Hyperion Analyst & Administrator

ABOUT THE JOB:

Willscot Mobile Mini is a leading provider of portable of modular space and portable storage solutions serving customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Mexico. We also maintain a fleet of specialty containment products, including liquid and solid containment solutions. The Company leases, sells, delivers and installs mobile solutions and storage products through an integrated network of branch locations that spans North America and the UK.

We are looking for an Administrator and Systems Analyst position that will provide day-to-day support for the Global Financial Consolidation Information System - Financial Consolidation and Close Services (FCCS) and Financial Planning System, Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS), while working closely with Corporate Accounting, Corporate FP&A and IT business finance teams to support and enhance complex business solutions and processes. This position resides in our Corporate accounting group.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

A successful candidate should possess the ability to:

• Learn and develop an understanding and operate independently in a complex finance-related Hyperion environment that is in transition to the cloud
• Lead accounting and finance teams through migration of Hyperion solutions to the cloud
• Identify and lead continued enhancements/solutions in the applications and their integration to the overall financial systems
• Effectively communicate technical concepts to business teams
• Ensure overall responsibility and accountability for security, maintenance and development of the system in support of the global accounting and finance organization's management and reporting requirements
• Develop relationships and work with partners in the business and IT in support of implementations, projects, integration, maintenance, SOX controls and related support

Areas of Focus:

Administration and Maintenance

• Lead administration and maintenance of HFM, Hyperion FCCS, EPBCS, and EDM including collaboration with IT and accounting/finance
• Create and operationalize application, integration, data and infrastructure support model for all Hyperion systems
• Support the business in day to day activities with Oracle Cloud applications, such as Financial Consolidation and Close Services (FCCS), Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS), Workforce Planning (WFP), and Narrative Reporting (NR).
• Maintain metadata (using Enterprise Data Management (EDM))
• Ensure monthly close process runs smoothly in FCCS and EPM applications including monitoring integration from source systems
• Coordinate issue resolution with finance/accounting, internal IT and external technical support providers
• In coordination with IT partners, support corporate and remote users with Hyperion applications and Smart View
• Perform monthly hierarchy maintenance to accommodate new business structures and reorganizations.

Projects

• Lead implementation of FCCS, including finalization of data validation, testing
• Develop user guides and training for FCCS implementation and general support guides
• Work with IT to determine the plan to sunset legacy Hyperion applications
• Work with the finance team to determine their roadmap for enhancements to EPBCS. Develop a prioritized cross-functional plan.
• Work with IT and finance/accounting on automated financial system integrations needed with FCCS and EPBCS

General Support for Business Teams/Hyperion Application

• Work with end users to develop and enhance the current and future state application process in a manner that will result in a stable productive environment
• Participate in the analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of current departmental processes and procedures and ultimately help to implement identified improvements
• In a SOX controls environment, maintain internal and external security policy, documentation, testing related to controls compliance
• Participate on an enhancement of the Group Reporting & consolidation system project
• Perform monthly/periodic testing in support of IT financial systems upgrades
• Special projects and process improvements as determined necessary by management

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• Strong financial systems background with 2 years of Hyperion experience; Administration experience required.
• Understanding of basic accounting and financial analysis and reporting.
• Must have proven capacity to conceptualize, organize, plan, and execute projects from beginning to end, and to express technical concepts in language understandable to business unit clients.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or closely related field.
• Five (5) years of overall experience in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Platform (EPM).
• Two (2) years of experience in Oracle Enterprise Planning & Budgeting Cloud Services (EPBCS).
• Two (2) years of experience in Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Services (FCCS).
• Experience with Essbase, Calc scripts, Workforce planning (WFP).
• Well versed in designing and developing Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Cloud artifacts.
• Good understanding of Business Rules and Member Formulas in Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) and Financial Consolidation and Close Services (FCCS).
• Knowledge in financial processes and dependencies between ERP (SAP) and Hyperion.
• Team player with strong customer service skills.
• Financial business acumen.