Oracle ERP EPM Systems Administrator

Job Description

ABOUT REVANTAGE

Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, is a global provider of corporate services.

With a corporate purpose of ‘In Pursuit of Better,’ Revantage delivers value-added services and world-class talent for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, spanning diverse asset classes, including residential, logistics, office, hospitality and retail sectors. The company’s footprint extends across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Creating a culture that inspires impact and momentum requires the right team. We know what it takes to lead an industry, and are looking for leaders who seek constant growth, want to excel, and continuously improve upon themselves and the industry.

In addition to supporting Revantage, we also recruit for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, giving you the unique opportunity to work within a network of best-in-class professionals across a broad real estate platform. 

India

With offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram, our teams in India deliver expertise, innovation and operational excellence that support thousands of assets across logistics, data centers, residential, commercial and hospitality.

Whether you’re building new capabilities, driving critical initiatives or strengthening partnerships, you’ll have the opportunity to truly Build What Matters.

ROLE SUMMARY

We are seeking an Oracle ERP / EPM Systems Administrator for American Campus Communities (ACC), a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company and the largest owner, manager and developer of high-quality student housing communities in the United States. This is a regular, full-time, exempt corporate role based in Bengaluru, India and hired through Revantage India. The administrator reports to the VP of IT Operations.

The Oracle ERP / EPM Systems Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day administration, configuration, security and operational health of ACC's Oracle Cloud ERP Financials and Oracle Cloud EPM environments. The role is the technical owner of both platforms, covering configuration, metadata and dimension management, role design, update readiness, data flow monitoring, reporting and issue resolution, and serves as the primary bridge between Finance and Accounting and IT and as ACC's primary point of contact with Oracle Support. The role is measured heavily by the reliability of the financial close and of the planning and consolidation cycles that depend on it.

Working hours will provide meaningful daily overlap with US Central Time, aligned to the Finance and Accounting close and planning calendars, with extended availability during month-end, quarter-end and year-end close and budget and forecast cycles. The role also participates in rotating on-call coverage for US nights and weekends, supports Oracle ERP quarterly and EPM monthly update windows, and provides coverage on US and India holidays to support uninterrupted operations.

PRIMARY ROLE

• Administer and maintain Oracle Cloud ERP Financials modules, which may include General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Expenses, Procurement, Subledger Accounting and Projects.
• Perform application configuration through Functional Setup Manager and migrate configuration between environments using configuration packages.
• Maintain enterprise structures and accounting configuration, including ledgers, legal entities, business units, chart of accounts and value sets, accounting calendars and currency setup.
• Configure and maintain approval workflows for invoices, payments, expenses, requisitions and journals, and troubleshoot workflow failures and stuck approvals.
• Support period open and close activities, resolving close-blocking errors, unposted transactions and interface exceptions, and monitor the Enterprise Scheduler for failed or long-running processes.
• Administer and maintain Oracle Cloud EPM applications, which may include Planning and Budgeting, Financial Consolidation and Close, Account Reconciliation, Narrative Reporting and Enterprise Data Management.
• Own EPM metadata and dimension maintenance, keeping hierarchies aligned to the ERP chart of accounts and enterprise structures through a controlled request, validation and promotion process.
• Develop, maintain and tune business rules and calculations using Calculation Manager, including allocations, currency translation and aggregations.
• Maintain EPM forms, dashboards, task lists and valid intersections, and administer consolidation, intercompany elimination, close task management and account reconciliation processes.
• Manage EPM maintenance operations, including snapshots, Lifecycle Management artifact migration and test-to-production promotion, and automate recurring tasks using EPM Automate and/or REST APIs.
• Design and maintain ERP and EPM security to least privilege, and administer user provisioning, modification and termination in coordination with the IAM team and strictly through approved request workflow.
• Maintain single sign-on and identity integration with Microsoft Entra ID, analyze and remediate segregation of duties conflicts, and support periodic user access reviews.
• Own the Oracle ERP quarterly and EPM monthly update cycles end to end, including readiness review, impact assessment, regression testing, user acceptance testing coordination and scheduling around close and planning calendars.
• Serve as ACC's primary point of contact with Oracle Support for ERP and EPM, driving and escalating service requests through to resolution.
• Own the ERP-to-EPM data flow, including Data Integration / Data Management setup, mapping and validation that loaded balances tie to the general ledger.
• Monitor and troubleshoot financial integrations and data loads, including FBDI, ADF Desktop Integration, banking and payment interfaces, and integrations with the property management platform and other upstream and downstream systems.
• Build and maintain reporting using OTBI, BI Publisher, Financial Reporting Studio, Management Reporting, Narrative Reporting and Smart View.
• Serve as Tier 2/Tier 3 support for Finance and Accounting users, managing a ServiceNow ticket queue from receipt through resolution, and prioritize close-blocking and cycle-blocking issues above all other work.
• Follow change management for all production configuration, metadata and business rule changes, and support internal and external audit and SOX or equivalent control testing with access and change evidence.
• Document configuration, metadata processes, business rules and runbooks, and train Finance super users, budget holders and reconciliation preparers to reduce recurring ticket volume.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of evolving Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM best practices and communicate relevant improvements to Finance, team members and leadership.
• Perform other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proficiency in the secure and responsible use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and Gemini, including never exposing financial, plan, forecast, vendor or bank data or configuration secrets to unapproved tools.
• Experience applying generative AI responsibly to documentation, test scripts, business rule and SQL development and release note analysis, with human validation before anything touches production or the financial record.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud ERP Financials architecture, module interaction and the accounting flow from subledger through Subledger Accounting to General Ledger.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud EPM architecture, including cube structure, dimensionality, calculation behavior and the performance implications of metadata design.
• Working knowledge of consolidation, close management, account reconciliation and planning and forecasting processes, and how configuration affects reported results.
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud security models for ERP and EPM and of segregation of duties principles and compensating controls.
• Working SQL skills for analysis, reconciliation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with ITIL-aligned incident, request and change management and with IT service-management platforms; ServiceNow is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal business-English communication skills, with the ability to translate between accounting language and application configuration across cultures and time zones.
• Strong project- and time-management skills, with a systematic, organized approach and high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to treat the integrity of the books as the highest priority and work calmly and accurately under close deadlines.
• Ability to say no to an unreviewed production change and explain the reasoning in terms Finance leadership will accept.
• Ability to learn new concepts and software quickly and take a proactive approach to platform enhancements.
• Ability to think logically and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• At least five years of experience administering or supporting enterprise financial systems, including at least three years with Oracle Cloud ERP Financials.
• At least two years of hands-on experience administering Oracle Cloud EPM, including Planning and Budgeting, Financial Consolidation and Close or Account Reconciliation.
• Hands-on experience with EPM metadata maintenance, Calculation Manager, Data Integration, Lifecycle Management and EPM Automate, and with Functional Setup Manager and configuration packages.
• Demonstrated experience managing Oracle ERP quarterly and EPM monthly update cycles, including regression testing and user acceptance testing coordination.
• Experience supporting audit and internal control requirements is required; SOX experience and real estate, property management or student housing industry experience are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems or a related field; equivalent work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES & LICENSES

• Oracle Cloud Financials Implementation Professional (General Ledger, Payables or Receivables).
• Oracle Cloud Planning Implementation Professional.
• Oracle Cloud Financial Consolidation and Close Implementation Professional.
• Oracle Cloud Account Reconciliation Implementation Professional is a plus.
• Oracle Cloud Applications Security or Enterprise Structures certification.
• Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.
• CompTIA SecAI+ (Security AI+).
• ITIL Foundation is a plus.

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