Oracle EPM Planning Consultant (Groovy Scripting)

Thebes IT Solutions Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK IT consultancy is seeking an experienced Oracle EPM Planning Consultant to support global finance transformation. In this hybrid role, you'll leverage your expertise in Oracle EPM and Groovy Scripting to develop advanced driver-based planning models and collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure alignment with financial goals. The role emphasizes strong communication skills and hands-on development experience to drive impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 full-cycle implementations of Oracle EPM Planning.
• Hands-on programming in Groovy for business logic.
• Strong analytical skills in financial planning.
• Experience working collaboratively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design Oracle EPM Planning driver-based models.
• Develop and optimize Groovy scripts.
• Gather business requirements and run workshops.
• Configure planning processes and forms.
• Support various financial planning scenarios.
• Contribute to data integration and testing.
• Knowledge transfer and post-implementation support.

Skills

Oracle EPM Planning Cloud experience

Groovy Scripting proficiency

Driver-based planning models

Financial domain understanding

Requirement gathering

Stakeholder communication

Self-starter

Job description

Role: Oracle EPM Planning Consultant (Groovy Scripting)

Location: City of London - Hybrid

Key Essential Skills

• Strong experience with Oracle EPM Planning Cloud (minimum 2 full-cycle implementations).
• Hands-on proficiency with Groovy Scripting for advanced business rules and calculations.
• Deep understanding of driver-based planning models and their configuration.
• Strong financial domain understanding (forecasting, budgeting, subscription-based planning).
• Ability to gather business requirements and translate them into technical design.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder interaction and cross-functional collaboration.
• Self-starter capable of independently driving delivery, planning workshops, and interfacing with business users

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Workforce Planning module in Oracle EPM.
• Prior implementation of planning solutions in finance/analytics-driven organizations.
• Familiarity with subscription-based revenue and cost modelling.
• Knowledge of automation tools and EPM integration (eg, EPM Automate).

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Oracle EPM Planning Consultant to join Thebes Group. This role supports a global finance transformation initiative, with a focus on developing and enhancing driver-based planning models within Oracle Planning Cloud.

The successful candidate will lead and deliver high impact planning solutions, using Groovy Scripting to tailor complex calculations, enable intelligent data flows, and deliver actionable insights. This is a hands-on development role requiring strong communication skills, financial acumen, and experience with modern planning architectures.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the design and build of Oracle EPM Planning driver-based models for various planning domains (eg, revenue, cost, subscription modelling).
• Develop and optimize Groovy scripts to extend functionality and deliver advanced logic.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, run workshops, and align planning models to business needs.
• Configure forms, rules, dashboards, and validations to streamline planning processes.
• Support planning scenarios such as rolling forecasts, annual operating plans, and long-range outlooks.
• Contribute to data integration, system testing, performance optimization, and documentation.
• Provide knowledge transfer and support post-implementation stabilization.

Outline Thebes Group

Thebes Group is a leading UK wide IT infrastructure technology consultancy. We are well-known for our extensive talent pool of highly competent IT professionals and exclusive Academy programmes, which provide a great opportunity to undertake technical training in core disciplines. Thebes work with a number of leading vendors, Government, financial institutions and insurance companies including investment banks, brokers and hedge funds. To see our list of core capabilities please visit our website.

Thebes does IT solutions & services differently from most other IT service providers. As an Assured Outcome Provider (AOP) we have spent fifteen years willingly sharing the client\'s risk with them by focusing on outputs (ie quality service & solutions and ROI) rather than inputs (ie pricelists and headcount). We do this by fitting our skills, solutions & capabilities to needs, augmenting our staff with enthusiastic professionals from our Academy programme and remaining flexible as our clients\' needs change.