Lead Federal Budget Formulation & Forecasting in Oracle Cloud EPM

i360technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral Bonus

401k Matching

Technology Reimbursement

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

i360technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Federal Budget Formulation & Forecasting Consultant to lead functional design of budget cycles, submissions and forecasts on Oracle Cloud EPM for a federal modernization effort.

The role requires hands-on, practitioner-level budgeting experience and strong Oracle Cloud EPM expertise to guide design and validation. Leadership and client-facing communication are essential for success in this senior, federal-facing position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years personally performing federal budget formulation, planning, or forecasting work—e.g., as a budget analyst, financial planning lead, or program budget officer—not solely as a systems consultant.
• At least 5 years of experience with Oracle Cloud EPM Planning or Oracle Hyperion Planning, including directing or leading solution design (hands-on configuration may be performed by supporting team members).
• Deep, practitioner-level understanding of budget formulation, financial planning, forecasting, funds management, and budget-to-actual analysis—gained from having done the work, not only studied or configured around it.
• Strong working knowledge of Oracle Calculation Manager, Essbase calculations, and Groovy business rules to direct and validate their design.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Smart View and standard EPM reporting capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading requirements-gathering and translating real budgeting and forecasting practice into functional and technical designs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to federal executives and budget stakeholders.
• Ability to meet federal client suitability, citizenship, residency, and background-investigation requirements applicable to the assigned project.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead for budget formulation, planning, and forecasting—defining how budget cycles, submissions, and forecasts should work based on firsthand experience doing this work.
• Lead requirements-gathering sessions with budget officers, financial managers, program managers, and executives, translating real budgeting and forecasting practice into system requirements.
• Direct and validate Oracle Cloud EPM Planning application design—dimensions, forms, workflow, scenario modeling—to ensure it reflects how budget formulation and forecasting actually work functionally.
• Own the functional design of annual and multi-year budget formulation cycles: initial budget requests, program submissions, baseline estimates, spend plans, workforce and compensation projections, capital and investment planning, scenario modeling, and budget reviews/approvals.
• Direct the Senior Oracle Cloud EPM Functional Consultant and Technical/Integration Consultant on configuration and build, ensuring the finished system matches functional intent.
• Guide development of calculation logic (Calculation Manager, Essbase, Groovy) by specifying the functional forecasting and budgeting logic it needs to implement.
• Lead functional validation of integrations between Oracle Cloud EPM Planning and Oracle Federal Financials, EBS, Fusion Cloud ERP, and other federal shared-service systems.
• Lead evaluation of legacy budget formulation processes and define the functional target-state process for migration, in coordination with the Solution Architect.
• Own functional design documentation and lead functional/UAT testing to confirm the system supports real-world budget formulation and forecasting workflows.
• Lead training and knowledge-transfer sessions for agency budget and finance users, grounded in practitioner-level understanding of their work.
• Serve as the senior functional point of contact for the client; mentor the Functional Consultant on the budgeting/forecasting side of the solution.

Skills

Budget formulation

Budget planning

Forecasting

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field

Tools

Oracle Cloud EPM Planning

Oracle Hyperion Planning

Calculation Manager

Essbase

Groovy

Oracle Smart View

EPM reporting

Job description

i360technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Federal Budget Formulation & Forecasting Consultant to lead functional design of budget cycles, submissions and forecasts on Oracle Cloud EPM for a federal modernization effort.

The role requires hands-on, practitioner-level budgeting experience and strong Oracle Cloud EPM expertise to guide design and validation. Leadership and client-facing communication are essential for success in this senior, federal-facing position.