Senior Solutions Designer

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Solutions Designer for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Toronto. In this role, you will take on a premier financial systems architecture, cloud migration, and solutions design capacity, specializing in assessing, designing, and modernizing enterprise-grade financial consolidation applications.

As a Senior Solutions Designer, you will bridge the gap between core finance operations, accounting frameworks, and cloud enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions. Operating fully onsite in Toronto, you will lead solution design activities, evaluate legacy application architectures, conduct proof-of-concept (POC) assessments, and design target-state migration paths from legacy systems to cloud-native platforms. This position demands a technical solution architect with deep domain knowledge in enterprise financial management, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), and Oracle EPM Cloud platforms who can guide strategic solution architecture and ensure seamless application migration.

Location: Toronto, ON

Assignment Type: Onsite (5 days per week)

Contract Duration: 6-month contract

Advantages
Strategic EPM Cloud Leadership: Lead high-visibility solution design for migrating legacy financial consolidation platforms to modern Oracle EPM Cloud / FCCS solutions.

Core Financial Domain Impact: Architect solutions spanning financial planning, management accounting, forecasting, public accounts, and financial reporting systems.

Proof of Concept Ownership: Drive feasibility assessments, technical design evaluations, and target-state roadmaps to inform enterprise-scale cloud migrations.

Full SDLC Engagement: Provide end-to-end expertise across requirement analysis, architecture design, cost-benefit evaluations, and post-implementation support.

Responsibilities
Lead Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives to evaluate system feasibility and design target-state solutions for migrating legacy Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) applications to Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS).

Perform comprehensive current-state and future-state architectural assessments, evaluating application configurations, data structures, and system performance.

Gather, analyze, and translate complex financial business requirements, accounting rules, and corporate reporting mandates into scalable technical specifications.

Provide senior technical advice and architectural guidance on short-term and long-term financial solution development activities.

Design and configure target-state EPM environments, multi-dimensional data models, and integration workflows to support forecasting, consolidations, and reporting.

Conduct systems evaluations and performance benchmarks to assess existing capacity, identify technical bottlenecks, and recommend expansion or migration strategies.

Partner with finance teams, solution architects, technical leads, and external consultants to manage and resolve application issues and integration challenges.

Develop detailed technical documentation, architectural blueprints, technical specifications, and executive briefing decks.

Prepare cost-benefit analyses, risk assessments, effort estimations, and project task breakdowns to support migration planning.

Apply formal system development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SDLC) to ensure solution alignment with internal controls and reporting standards.

Qualifications
Core Technical & Financial Solutions Requirements
Oracle EPM & HFM Mastery: Deep technical knowledge and hands-on solutions design experience with Oracle EPM Cloud platforms, with specific application expertise in migrating legacy Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) applications.

FCCS Experience: Hands-on experience or familiarity with Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Service (FCCS) is highly preferred.

Financial Reporting & Consolidations: Proven domain knowledge in enterprise financial management, public accounts, financial planning, management accounting, and multi-dimensional forecasting.

Migration & Implementation Experience: Demonstrated track record designing, implementing, and supporting the migration of large, complex enterprise financial systems.

Analytical & Data Modeling Skills: Strong analytical capabilities to inspect multi-dimensional datasets, perform gap analyses, and re-engineer business processes.

Preferred Assets & Framework Knowledge
Methodologies & Governance: Experience applying SDLC, Waterfall, or Agile delivery frameworks alongside internal financial control and controllership models.

Public Sector Context: Prior experience designing or supporting financial applications within public sector or government environments is an asset.

Soft Skills & Delivery Attributes
Stakeholder Facilitation & Mediation: Exceptional facilitation, consensus-building, and negotiation skills to engage finance stakeholders, technical teams, and executive management.

Communication & Presentation: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to deliver technical findings and strategic recommendations clearly to leadership.

Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior Solutions Designer" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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