Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.

At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:

• Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least once per week

• Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month

• Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job

• Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building

Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per month.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Oracle Cloud EPM Architect will be responsible for understanding how our organization operates and leverages its financial systems. This role will involve making recommendations on how to utilize the out-of-the-box functionality of Oracle EPM systems to remove complexity, minimize the support levels required, and add transparency and structure for stakeholders. The Oracle EPM Lead Architect will collaborate with the team and stakeholders to develop and implement these recommendations, ensuring that our systems are optimized for efficiency and effectiveness. Additionally, this position will continue to support, train, and enhance the systems, as well as maintain and support the existing infrastructure.

This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only.  This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Required Work Experience

• 5 years of experience working with Oracle EPM and Planning systems in an architect, engineer, or development role

Required Education

• High School Diploma or GED in general field of study

Required Licenses

• N/A

Required Certifications

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Work Experience

• Workforce Planning module (WFP)
• Allocations (PCM/EPCM)
• Scripting language(s), including MDX, Groovy, SQL, REST API
• Data management tools such as Workiva and Alteryx
• Healthcare, health insurance, or insurance industry experience
• Oracle AI capabilities (IPM)
• Oracle Strategic Planning
• Activity-based costing (ABC) methodologies for accurate cost allocation and financial analysis

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Business, or related field

Preferred Licenses

• N/A

Preferred Certifications

• Relevant Oracle Cloud certifications such as Oracle Cloud EPM or Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud (e.g., Oracle Planning Cloud Implementation Specialist)
• Relevant Agile project management certification, including Scrum, with relevant certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster or Product owner

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect, design, and implement Oracle EPM solutions that align with business needs and best practices.
• Innovate, optimize, and support existing solutions and processes.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and support to the development team and stakeholders.
• Ownership of end-to-end data integration processes between EPM and other enterprise applications
• Isolate, troubleshoot and resolve concerns as they arise, including root cause analysis and corrective action plans.
• Conduct evaluations, research, and prototyping to foster team innovation and adoption of new tools, while thoroughly vetting ideas to avoid unnecessary development efforts
• Produce live technical documentation to foster clarity and consistency.
• Implementing an interactive, multi scenario, Long Range Plan (LRP)
• Utilize 'out of the box' technology to replace and create solutions, highlighting the benefits and scalability of using built-in functionality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into functional technical specifications using best-fit architectures.
• Stay updated with the latest Oracle EPM technologies and industry trends, applying the value of that knowledge to the enterprise.
• Deliver incremental value through bi-weekly sprints and actively participate in all Scrum events and activities while keeping progress updated in ServiceNow

• The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Required Job Skills

• Expertise in Oracle EPM and related products, including Planning, Essbase cubes & scripting, Financial Reporting, Data Management (ETL/Pipeline)
• Extensive knowledge of financial planning processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Understanding of BSO/ASO cubes, Business Rules, Data Maps, EPM Automate, Data Forms, and Smart View
• Strong technical documentation skills and a strong ability to translate technical concepts so that they are easily understood by laymen

Required Professional Competencies

• N/A

Required Leadership Experience and Competencies

• N/A

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

Preferred Job Skills

• N/A

Preferred Professional Competencies

• N/A

Preferred Leadership Experience and Competencies

• N/A

Our Commitment

AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.

Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.  For more information on our company, see azblue.com.  If interested in this position, please apply.