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SAIC Senior EPM Systems Administrator in RESTON, Virginia
Description
SAIC seeks an EPM Systems Administrator to support our team in Reston, VA. This position will be remote. As a member of the EPM Team, they will contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System used for both planning and reporting. SAIC systems include Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) accessed primarily through Oracle’s Smart View client for Office.
US Citizenship Required for this role
Technical Needs:
IT background and understanding of Financial budgeting and forecasting process and cycles for Government Contracting
Strong knowledge of reporting tools including EPBCS (ASO models), Hyperion, Essbase, MDX required
Extensive knowledge of application and database administration tasks, specifically Oracle Database Trouble Shooting
Strong scripting knowledge in planning and Essbase – MaxL commands, Calculation Manager Rules (Groovy) Shared Services, SmartView and Financial Reporting, EPM Automation scripting Calculation Scripts, Report Scripts, Load Rules, Maxl Scripts and Windows batch script
In depth knowledge in Data Management, Data Exchange, and Data Maps for data integration
Hands on experience in requirement gathering and end to end implementation of Oracle Enterprise Planning & Budgeting
Thorough knowledge and independent preparation of project documentations including Requirement gathering, Solution Design document, UAT scripts, training material preparations
Preferred Technical Skills EDMCS and ODI
Functional Needs:
Sound understanding in Basic Accounting & Financial consolidation process
In-depth understanding of Planning & Budgeting process of an Organization and map with Oracle Solution
Integral member of the business process reengineering team for the continuous development and enhancement of the system to support direct and indirect annual planning/rolling forecast models using Hyperion EPM
Oversight of the financial reporting systems that support Corporate and Operational planning, reporting and analysis
Governance of the approach for maintaining the system reporting structures including reporting hierarchies and dimension members that support new or updated metrics for reporting
Analyze and prepare details to support the development team in accommodating significant business events with system implications such as reorganizations, acquisitions and like events
Support EPM user community with Oracle Smart View and Oracle Web forms and use of these tools within the context of business processes and SAIC norms
Work with interested parties to ensure that technical efforts meet the functional requirements of the company
Support the roadmap for future EPM implementations and development
Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and the user community regarding system related efforts and disposition of requests for new features or enhancements
Ensure that system development is aligned to the planning and reporting calendar and adequately supports the business requirements
Other advocacy and outreach activities to ensure that the system continues to support the evolving business
Support internal projects to standardize business intelligence and reporting solutions for the SAIC environment
Support the FP&A group to reengineer/develop reports and analyses relating to the monthly close and quarterly reporting requirements
Proficiency with various reporting tools including, EPM Financial/Narrative Reporting and Oracle Smart View for Office against EPM
Ability to communicate complex technology solutions to diverse teams namely, technical, business and management team
Coordinate the implementation and provide recurring and rollout training of existing and new system processes and functionality to the user community
Research and substantiate actionable bug and issue reports for inclusion in the system backlog
Deliverables: Monthly/Semi-Annual, Annual
Annually/Quarterly – Preparation for planning/forecasting and ensuring model readiness for business processes. AOP, FPRP and Target Forecasts
Additional reporting requirements as needed
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors and five (5) years or more of related experience; Will consider additional four (4) years of experience in lieu of a degree
US Citizenship required
Experience going through two end to end cycles of system implementation
Experience with Government Contract Accounting, FAR & CAS regulations and concepts, required
Understanding of planning/forecast government contracting business processes
Extensive experience with various reporting tools including EPBCS (ASO models), Hyperion, Essbase, Groovy scripting, MDX required
Strong understanding of Financial Statements (P/L, B/S, C/F)
Team player and strong verbal and written communication skills
Advanced skills in MS Excel
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2502921
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability