Hyperion Essbase Planning Sr. Developer

Job Title: Hyperion Essbase & Planning Developer
Corporate Grade: BA4
Reports to (Line Manager's Job Title): Hyperion Development Project Manager
Direct Reports (if applicable): -
Business Area: Group Risk & Finance Technology
Department/Function Level 1: Central Functions Technology
Department/Function Level 2: Operations and Technology

Primary Location: Radbroke, Cheshire, UK

IAR/Regulated role Yes/No: No

Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. Please visit our website here for more information.

About Group Risk & Finance Technology

Group Risk & Finance Technology (GRFT) works exclusively for its customers within both Finance and Risk to deliver and support systems and solutions to support the particular needs of these two functions.
About Operations & Technology

The role is positioned within the Operations & Technology department. This team works in partnership with the organisation, co-creating products and services that deliver an exceptional customer and client experience. Please visit our website here for more information.

Overall purpose of role

The role sits within the "Build the Bank" (BtB) Hyperion Essbase & Planning Developer team. The purpose of this team is to develop, implement, and support various Essbase & Planning applications within the Bank. The selected candidate will be responsible for development, enhancement and, to a lesser extent, support of Hyperion Essbase & Planning applications. The candidate will guide & work alongside other developers & analysts and report to the Hyperion Development Project Manager. The candidate will be a key contact person for development as well as operations team.

Key Accountabilities

Specific accountabilities and time split:

90% of Assignment- Deliver Application development and change
• Deliver changes as per timelines agreed with management and stakeholders
• Develop and test developments on Hyperion Planning (Web forms, Metadata, Rules,..) and Essbase
• Perform peer review of development
• Work with Operational support team to understand the requirements and assess associated effort to requested changes
• Maintain Hyperion artefacts, baselines (version control) and documentation as per the existing control framework
• Proactively engage with operational support team to provide guidance on the use of the product or best practice when considered necessary
• Proactively look for any potential performance degradation following the introduction of a new change and flag the risk accordingly.
• Produce documentation to the required standard of quality and within the constraints of time and service levels

10% of Assignment - Production Support
• Liaise with Hyperion Support L1/L2 team to assist in incidents resolution as per the agreed SLA and incident severity
• Pick up incidents raised against the Planning & Forecasting system (especially Planning & Essbase) that are assigned 3rd line support and work as a point of escalation for business support

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Key requirements:
• Proven ability to demonstrate strong stakeholder management/delivery to the business.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences and the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.

• Effective in managing self and team workload

Decision-making and Problem Solving

Key requirements:
• Forward planning with a proactive approach to situations.
• Ability to multi-task in a highly pressurised support environment.

• Ability to gain knowledge from colleagues and train others to grow within the team.

• Strong Team player - able to manage their own workload and good vertical reporting skills to Senior Management.

• Strong leadership and organisation skills with proven ability to be able to manage other people's workload and ensure all deliverables are met.

• Self-Starter and well-motivated to deliver in a Highly Pressurised Support Environment
• Being able to assist in Problem solving and root cause identification.

Risk and Control Objective [This section is mandatory for all role profiles and must not be deleted]

All Barclays colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

Key requirements and capabilities for the role:

• Business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges with the ability to advise implement and apply the right tools/processes to meet these challenges.

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in Hyperion & Planning space.
• Strong knowledge on different types of Essbase Applications like ASO/BSO and using them according to requirement and good understanding on performance tuning for the cube.

• Strong experience in Hyperion Essbase which involves dimension build, data loading, MAXL scripting, Calculation Scripts

• Experience on Application creation (Classic and EPMA) in Planning, and having good understanding on web forms Smart list, task list

• Exposure on metadata migrations

• Basic knowledge in Oracle or SQL Server DB

• Technical background in IT and/or Computer Science Related degree.

• Involvement in automation process of data loading and dimension building using batch scripts, and MAXL Scripts.

• Hands on experience in migration activities using LCM and in security setups using Hyperion Shared services.
• Hands on experience in security setups using Hyperion Shared services and involved in migration activity using LCM
• Very good functional understanding of business and finance viz Budget, Forecast, planning and Data management
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle. Well versed with Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and various phases and project milestones

The Benefits: Our customers deserve the best. The same goes for our employees. That's why at Barclays you'll receive a range of benefits that include a competitive salary and all the tools, technology and support you need to succeed.

Our Culture: Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our employees. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

------------------ Barclays is an equal opportunity employer and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.For more detailed information, please visit our dedicated Diversity and Inclusion site here .

Role Profile Attestation

The content of this role profile is relevant for the role in question.

Name of reviewer: Andrew Pindar

Role of reviewer: VP - Finance IT Development Manager

Date of review : 23 rd March 2017

Purpose and Values

Barclays has a single cross-business Purpose for Barclays and five core Values which underpin it.

Our Purpose is helping people achieve their ambitions in the right way. Put simply this is the answer to the question 'What is Barclays for?' and it should guide our every action as employees.

Respect
We respect and value those we work with, and the contribution that they make.
Integrity
We act fairly, ethically and openly in all we do.
Service
We put our clients and customers at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We use our energy, skills and resources to deliver the best, sustainable results.
Stewardship
We are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.



Salary: . Date posted: 20/04/2017