Hfm Consultant

Role & responsibilities

Deep understanding of HFM's architecture, features, and metadata management.

• Proficiency in writing, debugging, and optimizing HFM calculation rules.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, and consolidation processes.
• Hands-on experience with tools like FDMEE, ODI, or similar.
• Proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL for data management and troubleshooting.
• Experience with HFM, Essbase, Smart View, and Hyperion Financial Reporting (HFR).
• Knowledge of Essbase (ASO/BSO), MaxL scripting, and performance tuning.
• Strong communication, analytical, and documentation skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• System Support & Maintenance: Provide daily support for HFM, ensuring high availability and performance, handling data loads, metadata updates, and system health checks.
• Financial Consolidation & Reporting: Support finance teams with budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting processes, including managing HFM rules and ensuring data integrity.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot and resolve HFM-related issues, such as data integrity problems, process failures, and user access issues.
• Integration & Data Management: Manage FDMEE (or other data management tools) integrations with source systems (like ERPs) and maintain hierarchies in Data Relationship Management (DRM).
• Reporting & User Support: Design and maintain financial reports using HFM, along with supporting users with Smart View for data retrieval and analysis.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, test plans, support logs, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Application Enhancements: Assist with minor enhancements and the application of patches to the HFM environment.