Oracle Hyperion Techno-Functional Consultant

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Hyperion Techno-Functional Consultant to join its ICT division in Doha Qatar. The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end administration support and continuous improvement of the Oracle Hyperion EPM environment serving both internal stakeholders and external entities across Qatar. The role demands a strong blend of technical depth and functional understanding of financial consolidation budgeting and planning processes.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Oracle Hyperion Techno-Functional Consultant will:

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for the Oracle Hyperion EPM suite.
• Ensure the stability security and high availability of all Hyperion environments (Production Test DR Development).
• Bridge the gap between technical infrastructure management and functional financial reporting requirements.
• Support and enable the user community across Qatar in effectively using Hyperion tools.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

System Administration

• Administer Oracle Hyperion systems including Essbase Planning Server FDQM and HFM.
• Maintain Production Test Disaster Recovery and Development instances of Hyperion infrastructure.
• Perform Hyperion application patch management and version control.
• Manage complete Hyperion environment security per best practices and compliance standards.
• Set up and maintain user access within Shared Services for Hyperion Planning and Essbase.

Operations & Environment Management

• Execute environment operation activities including upgrades backup and recovery capacity management production code deployments and failover testing.
• Perform continuous monitoring and performance tuning for Hyperion accounting and financial software.
• Plan and execute deployment of new Hyperion environments (Functional and Technical).
• Coordinate Hyperion FDMEE data loads from Oracle EBS.
• Deploy and maintain financial data within the Hyperion EPM suite on an ongoing basis.

Financial & Reporting Support

• Maintain budgeting and planning allocations within Hyperion Planning.
• Create and maintain standard financial reports.
• Support the business in performing systemic month-end closing processes.
• Analyze Hyperion environment reports reconciliations and related financial documents.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Maintain and test data backups; plan and execute disaster recovery practices.
• Maintain Disaster Recovery Infrastructure for Hyperion.
• Coordinate Hyperion environment backup operations and testing in conjunction with the Backup Administrator.

Documentation & Governance

• Develop update and maintain comprehensive system administration documentation.
• Develop and maintain archiving policies and processes for the Hyperion environment.
• Ensure all activities comply with IT governance audit requirements and organizational policies.

User Community Support

• Provide expert-level support for Smart View Essbase Excel Add-in and Reporting Studio to end users.
• Enable and support external entity user communities across Qatar.
• Conduct user training sessions and knowledge transfer activities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Finance or a related field.
• Oracle Hyperion certifications are an advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 810 years of hands-on experience with Oracle Hyperion products.
• Proven experience in Hyperion Essbase and Planning administration.
• Demonstrated experience leading system upgrades and major EPM environment deployments.
• Experience working in large complex enterprise environments preferably in the Gulf region.