Senior Oracle EPM Project Manager || w2 || USCGC

Job Title: Senior Oracle EPM Project Manager

Location: Hybrid (Downtown Chicago Willis Tower)

Contract

Job Description

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Oracle EPM Project Manager to lead the modernization implementation and strategic evolution of our Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform. This is a high-impact role reporting to senior finance and technology leadership responsible for orchestrating large-scale Oracle EPM (especially Planning) initiatives and aligning them with business goals.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Leadership & Delivery
   • Lead end-to-end Oracle EPM Cloud Planning implementations (financials workforce capital projects custom modules).
   • Develop and execute detailed project plans timelines and milestones.
   • Coordinate cross-functional teams across Finance Technology and business units to deliver on schedule scope and budget.
   • Manage resource allocation risk mitigation issue resolution and change control.
2. Strategic Vision & Roadmapping
   • Define and drive the long-term strategy for EPM including roadmap planning modular adoption and continuous improvement.
   • Recommend scalable forecasting and budgeting models to support enterprise-wide financial planning.
   • Partner with stakeholders to assess current and future needs and translate them into a coherent technical and functional strategy.
3. Stakeholder Management
   • Serve as the primary liaison between finance stakeholders IT and external implementation partners.
   • Facilitate requirement-gathering workshops steering committee meetings and steering governance.
   • Ensure clear communication deliver status reports and escalate issues appropriately.
4. Solution Design & Functional Expertise
   • Collaborate with EPM architects and business analysts to design planning and forecasting models.
   • Validate and drive adoption of best practices for driver-based planning what-if scenario modeling and integrated planning frameworks.
   • Oversee testing data validation and integration with ERP systems or other financial systems.
5. Change Management & Training
   • Lead change management efforts ensuring finance users adopt new planning workflows.
   • Organize and deliver training working with business stakeholders to embed EPM practices.
   • Promote governance around data integrity version control and plan consistency.
6. Continuous Improvement & Optimization
   • Monitor platform usage performance and ROI.
   • Recommend enhancements or expansions (e.g. adding modules improving automation).
   • Stay current with Oracle EPM Cloud updates leveraging new features (predictive planning scenario modeling etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Finance Business or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of IT experience with a strong focus on financial systems FP&A technologies or EPM.
• Proven experience implementing Oracle EPM Cloud Planning / EPBCS (Financials Workforce Projects Capital or custom modules).
• Deep understanding of corporate planning processes: forecasting budgeting scenario modeling and long-range financial planning.
• Demonstrated ability to design driver-based planning models forecasting architectures and integrated planning workflows.
• Strong project management experience with PMP certification or equivalent.
• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple fast-moving workstreams in a hybrid setup.
• Experience with Oracle Smart View data integration tools and EPM administrative tasks is a plus.