EPM Development Lead

Are you an experienced EPM professional looking for a new challenge?

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), a joint venture between Sopra Steria and the NHS, is looking for an experienced EPM Development Leader to help shape and grow our Enterprise Performance Management capability.

In this highly client-facing role, you will lead the development of new EPM solutions, working closely with clients, finance teams and technology specialists to understand requirements and create scalable, standardised services.

You will work across Oracle EPM Cloud, Oracle Fusion and Oracle R12.2, helping clients improve financial planning, forecasting, reconciliation, consolidation and wider performance management processes.

You will also play a key role in developing new capability through an MVP approach, ensuring solutions are successfully designed, embedded and scaled across NHS SBS.

This is a hybrid opportunity and can be based anywhere in the UK. You will be expected to travel to one of our sites in the North of England at least twice a month.

What you will be doing:

• Lead client-facing EPM advisory and implementation engagements, from initial requirements through to delivery.
• Design and develop Oracle EPM solutions, including EPBCS/PBCS, FCCS and ARCS.
• Work with clients to understand complex finance and performance management requirements and translate them into practical, scalable solutions.
• Lead the development of new EPM capability using an MVP approach, helping create standardised and scalable services.
• Develop and manage data integration processes, ensuring EPM solutions connect effectively with wider finance and business systems.
• Build strong relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, identifying opportunities to improve, expand and develop EPM services.

What you will bring:

• Experience across Enterprise Performance Management, ideally within a complex finance, consulting or shared-services environment.
• Strong experience working with Oracle EPM Cloud solutions, including EPBCS/PBCS and FCCS.
• A strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and reconciliation processes.
• Experience designing, developing or implementing EPM solutions within a complex organisation or client environment.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex requirements into practical solutions.
• Experience operating at a senior level within an EPM and/or Account-to-Report (A2R) environment, helping shape strategy and drive improvements.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - North of England
Security Clearance Level: BPSS
Internal Recruiter: Josh
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, which can also be taken as cash, 25 days’ holiday, with the option to purchase up to an additional 10 days per year, AXA medical insurance, 6% pension contribution and life assurance at 4x salary

If you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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NHS Shared Business Services was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer.

Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance and accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.