Senior Software Engineer

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
 
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

The primary role of a Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, optimizing and maintaining Global Financial Planning & Accounting Consolidation systems to support the needs of our business partners across global locations. The EPM Developer will act on design and development via Oracle’s EPM Cloud Software Suite for Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS), Financial Consolidation and Close Service (FCCS), Account Reconciliation Cloud Service(ARCS) and Tax Reporting Cloud Service(TRCS). The candidate will also provide reporting solutions to the business partners using innovative tools and solutions. The candidate works closely with both our technical and business partners on requirements gathering to design, develop, deliver and support system functionality. The ideal candidate will align business acumen and technical ability to deliver and support best in class planning solutions to business partners.
 

Required Skills:

• Ability to co-ordinate across groups including motivating and coordinating team members.

• Client focused approach to work.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning, ability to adjust rapidly for changing environments.

• Good Presentation skills.

• Proven problem-solving skills including capability to make appropriate decisions in ambiguous situations.

• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload for oneself and the team.

• Willingness to work in a matrix environment and to value the importance of teamwork.
   

Knowledge and Experience:

• Design, develop, test and implement features and code on Oracle EPM Cloud for end user community.

• Develop Complex Business Rules in both calculation manager and Groovy.

• Script using Python/Groovy APIs and utilize EPM Automate to automate data admin activities.

• Build integration artifacts in Cloud Data Management and FDMEE, such as locations, maps, custom/import scripts, using Python Scripts.

• Support multiple Planning and Consolidation applications in Oracle EPM Cloud.

• Responsible for providing innovative reporting solutions using Narrative, Management, Financial Reporting & Dashboards.

• Responsible for performance tuning and optimization of Planning and Consolidation applications.

• Working knowledge of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow concepts and KPI’s.

• Ability to work both individually and within a team environment.

• Monitor the periodic series of system tasks as part of the monthly accounting close cycle, the monthly financial forecasting process, and the annual financial budgeting process.

• Reconcile application financial data to upstream source systems to enable data integrity and ensure compliance with control procedures.

• Perform ad-hoc system functions based on end-user needs.

• Support application development and enhancement initiatives, including design recommendations, testing, and implementation.

• Attendance as required by department.

• Remain compliant with our policies, processes, and legal guidelines.

• Code expertly in your application while following team coding and testing standards.
   

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study.

• Minimum of 5 -8 Oracle EPM Hyperion Planning design, development and administration with 3+ years on EPM Cloud including EPBCS (Finance Modules, Freeform, Hybrid BSO, ASO), FCCS, Narrative and Management Reporting, Data Management, EPM Automate & metadata management. Must have hands on EPM Cloud experience.

• Expert knowledge of all components of EPBCS including metadata administration, outlines, dimensions, complex calculations, business rules, calculation scripts, creating snapshots, backups, data and artifact migrations, security setup and configuration, data forms, charts & graphs, menus, task lists, as part of application development and configuration.

• Expert knowledge on Performance Optimization of Planning application which includes data load process / Business Rules / Cal script and reporting Methods.

• Expert knowledge of creating financial reports (pdf), charts, pivots, dashboards, books, batches, snapshot reports etc. using financial reporting.

• Expert in automation, SQL, batch scripting and EPM Automate.

• Expert knowledge in automations of data Loads and integrations using FDMEE/data management.

• Expert knowledge on Metadata Upload Process through incremental files and creating automations to seamlessly load metadata.

• Expert in SQL development and maintenance of Stored Procedures (PL), Triggers and Queries.

• Ability to be proactive in providing alternatives based on best practices and application functionality.

• Financial process and functional knowledge required.

• Expert knowledge in analyzing business needs and developing solutions to support the business.
   

Language Skills:

• Ability to effectively communicate in the English language verbally and in writing.

• Ability to read and interpret technical journals, specifications, international technical standards, etc.