Senior Hyperion Developer/Analyst

Position Responsibilities:

The Senior Hyperion Developer/Analyst is responsible for the analysis, design, and development of the Hyperion Planning (v11) suite.  Acts as a liaison among stakeholders in order to assist them in query tuning and training of the BI toolset from simple reporting to advanced ad hoc reporting and analytics.  Understands business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommends solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.  Interprets and transforms information based on business requirements and provides the data for delivery.  Conducts detailed research of vendor products and assists with general project management.

Essential Functions Strategy & Planning
  Evaluate logical views, data hierarchies and reporting structures.
  Provides alternatives and recommendations based on best practices and application functionality.
  Gain necessary input/approval of requirements and design, and participate in code reviews and  perform code review for others occasionally.
  Understand the business processes, how the application supports the business processes and apply this knowledge to best solve problems.
  Develop functional specifications and works with technical resources to complete object development and testing.
  Provide assistance to the business for annual budget and forecast processes.

Acquisition & Deployment
  Employ knowledge of Essbase to facilitate better deployment of Planning, application security and other interface tools.
  Develop, implement and maintain new cubes and process flows.

Operational Management
  Design and develop Hyperion and reporting solutions.
  Develop solutions to leverage Hyperion Planning and suggest process improvements.
  Lead user sessions for requirement and testing.
  Assist users with problems and resolves issues independently.
  Create test plans, test cases, test scripts and performs functional testing.
  Create and maintain system documentation.
  Work with existing systems to track and manage requests and issues.
  Provide business reports to management and clients.
  Assist in requirement gathering and creates system and user documentation.

Incidental Functions
  Assist with projects as may be required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
  Attend management meetings on behalf of team.
  Provide training and documentation for supported applications.
  Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
  Up to 25% travel as required (domestic and international).
  Work outside the standard office 7.5 hour work day as required.

Experience Required:

Knowledgeif BS, 5 years IT experience.
- 3+ years experience developing Hyperion Planning and Essbase Applications.
- Expertise with latest version of Hyperion Planning (v11) preferred.
- Strong experience as a technical resource designing and delivering Hyperion Planning/Essbase solutions. 
- Proficient in lead development and support of Workforce Planning module.
- Skilled in building and maintaining calc scripts, data loads, batch jobs, automation and MaxL Scripting.
- Experience with optimizing business rules and calc scripts.
- Understands dependencies and interrelationships between functional components of Hyperion Planning among forms, business rules, calculation scripts, variables and Essbase databases.
- ASO and BSO Essbase application development/configuration and support - including metadata design and metadata update administration, complex calculation/rule development, web form and reporting
- Knowledge of FDM for data integration including mapping rules and scripts.
- Working knowledge of software development and support methodologies.
- Proficient in SmartView and Financial Reporting Studio.
- Provide alternatives based on best practices and application functionality.
- Extensive financial process and functional knowledge preferred.
- Exposure to Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and Hyperion Enterprise is a plus.

Personal Attributes
  Strong written and oral communications skills.
  Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
  Strong systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem solving skills.
  Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  Ability to quickly pick up new tools and technologies.
  Willingness and ability to train and teach others.
  Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
  Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
  Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
  Ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements.