Lead Oracle EPM / Hyperion Business Systems Analyst

Description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

The Global Business Services Center (GBSC) Systems team is the strategic financial systems organization within Mastercard’s Global Shared Services organization. The team owns and operates critical financial applications, including Oracle Financials, Oracle EPM, Hyperion Planning, and Essbase, that support Mastercard’s businesses globally.

We are seeking an experienced Oracle EPM professional with at least seven years of hands-on experience with Hyperion Planning, Essbase, and Oracle EPM Cloud. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering end-to-end implementations, application enhancements, and cloud migrations.

As a Lead Oracle EPM / Hyperion Business Systems Analyst on the GBSC Systems Hyperion team, you will serve as a functional and technical expert across Mastercard’s financial planning and reporting platforms. You will analyze business requirements, contribute to solution design, perform hands-on application development, lead system initiatives, and provide ongoing production support.

This role partners closely with FP&A, Tax, Human Resources, Technology, and other business functions to deliver scalable solutions for financial planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, allocations, and management reporting.

The successful candidate must be able to translate complex business needs into sustainable system solutions while leading initiatives and coordinating work across onsite, offshore, and third-party resources.

This is a hybrid position based in Purchase, New York. Minimal travel of approximately 5% may be required. During critical financial-processing periods, the role may also require after-hours or on-call support.

Role

Analyze business needs and translate functional requirements into scalable financial-system solutions.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support Hyperion Planning, Essbase, and Oracle EPM Cloud applications.

Develop and maintain financial reporting solutions, including Financial Reporting and Smart View.

Support financial-system capabilities related to budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, allocations, and management reporting.

Lead or contribute to end-to-end Hyperion and Oracle EPM implementation, enhancement, and cloud-migration initiatives.

Participate across the complete solution lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, validation, deployment, training, and post-production support.

Develop and maintain complex allocation models, business rules, calculation scripts, data integrations, security structures, multidimensional databases, and reporting solutions.

Monitor application environments, troubleshoot system issues, and identify opportunities to improve performance, stability, and the user experience.

Lead small- to medium-sized projects in partnership with business and technology stakeholders.

Partner with FP&A, Tax, Human Resources, and other teams to understand business processes and recommend effective system solutions.

Assess the impact of system changes and integrations across financial planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, allocation, and reporting processes.

Coordinate deliverables across onsite, offshore, and third-party resources.

Manage vendor relationships and monitor performance against established service-level agreements and key performance indicators.

Develop user documentation and training materials and facilitate end-user training.

Build trusted relationships with business partners and deliver a high level of customer service.

Balance multiple priorities, including application development, implementation initiatives, production support, process improvement, and management reporting.

All About You

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Hyperion, Essbase, Oracle EPM Cloud, PMP, Six Sigma, or another relevant professional certification is preferred.

Experience

At least seven years of hands-on experience with Hyperion or Oracle EPM technologies in complex, global business environments.

Strong experience developing, implementing, supporting, and enhancing Hyperion Planning and Essbase applications.

Hands-on experience with Oracle EPM Cloud is strongly preferred.

Experience leading or playing a significant role in at least one full-cycle Hyperion Planning or Oracle EPM implementation.

Experience supporting an on-premises-to-cloud migration or transformation is strongly preferred.

Experience across the complete implementation lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, development, testing, validation, deployment, training, and post-production support.

Strong experience developing and maintaining complex allocation models, business rules, calculation scripts, multidimensional databases, data integrations, and reporting solutions.

Working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, profitability analysis, allocations, and management reporting processes.

Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications.

Experience leading projects and coordinating work across onsite, offshore, and third-party resources.

Experience managing vendor relationships and monitoring delivery against SLAs and KPIs.

Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with finance, technology, and other cross-functional stakeholders.

Technical Skills

Core technical skills:

Hyperion Planning

Essbase

Oracle EPM Cloud

Calculation Scripts and Business Rules

Smart View

Financial Reporting

Security Administration

Relational database technologies

Data integration

Application-performance monitoring

Additional relevant experience:

EPMA

DRM

FDMEE

Web Analysis

Professional Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to understand complex business requirements and translate them into scalable, sustainable system solutions.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong presentation, documentation, and end-user training capabilities.

Ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate across functions, organizational levels, and geographic regions.

Strong project leadership, organizational, and prioritization skills.

Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Consultative mindset with the ability to become a trusted advisor and thought leader within Financial Systems.

Strong customer-service orientation and sense of urgency.

Collaborative, team-oriented approach with the ability to build productive internal and external relationships.

Purchase, New York base salary range: $140,000–$238,000 USD

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonableaccommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Conditions

Purchase, New York: $140,000 - $238,000 USD