and support
• Preferred: BCom (Informatics) or BSc (Computer Science) or relevant diploma or equivalent qualification