Lead Consultant - Client Services (Oracle Cloud EPM Planning)

Keste; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,800,000 - 7,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Argano Managed Services is seeking an EPM Planning Consultant to sustain, optimize, and improve Oracle Cloud environments post go-live. You will lead functional and technical efforts, guide incidents and enhancements, and mentor teammates within a client-facing services team.

Responsibilities include leading workstreams, communicating with stakeholders, and driving adoption and value while aligning with Oracle roadmap releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Advanced degree or relevant professional certification is preferred.
• 10+ years of consulting or relevant industry experience with Oracle Planning Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Oracle Cloud EPM Planning.
• Manage multiple client workstreams and priorities concurrently.
• Act as a functional expert as part of a team or independently with minimal supervision.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and changes to clients and stakeholders.
• Assess business objectives and processes to optimize user adoption and stability.
• Stay updated on Oracle Cloud EPM monthly updates and roadmap developments.

Skills

Independent work

English communication

Service delivery management

Continuous improvement

Initiative

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Advanced degree or certification preferred

Tools

Oracle Planning Cloud

Essbase

Groovy scripts

Data Management

EDM

Oracle Analytics Cloud

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

Argano is seeking a EPM Planning Consultant for our Client Services practice. A consultant in Argano Managed Services is an experienced Oracle Cloud EPM professional responsible for sustaining, optimizing, and continuously improving clients’ production environments after go-live. The consultant manages a portfolio of client priorities, provides functional and technical leadership, and guides incident resolution, service requests, enhancements, and process improvements. Working collaboratively with client stakeholders, the Consultant helps protect operational stability, increase adoption, and deliver measurable business value. The role also mentors other consultants, contributes to reusable practices, and supports strong client satisfaction and long-term account success.

Who we are:

Argano Managed Services helps clients sustain, optimize, and continuously improve their Oracle Cloud environments after go-live. Our consultants combine functional expertise, collaborative problem-solving, and proactive client service to improve business processes and the end-user experience. We value creativity, teamwork, accountability, continuous learning, and a healthy, respectful workplace.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Oracle Cloud EPM Planning
• Manage multiple client workstreams and service priorities concurrently, balancing incidents, service requests, enhancements, recurring activities, and planned initiatives against agreed priorities and service commitments.
• Actasafunctionalexpertaspartofateamand/orindependentlywithno supervision.
• Effectively communicate with clients, team members,andstakeholders.Keepallpartiesinformedabout progress, challenges, and changes.
• Collaborate with clients to understand evolving business objectives, operational challenges, and Oracle EPM needs. Assess existing configurations, usage patterns, recurring issues, and business processes to identify opportunities to stabilize, automate, optimize, and improve user adoption.
• Maintain current knowledge of Oracle Cloud EPM monthly updates and relevant Oracle roadmap developments. Assess client impact, communicate recommendations, and identify opportunities for optimization and innovation.

MINIMUMAND/ORPREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Advanced degree or relevant professional certification is preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of consulting or relevant industry experience, including significant experience supporting and enhancing Oracle Planning Cloud environments after go-live, with prior full-lifecycle implementation experience preferred to demonstrate a strong understanding of application design and downstream impacts.
• ExpertknowledgeoftheOraclePlanningCloudtoolsrequired.
• Hands-on experience supporting, troubleshooting, configuring, or enhancing Oracle Planning Cloud modules such as Workforce, Capital, Projects, Profitability and Cost Management, or Strategic Modeling.
• StrongEssbasecalculationscriptwritingskillspreferred
• ExperiencewithGroovyScriptspreferred
• Experience with Oracle EPM Data Exchange or Data Management, including troubleshooting data and metadata loads, mappings, integrations, validation failures, and recurring load processes.
• Experience with EDM a plus
• ExperiencewithOracleAnalyticsCloudaplus
• Candidateshouldbeteachablewithastrongdesiretolearnandexpandcurrentknowledge base
• Professional services experience in an Oracle Cloud EPM Managed Services, application support, or production-operations role is strongly preferred; experience advising client stakeholders at a strategic level is also beneficial.
• In-depthknowledgeoftherelevanttechnologiesandsystems.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Abilitytoworkindependentlyandmanagemultipletaskassignments.
• Communication:ProficientinEnglishwrittenandverbalcommunication.Excellentverbaland written communication skills to interact with clients, team members, and stakeholders.
• Service Delivery Management: Prioritize and coordinate concurrent client needs across incidents, requests, recurring operations, and enhancements while maintaining clear ownership, realistic commitments, accurate status, and alignment with service levels.
• Continuous Improvement: Translate recurring issues, service trends, Oracle Cloud updates, and industry practices into practical recommendations that improve stability, efficiency, controls, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Strongcommitmenttoexceedperformanceexpectations.
• Strongdegreeofinitiative,accuracy,efficiency,andattentiontodetail.
• Professionalapproachwhendealingwithinternalandexternalcustomers.
• Abilitytomaintainapositiveattitudeunderstressfulcircumstances.
• Excellentinterpersonal,organizational,,presentationandcommunicationskills.