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Sr Conslt thru Sr Mgr Hyperion Planning

Job Title: Sr Conslt thru Sr Mgr Hyperion Planning Location: Major metro in NE, SE, MW, or W US Job Description: Our client’s Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Consulting Practice serves many of the world's largest and most prestigious companies across most major industry verticals. They offer solutions to help clients address a wide range of issues affecting business growth for both established as well as early stage and emerging companies. Our client’s Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Practice area designs, develops, and implements systems and processes to capture, integrate and distribute information in an enterprise. Their specific service offerings within the Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing area include: Information Strategy & Architecture Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing Our client’s technology consultants, working with other IT organizations, can help their clients to use technology integration to solve business challenges. Our client’s technology specialists, most with extensive experience in systems integration and development, are committed to delivering efficient, technology-based solutions to their clients. They assess their client's current technology needs and assist with systems design and implementation to improve both enterprise-wide integration and profitability. Through their long-term partnerships with many of the world's leading technology companies they can offer extremely cost effective implementation to their clients. The objective of this role is to deliver IT value that helps drive business results by understanding both the business of technology and how technology works within the business. For each level described below there are two career tracks: The first is the SME (Subject Matter Expert) path. The SME track is for those who are looking for a career path which emphasizes technical and/or industry expertise over the more traditional business development oriented career path. The second is the more traditional business development oriented career track which emphasizes the generation of revenue and requires that the candidate possesses, maintains, and builds a solid base of contacts from which to drive new business - even if it requires "cold calling.” This path is for those who are interested in and capable of acting as a true “Rainmaker.” Additional opportunities exist for those candidates who possess strong experience in specific industry verticals in addition to meeting the cross-industry requirements stated below. *Candidates interested in pursuing opportunities at levels up to and including Direct Entry Partner will be considered on a case-by-case basis based upon the merits of their accomplishments and qualifications for the role. A Senior Manager in the Performance Management Technology practice is expected to have the following overall IT and consulting expertise: Development of statements of work and/or client proposals Broad system level expertise across multiple computing platforms and technologies with the ability to influence direction around information management at the Enterprise Level Manage full life cycle of Hyperion Planning implementations Organize knowledge transfer to clients Develop and manage vendor relationships Lead workshops for client education Identify opportunities to add value to the client’s organization by effective use of information management Build relationships with CXOs and key stakeholders responsible for information and performance management in client’s organization A Manager in the Performance Management Technology practice is expected to have the following overall IT and consulting expertise: Development of statements of work and/or client proposals Identify business opportunities to increase usability and profitability of information architecture Manage full life cycle of Hyperion Planning implementations Experience with program leadership, governance and change enablement Develop and manage vendor relationships Lead workshops for client education Manage resources and budget on client projects A Senior Consultant in the Performance Management Technology practice is expected to have the following overall IT and consulting expertise: Development of statements of work and/or client proposals Identify business opportunities to increase usability and profitability of information architecture Manage full life cycle of Hyperion Planning implementations Experience with program leadership, governance and change enablement Develop and manage vendor relationships Lead workshops for client education Defining, developing, and documenting business and systems requirements. Contribute to a strong client relationship through interactions with client personnel Understand the business context of the engagement Job Qualifications: In addition, team members in the Information Management - Performance Management Technology practice must have the following management/strategy capabilities and technical skills. Management/Strategy Capabilities Sr Manager Ability to scope out the effort and cost for an enterprise Performance Management Technology solution Ability to define how an enterprise information system will align with the organization’s business and strategic objectives Ability to manage multiple teams on a Performance Management Technology engagement Manager Ability to scope out the effort and cost for an enterprise Performance Management Technology solution Ability to define how an enterprise information system will align with the organization’s business and strategic objectives Delivering multiple segments of the project lifecycle, with an emphasis on the technical configuration of Hyperion Planning Define Hyperion systems strategy Experience with improving the following financial processes (Planning, budgeting and forecasting, reporting and consolidations) Create processes for defining and documenting data standards and metadata models. Build an integrated metadata environment consisting of both operational and business metadata ensuring the quality and integrity of the data Identify opportunities to optimize performance of existing data structures Design and implement data quality and data auditing processes Ability to technically assist and manage multiple teams on a Performance Management Technology engagement Sr Conslt Delivering multiple segments of the project lifecycle, with an emphasis on the technical configuration of Hyperion Planning Define Hyperion systems strategy Define, develop, and document business and systems requirements Build an integrated metadata environment consisting of both operational and business metadata ensuring the quality and integrity of the data Identify opportunities to optimize performance of existing