Your Mission

The position of EPM Senior Manager will be responsible for support of Activision Blizzard's Planning, Reporting, Profitability applications, and development of new features to meet the needs of our users.

The role will:

Validate financial data to establish trust in the data in Hyperion Planning and Reporting applications
Participate in all scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance windows
Respond to problem tickets from users to resolve application issues, assess business impact and priority
Support Hyperion applications by resolving issues submitted by users and assist them with their questions
Develop and/or modify Hyperion calculation scripts, business rules, Planning forms, SQL codes, automation packages, HPCM allocations.
Create and/or modify data load rules and perform data loads and exports to assist with unscheduled data backups and/or restores

Player Profile

The EPM Senior Manger will need to have an advanced level knowledge of Hyperion Planning, Essbase and Financial Reports, and a strong understanding of general business and accounting processes. The EPM Senior Manger will have a passion to improve our users productivity while maintaining appropriate business compliance controls. The EPM Senior Manger will be flexible in changing priorities and associated work activities to meet the changes in the business.

Minimum of 8 years Information Systems experience.
Minimum of 5 years hands on technical experience with Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Suite of products.
Solid Experience in Analysis, Design, Development and Deployment of Hyperion Planning/Essbase 11.1.2.3, Profitability and Cost Management, Oracle Data Integrator, Financial Reports, Smart View.
Strong technical skills including writing/creating calculation scripts, business rules, MAXL automation scripts, load rules, report scripts, web forms, financial reports, automation packages using ODI.
Strong analytical and complex problem-solving skills.
Solid experience using MS Office with an expert level in Excel.
Excellent communication skills and personality - we serve users in many countries around the work and in every functional area - excellent verbal and written communication skills and versatile personality is required.
A dedication for high quality service and end-product for our users.
A desire to always look for alternative and better ways to solve problems and provide solutions.
The ability to meet deadlines and prioritize competing deliverable.

Bonus Abilities

Hyperion Financial Management
Hyperion Data Management
Functional understanding of Accounting, Finance, and Planning & Budgeting
Finance knowledge - background in Finance and an understanding of the B/S and P&L
VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) knowledge for Excel to automate Essbase retrievals

Your Platform

We're headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is the world's largest interactive entertainment company, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, Skylanders, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush, and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

We're proud to be recognized as one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies To Work For for four consecutive years and have earned a spot on FORTUNE's Most Admired Companies, and Future 50 lists. Our 10,000+ global employees are some of the best and brightest talents across entertainment, media, and technology.

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. #AB

Activision Blizzard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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