Oracle EPM Planning & Essbase Specialist

ATS Client; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking an experienced Oracle Hyperion/EPM Planning professional to design, develop, and support planning solutions that enable robust financial forecasting and reporting. You will bridge business requirements with technical implementation and drive scalable planning models.

The role covers application ownership, development of Essbase cubes, data integrations, and user training, with a focus on governance, security, and performance.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Oracle EPM Planning

Essbase

Calculation Manager

Data Integration / FDMEE

SQL

Oracle Smart View

OCI / AWS

Groovy scripting

Education

BCom (Informatics) or BSc (Computer Science)

Relevant diploma or equivalent

Tools

FDMEE

Data Exchange

Job description

Absa Bank Limited is seeking an experienced Oracle Hyperion/EPM Planning professional to design, develop, and support planning solutions that enable robust financial forecasting and reporting. You will bridge business requirements with technical implementation and drive scalable planning models.

The role covers application ownership, development of Essbase cubes, data integrations, and user training, with a focus on governance, security, and performance.