With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
The primary objective of this role is to design, develop, and support Oracle EPM Planning and Essbase applications to enable financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. The role bridges business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and well-governed planning solutions.Job Description
1. Application Ownership & Delivery
Own the full application lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, and support)
Translate business requirements into EPM Planning solutions and models
Drive continuous improvement and evolution of planning models
2. Application Development
Develop Essbase cubes, outlines, hierarchies, and dimensions
Build and maintain business rules, calculation logic, and data forms
Optimise application performance (calculation efficiency, cube design)
3. Data Integration & Automation
Design and maintain data integrations using Data Exchange / FDMEE
Enable automated data pipelines between source systems and EPM
Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and auditability
4. Application Administration
Maintain metadata, security models, and application configurations
Execute regular data loads and manage planning cycles
Support upgrades, patches, and environment maintenance
5. Application Support & Stakeholder Engagement
Provide ongoing support to Finance users
Troubleshoot system, data, and performance issues
Gather new requirements and improve user experience
6. Training & Documentation
Train end-users on planning processes and Smart View usage
Maintain technical and functional documentation
Technical Skills
Oracle EPM Planning / Hyperion Planning (Cloud and on-prem)
Essbase (cube design, calc scripts, MDX)
Calculation Manager (business rules, Groovy scripting advantageous)
Data integration tools (FDMEE / Data Exchange)
SQL (PostgreSQL or MS SQL)
Oracle Smart View (reporting and input templates)
Cloud platforms:
OCI (user management, monitoring)
AWS (S3, Glue, RDS)
Experience Required
2–3 years’ experience in Oracle Hyperion / Essbase / EPM Planning development
Exposure to financial planning, budgeting, or forecasting processes
Experience in end-to-end solution delivery and support
Education
Preferred: BCom (Informatics) or BSc (Computer Science)
Alternatively: Relevant diploma or equivalent qualification
Key Competencies
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
Ability to translate functional requirements into technical solutions
Effective stakeholder engagement and communication
Attention to detail, governance, and control mindset
Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
Skills Required
- 2-3 years experience in Oracle Hyperion / Essbase / EPM Planning development
- Exposure to financial planning, budgeting, or forecasting processes
Absa Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Absa Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Absa Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical aid, group life, disability, and funeral cover are described as comprehensive, with features such as terminal‑illness advances and beneficiary grocery benefits. Wellness and assistance offerings support overall financial and personal wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — A pension fund and group retirement arrangements are positioned as core benefits within fixed remuneration. Retirement coverage is embedded alongside other protections as part of standard employment.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee share‑ownership (eKhaya) and equity‑linked awards broaden wealth‑sharing, with dividends or cash‑equivalent participation in some markets. This provides longer‑term value beyond base pay.
Absa Group Insights
What We Do
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond. We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
