EPM - Business Analyst

Unison Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Unison Group in Bengaluru, India seeks a seasoned Business Analyst/Functional Consultant to drive finance planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and reporting initiatives. You will gather requirements, produce functional specs, and bridge business needs with EPM implementations.

You will partner with Finance and IT teams, analyze processes, map data, validate data, and assist with UAT/SIT, training and workshops to enable robust EPM solutions.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Consultant or Systems Analyst in Finance/EPM.
• Hands-on experience with FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation.
• Strong documentation and requirement-gathering skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Finance and business stakeholders to understand requirements related to planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and financial reporting.
• Conduct requirement gathering, stakeholder discussions, process analysis and gap analysis.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support EPM implementation, enhancement and transformation projects.
• Work closely with developers/configuration teams to ensure requirements are translated into EPM solutions.
• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, process flows, functional specifications and test scenarios.
• Support data mapping, data validation and integration requirements between EPM and source systems.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT and defect resolution with business and technology teams.
• Analyse financial data and investigate data reconciliation or reporting issues.
• Support month-end, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting processes where required.
• Facilitate workshops and provide demonstrations/training to business users.
• Work with project managers and technical teams to track deliverables, dependencies and risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing Finance/EPM processes through automation and system enhancements.

Skills

Business Analysis

Functional Consulting

Requirements Gathering

SQL for Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Agile / Scrum

Financial Planning & Analysis

Data Mapping & Validation

EPM Process Improvement

Process Analysis

Tools

Oracle EPM Cloud

Hyperion

Oracle Planning & Budgeting

Oracle FCCS

Essbase

SAP BPC

Anaplan

Job description

• Work with Finance and business stakeholders to understand requirements related to planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and financial reporting.

• Conduct requirement gathering, stakeholder discussions, process analysis and gap analysis.

• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Support EPM implementation, enhancement and transformation projects.

• Work closely with developers/configuration teams to ensure requirements are correctly translated into EPM solutions.

• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, process flows, functional specifications and test scenarios.

• Support data mapping, data validation and integration requirements between EPM and source systems.

• Coordinate SIT, UAT and defect resolution with business and technology teams.

• Analyse financial data and investigate data reconciliation or reporting issues.

• Support month-end, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting processes where required.

• Facilitate workshops and provide demonstrations/training to business users.

• Work with project managers and technical teams to track deliverables, dependencies and risks.

• Identify opportunities to improve existing Finance/EPM processes through automation and system enhancements.

• 5-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Consultant or Systems Analyst, preferably within Finance/EPM environments.

• Strong understanding of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation and management reporting.

• Hands-on experience with one or more EPM platforms:

  • Oracle EPM Cloud / Hyperion
  • Oracle Planning & Budgeting
  • Oracle FCCS
  • Essbase
  • SAP BPC
  • Anaplan
  • Similar EPM platforms

• Strong experience in requirements gathering and functional documentation.

• Good understanding of financial data structures, dimensions, hierarchies and chart of accounts.

• Experience with data mapping, reconciliation and system integrations.

• Good knowledge of SQL for data analysis and validation.

• Experience in UAT/SIT, test case preparation and defect management.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments is preferred.