- Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and deploy EPM solutions, including Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidation, and Reporting.
- Gather and analyse business requirements and translate them into functional and technical Tagetik configurations.
- Configure and maintain data models, dimensions, workflows, business rules, and forms within Tagetik.
- Manage day-to-day application administration, including user access, security, metadata, and system monitoring.
- Support data integrations from ERPs, Excel, and databases using Tagetik ETL tools or flat-file interfaces.
- Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and management reporting packs.
- Support testing activities, including UAT, validation, and production deployments.
- Troubleshoot application issues, performance bottlenecks, and data discrepancies.
- Provide functional support to finance users during planning cycles, month-end close, and forecast updates.
- Prepare system documentation and support user training and knowledge transfer.
- Collaborate with Group and Operating Companies to maintain the current solution and proactively drive improvements.
- Identify optimisation and process efficiency opportunities across the Group and Operating Companies.
- Drive change adoption and resolve operational requests across Group and Operating Companies.
- Act as the global Finance Solutions SME, owning system configuration and customisation across the EPM suite.
- Partner with vendors, system integrators, and service providers to deliver finance initiatives.
- Apply strong analytical skills to interrogate complex datasets, synthesise insights, and present clear summaries to stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
- Hands-on expertise in EPM configuration, including metadata and dimension management, business rules, workflows, data forms, and security administration.
- Experience with EPM tools, preferably CCH Tagetik. Candidates with experience in other EPM tools such as Oracle PBCS, Hyperion, Anaplan, OneStream, SAP BPC, or TM1 are also welcome.
- Solid understanding of data integration concepts (ETL, flat files, ERP feeds), with basic to intermediate SQL and relational database knowledge.
- Proven experience delivering multiple EPM and ERP implementations within large, complex, multi-geography, and multi-operating-company environments.
- Experience working in Agile delivery models using modern tools such as Azure DevOps.
