Hyperion Manager / Senior Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP639-54

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are seeking to recruit individuals with deep EPM system design and implementation skills and experience specifically in the Oracle Hyperion Tool sets to focus on delivering Finance transformation projects as part of a senior PwC/Client team. You will have extensive experience of leading major EPM Hyperion Projects, Managing teams and closely interacting with clients up to CFO level.

You will be part of a highly skilled, specialist team of finance change professionals while at the same time you will be encouraged to initiate and develop new ideas. Our team have an excellent track record of delivering high quality work to major international clients and has ambitious growth plans for the next few years.

Responsibilities:

This role will be mainly client-side, developing teams and leading/ supporting transformational work and change engagements as well as some business development responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation projects the Oracle Hyperion suite of tools within large projects for our portfolio of blue chip clients including managing junior team members in requirements, design and build of solutions.
• Service a wide variety of clients, getting to know and understand their unique business issues and needs
• Collaborative working style, with a focus on knowledge sharing and innovative thinking
• Recruit, supervise and train team members – assign and coach junior members of the project team on execution of fieldwork.
• Should be outcome focused and result oriented
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to the client’s business; and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.

Requirements

Requirements:

We would expect all applicants to have considerable experience of leading performance management programmes using Hyperion, preferably within a major blue chip or consulting environment.

You will have been supporting decision making at a senior level (CFO level) and be able to demonstrate a track record of implementation success, achieving savings and overcoming various challenges.
At least some relevant industry sector experience is essential so please detail this on your applications / CV.

In addition, we require all candidates to have:

• Education to Degree level. Additional qualifications such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA/MBA are valued but not essential.
• 6 to 10 years experience in a similar role with at least 2 years experience of leading projects in Oracle Hyperion in one or more of the following areas: Consolidation and Reporting, budgeting and forecasting, Management reporting or KPIs/Balanced scorecard.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a programme throughout the full lifecycle – design, build and implementation
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior management on alternative solutions and risks with experience of presenting and influencing at a senior level.
• Deep understanding of finance operating models, key business drivers and commercial information reporting systems in a multi-national corporate environment.
• Deep technical implementation knowledge of one or more of the Oracle Hyperion Products (Planning, HFM, FDM, Essbase etc) with a minimum of 5 years implementation experience. Alternatively SAP (Outlooksoft/Cartisis) or IBM (Cognos) with willingness to train on Oracle Hyperion.
• Confident approach, self motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• A flexible and team focused working style within a multi-functional team.
• Preference will also be given to candidates with well demonstrated external consulting experience.
• Experience of working in an international environment is highly desirable but not essential.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.

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