data structure Coordinate workshops, develop design documentation, develop/configure the solution, data migration, testing, and training Define, develop, and document business and systems requirements Design and implement data quality and data auditing processes Understand the business context of the engagement Technical Skills Sr Manager To conceptualize, design and assist in the implementation of new and existing systems, middleware, data warehouse and production architectures Ability to architect, design and develop an enterprise Performance Management Technology engagement solution Implementation experience with one of the following required: Hyperion Essbase, Analyzer, Intelligence, Reports, HAL, DIM Hyperion System 9 Hyperion Interactive Reporting, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Hyperion Web Analysis Prior experience with implementation of Hyperion Enterprise preferred Solid understanding of intersection points between Hyperion HFM, Hyperion Essbase & Hyperion Planning Proficient in SQL Development of calc scripts Certified Hyperion Professional (CHP) in either Financial Management, Planning and/or Essbase is preferred Proficient in one or more of major OLAP tools such as MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Brio, SAS and their administration Finance backgrounds are a plus; experience in Financial Close, Consolidation & Reporting cycle, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting process Proficient in one or more of major metadata tools and their administration Proficient in one or more of major data modeling tools such as Erwin, Data Architect, Oracle Designer and their administration Provide support on data quality components during the implementation of the solution architecture Provide oversight support to the design, development and QA teams Define areas of improvement to optimize data flows Identify strategy for data acquisition and archival Manager Ability to architect, design and develop an enterprise Performance Management Technology engagement solution Implementation experience with one of the following required: Hyperion Essbase, Analyzer, Intelligence, Reports, HAL, DIM Hyperion System 9 Hyperion Interactive Reporting, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Hyperion Web Analysis Prior experience with implementation of Hyperion Enterprise preferred Solid understanding of intersection points between Hyperion HFM, Hyperion Essbase & Hyperion Planning Proficient in SQL Development of calc scripts Certified Hyperion Professional (CHP) in either Financial Management, Planning and/or Essbase is preferred Proficient in one or more of major OLAP tools such as MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Brio, SAS and their administration Finance backgrounds are a plus; experience in Financial Close, Consolidation & Reporting cycle, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting process Proficient in one or more of major metadata tools and their administration Proficient in one or more of major data modeling tools such as Erwin, Data Architect, Oracle Designer and their administration Provide support on data quality components during the implementation of the solution architecture Provide oversight support to the design, development and QA teams Define areas of improvement to optimize data flows Identify strategy for data acquisition and archival Sr Conslt Ability to architect, design and develop an enterprise Performance Management Technology engagement solution Implementation experience with one of the following required: Hyperion Essbase, Analyzer, Intelligence, Reports, HAL, DIM Hyperion System 9 Hyperion Interactive Reporting, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Hyperion Web Analysis Prior experience with implementation of Hyperion Enterprise preferred Hands on delivery experience in multiple segments of the project lifecycle, with an emphasis on the technical configuration of Hyperion Planning Solid understanding of intersection points between Hyperion HFM, Hyperion Essbase & Hyperion Planning Proficient in SQL Development of calc scripts Certified Hyperion Professional (CHP) in either Financial Management, Planning and/or Essbase is preferred Proficient in one or more of major OLAP tools such as MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Brio, SAS and their administration Finance backgrounds are a plus; experience in Financial Close, Consolidation & Reporting cycle, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting process Professional experience and demonstrated competency in any of the following operating systems: Windows NT, MVS, Unix (Solaris, HP, AIX), VMS Education: Sr Manager Bachelor's Degree; an advanced degree or MBA is preferred; 10-14 years of relevant work experience Manager Bachelor's Degree; an advanced degree or MBA is preferred; 6-10 years of relevant work experience Sr Conslt Bachelor's Degree; an advanced degree or MBA is preferred; as well as 4-6 years of relevant work experience The ideal candidate will possess the following professional qualities: Prior consulting experience in a "Trusted Advisor" role (Those without prior consulting experience will still be considered, but for a slightly lower level) Integrity - demonstrating the highest standards in everything you do Leadership Skills - motivating, influencing, and providing direction to others Team Skills - interacting and cooperating with others to achieve common goals Intellectual Competence - learning and processing new information, analyzing problems and new situations, and exercising sound judgment Flexibility - shifting priorities, adapting to new working situations and hours, and bouncing back from possible setbacks Motivation - setting high performance standards for yourself, and exceeding them Communication Skills - effectively articulating your thoughts and ideas both orally and in writing and proactively listening to others Prioritization Skills - organizing, planning and juggling multiple priorities and assignments to maximize productivity Customer Service Focus - developing, maintaining, and ensuring high quality client or customer relationships Technical Skills - acquiring and using specific knowledge of the technical tools required for the position Mentoring Skills - assist in the mentoring of more junior team members Ability to function independently and interact effectively with operational areas and colleagues Comfortable interacting with C Suite level executives Prior experience performing business development and relationship management functions Good written and verbal communication skills Excellent compensation. (Will not lose a great candidate due to money!) MUST be willing to travel M-F A minimum of a Bachelors degree is REQUIRED. Masters degree, MBA, or higher is highly desirable. Additional professional certification(s) is highly desirable.