Director, EPM & Financial Systems

At Home•Coppell, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) & Financial Systems will lead At Home's Finance Transformation through the implementation, adoption, and ongoing evolution of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (Oracle EPM). This role serves as the business owner for Oracle EPM and partners closely with Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and business leaders to redesign planning, forecasting, reporting, workforce planning, and financial close processes. The initial focus of this position is the successful implementation of Oracle Planning and Reporting, including Workforce Planning integrated with Oracle HCM, followed by Oracle Financial Close and future Oracle EPM capabilities. This leader will ensure technology enables best-practice business processes while driving automation, standardization, governance, and executive decision support. Success requires a combination of deep Oracle EPM expertise, finance transformation leadership, strong business process knowledge, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across a complex, multi-location retail organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related discipline.
10+ years of progressive experience in Financial Systems, FP&A, Enterprise Performance Management, or Finance Transformation.
5+ years leading enterprise financial systems implementations.
Successfully led at least one Oracle EPM implementation from design through go-live.
Deep understanding of budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting, and finance business processes.
Experience leading cross-functional transformation initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to partner with executive Finance leadership.
Oracle EPM Cloud
Oracle Planning
Workforce Planning
Financial Reporting
Smart View
Oracle Integration Cloud
SAP Finance
Oracle HCM
Driver-Based Planning
Scenario Modeling
Data Integration
APIs
SQL (preferred)
Power BI or Tableau
Advanced Excel
Strategic Thinking
Finance Transformation
Executive Communication
Organizational Change Leadership
Business Partnership
Project Leadership
Governance
Process Improvement
Analytical Problem Solving
Customer Focus
Influence Without Authority
Continuous Improvement

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CMA, or related graduate degree/certification.
Retail or multi-location business experience.
Big Box Retail, Specialty Retail, Consumer Products, or Distribution experience.
Oracle Financial Close & Consolidation (FCCS)
Account Reconciliation (ARCS)
Enterprise Data Management (EDM)
Narrative Reporting
Oracle Integration Cloud
Oracle Analytics Cloud
Smart View
EPM Automate
REST APIs
AI-enabled planning and predictive forecasting

Responsibilities

Lead the Finance organization's transformation through implementation and optimization of Oracle EPM.
Develop and execute the Financial Systems roadmap aligned with company growth objectives.
Serve as business owner and product owner for Oracle EPM.
Establish governance, standards, and best practices for planning models, metadata, reporting, and master data.
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
Lead redesign of budgeting, forecasting, reporting, consolidation, workforce planning, and financial close processes using Oracle EPM best practices.
Challenge legacy spreadsheet-based processes and implement scalable enterprise planning capabilities.
Partner with FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, HR, Operations, Merchandising, Marketing, Real Estate, Supply Chain, and Executive Leadership to improve financial decision-making.
Promote adoption of standardized planning methodologies across the organization.
Lead the implementation, optimization, and ongoing administration of Oracle EPM including: Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Long-Range Planning, Driver-Based Planning, Scenario Modeling, Workforce Planning, Capital Planning, Financial Reporting, Executive Dashboards, Smart View, Future Oracle Financial Close capabilities.
Configuration and administration of Oracle EPM.
Quarterly Oracle updates.
Security and system performance management for Oracle EPM.
Metadata management for Oracle EPM.
Release testing for Oracle EPM.
User support for Oracle EPM.
Continuous platform optimization for Oracle EPM.
Partner with Human Resources to develop integrated workforce planning capabilities using Oracle HCM, including: Headcount planning, Compensation planning, Organizational modeling, Labor forecasting, Position management.
Improve budgeting and forecasting processes through driver-based planning.
Develop rolling forecasts and scenario planning capabilities.
Improve forecast accuracy through predictive planning.
Deliver executive dashboards and KPI reporting.
Support strategic decision-making through meaningful financial insights.
Partner with Information Technology to integrate Oracle EPM with: SAP Finance, Oracle HCM, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Reporting platforms, Other enterprise applications.
Financial master data governance.
Data integrity management.
System reconciliation.
API and integration management.
Oracle Integration Cloud coordination.
Champion adoption of Oracle's AI-enabled capabilities by: Evaluating Oracle AI functionality and future Cloud releases, Leveraging predictive forecasting and intelligent planning capabilities, Identifying automation opportunities across planning, reporting, forecasting, and financial close, Supporting AI-assisted executive reporting and analytics, Developing a roadmap for future Finance innovation while maintaining appropriate governance and controls.
Lead enterprise financial systems projects from design through deployment.
Manage implementation partners and consulting resources.
Build organizational adoption through communication, governance, and training.
Influence stakeholders without direct authority.
Coach Finance users and establish long-term support models.