Senior EPM Planning Administrator Job Listing at Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii (Job ID JR-05658)

Description

Job Posting Title

Senior EPM Planning Administrator

Employee Type

Regular

Recruiting Start Date

03-19-2025

Job Exempt?

Yes

Recruiting End Date

Open Until Filled

Aloha mai!  Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools.  If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!

Kamehameha Schools is seeking an experienced EPM Planning Administrator to lead the administration, optimization, and continuous improvement of its EPM Planning applications. As a key member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, this role ensures system stability, efficiency, and effectiveness in supporting planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Our ideal candidate has a solution-oriented mindset, deep technical expertise in Oracle EPM, and strong analytical skills. They excel at optimizing financial systems and collaborating with partners to enhance usability. This is an opportunity to drive strategic impact and shape the future of financial planning and operational excellence at a mission-driven organization dedicated to educational excellence in Hawai'i. This is a hybrid position which provides remote work flexibility on an approval basis.

Job Summary: 

As a key member of Kamehameha Schools' Financial Planning & Analysis team, the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Planning Administrator is responsible for the administration and optimization of our Oracle EPM Planning Module. Ensures the technical stability, efficiency, and effectiveness of applications supporting planning, budgeting, financial forecasting, and reporting. Beyond day-to-day system maintenance and end-user support, collaborates with cross-functional teams to continuously enhance the system, designing and implementing system improvements and transformational changes in our planning, budgeting, and financial forecasting processes to optimize decision-making, increase efficiency, and align with organizational strategic goals. 

Essential Responsibilities: 

System Administration and Maintenance 

• Administers and maintains the technical health and stability of EPM Planning applications to ensure system reliability, performance, and availability. 

• Manages regular system updates, patches, and performance monitoring, ensuring proper testing, optimal functionality, and clear communication of changes. 

• Oversees user account administration, security settings, and planning module configurations to maintain compliance and data integrity. 

• Develops and maintains comprehensive system documentation, including design documents, test scripts, training materials, policies and procedural guides for audit purposes. 

• Provides training and support to end users, driving system adoption and proficiency. 

• Serves as the primary contact for EPM Planning-related inquiries and resolves technical issues.  

• Collaborates and assists with other EPM modules and ERP modules where needed. 

Data Integration and Management 

• Manages data transformations, mappings, and validations to ensure data accuracy and consistency, and promptly address any integration or quality issues. 

• Implements and enforces data governance practices to maintain security, compliance, and data integrity. 

• Oversees Oracle Data Management interface with EPM modules and other ETL tools to monitor data integrations from EPM, ERP, and HRIS and other source systems. 

System Enhancements and Process Improvements 

• Proactively identifies opportunities for process automation and system improvements to drive increased efficiency and accuracy in planning and analysis. 

• Designs, develops, and implements system enhancements, including custom forms, templates, reports, dashboards, calculations, business rules, and predictive models to optimize the platform for financial processes and decision-making. 

• Leads cross-functional initiatives to expand and improve system functionality, integrating new modules or features to meet evolving business needs.  

Strategic Collaboration 

• Partners with Finance leadership to develop a strategic roadmap for EPM Planning evolution, ensuring alignment with long-term organizational objectives. 

• Engages stakeholders to align EPM Planning functionality with business needs and drive adoption. 

• Fosters strong relationships with end users to continuously gather feedback, identify enhancement opportunities, and optimize system effectiveness.  

• Collaborates with Financial Systems, Enterprise Technology, Oracle support, and consultants to resolve complex issues and implement advanced enhancements. 

Minimum Qualifications - An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of the above. 

Education and Experience 

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, computer science, or related field. 

• Minimum seven years' FP&A experience with financial processes such as planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and financial consolidations. 

• Minimum three years' experience administering, developing, and/or supporting Oracle EPM applications.  

• Advanced Excel skills. 

Technical Skills 

• Proficiency in Oracle EPM Cloud, with expertise in modules like Planning, Financial Consolidation and Close, Account Reconciliation, and Enterprise Data Management. 

• Advanced skills in creating business rules, calculations, and custom configurations. 

• Experience with scripting, SQL, and/or data integration tools (e.g., FDMEE, Data Management). 

Professional Competencies 

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for effective and autonomous problem-solving, with the ability to creatively build solutions, analyze and conceptualize complex issues, and work with a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical teams at all levels. 

• Strong organizational abilities to prioritize and manage multiple complex projects and responsibilities. 

• Self-directed with ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion. Ability to take broad directions and accomplish a wide range of tasks without the necessity for detailed directions. 

• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced, demanding environment, managing competing priorities and delivering excellent results with minimal direction 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Oracle EPM Cloud certifications. 

• Experience with financial processes in nonprofit or educational institutions. 

• Familiarity with advanced reporting tools like Smart View and BI Publisher 

Physical Requirements  

• Frequently sit, perform desk-based computer tasks and grasp light or fine manipulation. 

• Occasionally stand and/or walk, write by hand, and lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds. 

• Rarely twist, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, climb, reach or work above shoulder, or grasp forcefully.

Working Conditions  

• Hybrid work environment with remote and on-site responsibilities. 

• Work is typically conducted Monday through Friday at normal business hours, but off-business hours may be required to meet goals and objectives, such as supporting month-end reporting cycles. 

• Occasional travel for system-related projects, training, or conferences may be required. 

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Work Year

12

Pay Range

112,200.00 - 160,200.00 Annual

Compensation and Benefits

Based on the compensation range provided below, salaries are commensurate with job-related experience, skills and competencies, education, internal equity, length of work year, and other organizational needs.

At Kamehameha Schools (KS), we recognize that compensation is just one facet of a fulfilling employment experience. Our commitment lies in fostering a positive work environment and equipping employees with the necessary resources to excel every day. Our Total Rewards Program embodies KS's dedication to the physical, mental, and financial well-being of our employee ʻohana. Explore our comprehensive Benefits Summary for more information.

Primary Location

Kawaiahao Plaza

City, State

Honolulu, Hawaii

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