Rahul Singh

Senior Application Development Manager (promoted July 2024)

Application Development Manager (Aug 2021 – Jun 2024)

• Own strategy, roadmap, and 24×7 production support for global Oracle EPM Cloud platform (OCI Essbase, FCCS, Narrative Reporting), Concur, and RPA automations supporting $6.6B revenue planning, consolidations, and tax reporting.
• Partner daily with Workday HCM team to design and maintain real-time automated integrations feeding employee, cost-center, project, and compensation data into Essbase planning cubes and downstream reporting models.
• Provide ongoing support and enhancements for Concur expense management and company-wide Workday Adaptive Planning instance (used heavily by Warehouse expense planning), streamlining data flows and reconciliation processes.
• Architected three enterprise Essbase cubes (EMEA Planning, Global Consolidations, Retail KPI) supporting retail, wholesale, hospitality, and licensing channels; introduced microservices-style script architecture (MaxL, CLI, MDX, PowerShell, Batch) for maximum flexibility and zero-downtime deployments.
• Led Oracle Cloud licensing negotiations and annual budget planning for OCI Essbase, FCCS, and Narrative Reporting, achieving ~25% cost optimization while scaling capacity.
• Eliminated manual month-end processes (previously 60+ hours) by fully automating data/metadata loads via Control-M, REST APIs, and scheduled jobs.
• Championed Agile adoption and “crawl-walk-run” delivery framework, reducing enhancement cycles from 12 weeks to 3–4 weeks and strengthening IT-Finance partnership.
• Built and mentored high-performing onshore/offshore team of 12; established best-practice documentation, peer reviews, and knowledge-transfer programs that reduced key-person risk.
• Pioneered Dataiku, and Databricks adoption for advanced ETL and initiated proof-of-concept time-series forecasting model; trained internal AI chatbot (RLGPT) on IT Finance processes with secure data access layer.

• Led the successful replacement of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) with OneStream XF for global statutory consolidation and external financial reporting, retiring legacy HFM on schedule while improving close efficiency and audit readiness.
• Designed and implemented an end-to-end metadata management workflow in ServiceNow that simplified Cost Center, Entity, Account, and custom dimension requests; enabled external vendor team to execute updates accurately across Oracle EPBCS (Financials, Workforce, Projects, Capex modules) and OneStream with minimal internal effort.
• Automated metadata updates within Oracle EPBCS ecosystem using EPM Automate scripts and RPA bots for approved recurring changes, eliminating 150–200 hours of manual annual effort and drastically reducing errors.
• Owned production support and enhancements for Oracle EPM Cloud (all four EPBCS modules) and legacy HFM; delivered 30+ enhancements via lightweight Agile process that required almost no finance-user retraining.
• Built Project and Capital Expenditure reporting cubes in EPBCS, delivering real-time visibility into $500M+ annual capex and strategic project portfolios for FP&A and executive leadership.
• Implemented RPA-driven post-load data integrity checks across HFM, EPBCS, and OneStream, strengthening reconciliation accuracy and SOX compliance.
• Partnered with Corporate Accounting, FP&A, and Tax to gather requirements, author BRDs/TDDs, and drive UAT to 100% acceptance.
• Delivered all finance-IT initiatives in a highly regulated, SOX-controlled environment with zero major audit findings.

• Managed end-to-end Oracle EPM Cloud implementations for Fortune 500 clients in luxury retail, logistics, and technology; owned requirements gathering, solution design, offshore development oversight, UAT coordination, and go-live sign-off – consistently delivering projects on time and within approved budget.
• Led blended onshore/offshore teams (8–15 members) through full project lifecycles to implement Oracle EPBCS (Financials & Workforce modules), Oracle Analytics Cloud Essbase, EPRCS, and Data Visualization, successfully retiring legacy on-premise Hyperion environments.
• Designed and executed migrations of complex on-premise Essbase and Hyperion Planning applications to OCI-based OAC Essbase, achieving 50–70% faster calc performance and eliminating client on-premise infrastructure.
• Partnered directly with client CFOs, Controllers, and FP&A leaders to translate sophisticated budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning requirements into robust, adopted solutions; secured 100% client acceptance on every go-live.
• Proactively identified process gaps and pain points during discovery and design phases, proposing and delivering high-ROI enhancements that were approved and implemented on all engagements.
• Served as primary client-facing lead for statements of work (SOW), scope control, risk management, and change requests; maintained or exceeded target gross margins on every assigned project.
• Established disciplined, repeatable delivery practices for waterfall-based EPM Cloud projects, earning consistent client praise for predictability and quality.

• Owned global monthly financial close and consolidation process in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) for 30+ entities; managed metadata updates, multi-ERP data loads (JD Edwards one – North America, JDE - EMEA/APAC, Microsoft Navision – Russia), intercompany eliminations, currency translation, and final validation with zero material variances.
• Upgraded HFM from 11.1.2.2 to 11.1.2.4 and led concurrent migration from classic FDM to FDMEE; delivered fully automated data integration layer that eliminated manual mapping effort and cut load-to-close time by 2+ business days.
• Designed and governed enterprise metadata management process in HFM (Entity, Account, Custom1–4 dimensions) across 4 disparate ERP sources; established validation routines that prevented metadata-related close delays.
• Led production support and enhancements for Hyperion Planning and Essbase forecasting applications.
• Owned Financial Reporting Studio environment; created and maintained 50+ board- and regulator-ready reports and books with zero audit comments.
• Partnered with Corporate Accounting and regional controllers to troubleshoot consolidation issues in real time during close cycles, earning a reputation as the “go-to” expert for complex ownership structures and ICC eliminations.

Employer - Saturn Infotech and Client - Alphabet (Google)

• Owned design and full automation of Hyperion Essbase security model using MaxL scripts; created and maintained dynamic security groups and filters for 350+ global users across multiple cubes and entities.
• Performed monthly data reconciliation and validation between Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Hyperion Planning, and Essbase, consistently achieving zero material variances during close cycles.
• Managed post-go-live Workday enhancement stream: designed and supported ongoing integration of filtered employee data from Google’s in-house Java-based ETL tool (Integra) into Workday HCM/Financials, ensuring accurate and automated synchronization of employee and cost-center data.
• Automated metadata propagation from DRM to Essbase and downstream data marts, eliminating manual updates and saving 40+ hours per month during close.
• Developed executive-level reports and dashboards (headcount growth, productivity metrics, revenue attribution) using Smart View, Financial Reporting Studio, and custom data marts.
• Supported high-visibility “Lego” and “Chess” internal planning initiatives from requirements gathering through UAT and production rollout.

Saturn Infotech (acquired by Jade Global in 2017)

• Delivered full-lifecycle Hyperion implementations (Essbase, Planning, HFM, HSS) for clients ranging from consumer goods and manufacturing to retail and technology sectors.
• Designed and optimized ASO/BSO cubes with transparent partitions, automated refresh and data-load processes using MaxL, and implemented security via Hyperion Shared Services.
• Gathered requirements from finance and operational stakeholders, built project plans, and created user-facing documentation and training materials.
• Performed production support, backup/recovery, and performance tuning across block and aggregate storage applications.
• Concurrent long-term engagement: Google / Alphabet (Aug 2014 – Sep 2017) – detailed separately above.