Oracle EPM Cloud Administrator

Role Overview

The Oracle EPM Cloud Administrator is responsible for the daily administration, maintenance, support, and enhancement of Oracle EPM Cloud applications. This role ensures high system availability, data accuracy, optimal performance, and a strong governance framework across Planning, FCCS, ARCS, and related modules. The administrator will collaborate closely with business users, functional teams, and technical stakeholders to support ongoing operations and continuous improvements.

Key Responsibilities1. Application & Infrastructure Management

• Perform daily operational maintenance including backups, patching, environment checks, and health monitoring.
• Administer EPM Cloud applications such as Planning (EPBCS/PBCS), FCCS, ARCS, and related areas.
• Manage infrastructure tasks including script execution, configuration updates, instance refreshes, and software testing.
• Monitor and optimize application and report performance to improve system efficiency and stability.

2. User Access & Security Administration

• Maintain user accounts, access roles, security groups, and application permissions.
• Collaborate with leadership to define security requirements and ensure compliance.
• Implement and maintain security best practices, including segregation of duties, audit controls, and periodic security reviews.

3. User Support & Training

• Provide functional and technical support for user issues related to forms, business rules, Smart View, data loads, and access.
• Conduct user training sessions, create SOPs, FAQs, and quick reference guides.
• Support Finance and FP&A teams during planning cycles and close cycles.

4. Enhancements & Development Support

• Assist with enhancements such as creating new reports, dashboards, forms, and modifying business rules.
• Support development and deployment of new functionalities, system improvements, and configuration updates.
• Collaborate with functional owners to translate requirements into EPM configurations.

5. Collaboration, Governance & Documentation

• Partner with functional teams, project managers, and stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, configuration logs, admin guides, and change control documentation.
• Support governance processes for deployments, metadata updates, and version control.

6. Testing & Quality Assurance

• Conduct unit, integration, and regression testing for enhancements, patches, releases, and maintenance activities.
• Validate data accuracy, calculation logic, and system performance before promoting changes to production.
• Ensure smooth migration of updates across environments.

Required Skills & QualificationsExperience Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in Oracle EPM, with 6+ years dedicated to EPM Cloud administration.
• Hands-on administration experience in EPBCS/PBCS, FCCS, ARCS, and familiarity with PCMCS or EDMCS (preferred).
• Experience supporting planning cycles, month-end close cycles, and production operations.
• Strong background in:
• EPM Automate scripting
• Application monitoring
• Data loads & metadata management
• Smart View and business rule troubleshooting
• Testing frameworks and deployment cycles
• Experience in working with Finance, FP&A, Accounting, or Consolidation teams is highly beneficial.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of EPM Cloud architecture, OCI concepts, and cloud environment administration.
• Experience with scripting tools (EPM Automate, Shell scripts, PowerShell, or Python).
• Knowledge of business rules, data load processes, metadata structures, and data integration.
• Familiarity with EPM REST APIs (added advantage).

Certifications (Preferred)

• Oracle EPM Cloud Certification, such as:
• Oracle Planning Cloud Service Specialist
• Oracle EPM Enterprise Cloud (EPBCS/FCCS)
• Oracle ARCS Specialist
• Oracle EPM Cloud Administrator
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Foundations or Architect Associate (nice to have).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00-$95,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M5C 2C5