EPM Budget and Cost Specialist

EPM Budget and Cost Specialist

This is a Business Admin role that supports the EPM Pillar. The team member will work with EDMC to perform configurations and develop hierarchies. This team member will also be an advanced user of the EPM applications, understand their architecture, and contribute to usage and testing of our ESSBASE cubes.

EPM Budget and Cost Specialist Duties

• Responsible for maintenance and configuration of hierarchies.
• Business point of contact for verifying metadata integrity and updates in ESSBASE.
• Understands and verifies the impact of hierarchy changes in downstream applications.
• Partner with the EPM Budget and Profitability Specialist to ensure business needs for forecast and cost modeling are being met.
• Contributes to the data governance of EDMC metadata.
• Configure, update, enhance and maintain the EPM budget module.
• Works with business unit leaders to set budget up in system.
• Partner with Lead Functional Analyst to create one year forecasting models using budget and true results to ensure business needs are being met. 
• Configures data and metadata that goes through all Oracle modules in the EDMC application.
• Understands and identifies how changes can have a downstream impact; offers solutions as necessary.
• Recognize and address budget errors; address errors with appropriate parties and identify a resolution.
• Recognize issues as they arise with ability to resolve and provide guidance.
• Provide design recommendations, budget governance and configure the module to optimize information flows.
• Serve as subject matter expert on profitability module.
  • Work to add all of Clayton’s business units to utilize profitability module.
  • Work with Bus for Profitability Enhancements and test and evaluate the monthly application updates.
• Understands and identifies how changes can have a downstream impact; offers solutions as necessary.
• Recognize issues as they arise with ability to resolve and provide guidance.
• Collaborate with technology team on testing new system processes and post testing evaluations.
• Responsible for evaluating, testing, implementing, and training on regular upgrades from EPM provider.

EPM Budget and Cost Specialist Qualifications

• 4-year college degree with Bachelor’s in Business Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related area.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• CPA preferred
• Audit/Accounting background preferred
• Ability to run queries in SQL
• Prior experience with annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Oracle Planning and Budget and Enterprise Data Management Tool experience
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Excellent organizational skills
• Highly detail oriented and analytical
• Ability to think outside the box and problem solve
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Why Clayton?

Full-time team members have the flexibility to create their own health, dental, and vision benefits package. Clayton provides competitive 401K programs, including investment options and company matching for full and part time team members after one year to help our team members achieve their financial goals. Additional benefits include paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance Programs, and more.

As part of Clayton’s commitment to Opening Doors to a Better Life, Clayton is now providing paid time for Team Members to volunteer to causes that are meaningful to them through the Clayton Impact program.

At Clayton, we encourage holistic wellness with physical, nutritional, social, financial, spiritual and occupational programs available online or in-person for team members. Clayton’s Home Office campus offers an onsite restaurant, onsite fitness facility with full gym, in-person and virtual workout classes, yoga / barre studio, volleyball and basketball courts, walking paths, and a disc golf course.

Clayton is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Compensation Grade Pay Range

Business Unit - B00015