09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:20 Oracle EPM and BI Overview – The Financial Transformation process
10:20 – 10:40 Improving the Group Financial Close Process
10:40 – 11:00 Planning for a changing economy – How the EPM complete Solution has enhanced our Business.
11:00 – 11:20 BREAK
11:20 – 11:40 Manage Risk and uncertainty with a good Corporate Strategy
11:40 – 12:00 The benefits of a robust planning solution.
12:00 – 12:20 Panel discussion and Q&A
12:20 – 13:00 Lunch

We expect high numbers of registrations and hence if you wish to reserve a place, please email me back asap. (Note we are limiting attendance to 2 per company at this time.)

Oracle Hyperion Planning is a centralised planning, budgeting and forecasting solution that helps organisations to create accurate forecasts and reduce budgeting and planning cycles by weeks or months.

Complementary and with out of the box integration to all leading financial management systems including e-business, Peoplesoft, JDE, SAP and others, Oracle Hyperion Planning is quick to implement.

“Oracle Hyperion Planning enables us to deliver timely, accurate medium- and long-term budget forecasts without the need for additional resources.”— Julie Cave, Finance Systems Manager, Reading Borough Council.

Register now for one of our complimentary hands-on half-day workshops.

What you will achieve in this workshop:

• An understanding of the value and power that Oracle Hyperion Planning can bring to your business
• Through a set of guided hands-on tutorials, you will be shown how to:
• Update plan data and add information to support plan requirements
• Use the built-in Planning process functionality to manage your plan process
• Amend the plan process to support plan capture and further analysis and communicate this through the enterprise
• Use graphical reporting, presentation and visualisation tools to rapidly identify trends and glean business insight

Gain an appreciation of how the Oracle Essbase OLAP Server offers broad support for demanding business intelligence analytics requirements enabling business users to manipulate large data sets to model complex scenarios, forecast outcomes, and perform what-if analyses to identify trends and optimise business results.

Feedback from past attendees:
“This was an extremely helpful overview of the functionality”
“Very useful to have hands-on experience of a new tool”
“The presenters were very approachable and helpful in answering questions. Gave a good practical overview of the system”

• Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting managers
• Financial Controllers who are responsible for Business / Financial Planning
• Operational planning managers
• Business analysts
• MI or BI managers, and heads of BI or MI
• Users who spend a large proportion of time producing and delivering Excel spreadsheets and reports to business users

• Offering 1st and 2nd line support to customers of Oracle Hyperion software, recording all service desk enquiries and following cases through to resolution.
• Helping maintain internal IT requirements
• Helping with planning and execution of software installations with a progression to Infrastructure/ Application Consultancy.

Full training will be provided on relevant Oracle Hyperion products. There is a good opportunity for progression into our growing Infrastructure or Application Consulting teams.

Knowledge

You will be working with and need a good understanding of:-

• Supporting Hyperion Planning, HFM or Essbase
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008
• Windows security and permissions

Skills

You will need to possess the following qualities;

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a fast learner.
• Maintain open lines of communication, giving customer total focus and keeping them up to date.
• Possess excellent problem solving skills whereby clients’ issues are clearly diagnosed and resolved.
• Be a strong technician able to transfer knowledge on technical topics to Oracle Support.
• Act independently while researching and developing solutions to client issues.
• Utilise all available resources to aid in problem solving.
• Proactively manage issues to assure highest levels of customer satisfaction.
• Be expected to continue learning new technologies and expand Hyperion product knowledge.
• Have a high degree of job satisfaction from solving client problems

Location

Winchester, Hampshire

What Next

Interested? Send us your CV.

We are looking for an experienced BI professional to join our consultancy and support team based at our Winchester office.
This role would suit an IT graduate with experience in Oracle BI or similar.

Oracle certification highly desirable, but not a necessity. Helpdesk experience is not necessary but beneficial.

Knowledge

You must be proficient in the following technologies

• OBIEE/SE1
• SQL/Other Multidimensional Databases
• Oracle Essbase (highly beneficial)

The following areas are also beneficial

• Oracle Hyperion Support experience
• Virtualisation technologies
• IIS / ASP.net
• Customer Support experience

Skills

You will need to possess the following qualities;

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a fast learner.
• Maintain open lines of communication, giving customer total focus and keeping them up to date.
• Possess excellent problem solving skills whereby clients’ issues are clearly diagnosed and resolved.
• Be a strong technician able to transfer knowledge on technical topics to Oracle Support.
• Act independently while researching and developing solutions to client issues.
• Utilise all available resources to aid in problem solving.
• Proactively manage issues to assure highest levels of customer satisfaction.
• Be expected to continue learning new technologies and expand Hyperion product knowledge.
• Have a high degree of job satisfaction from solving client problems

Our helpdesk is very much a 2nd line + technical helpdesk specifically for Oracle/Hyperion application and infrastructure. Time is spent investigating technical problems and testing in our virtual labs. It is not a 1st line helpdesk, call taking is minimal. We are looking for someone who can think on their feet and take ownership of technical issues through to completion all the while liaising with customers.

An ideal candidate will have excellent communication and time management skills. You should have very strong technical skills and have a keen interest in IT and technical environments. You should be keen to learn and comfortable working with a team of fast-paced dynamic young professionals. You will be expected to take responsibility of your own work and be flexible on the technical work required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to specialise in Oracle Hyperion applications with excellent career progression opportunities within PureApps.

We are recruiting now and looking to fill this position ASAP.

Location

Winchester, Hampshire

What Next

Interested? Send us your CV.

We are looking for an IT Customer Support Analyst to join our support desk at our Winchester office.
This role would suit an IT graduate or similar.

Oracle Hyperion knowledge is not necessary, full training will be given including Oracle certification. Helpdesk experience is not necessary but beneficial.

Knowledge

You must be proficient in the following technologies

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008
• Windows XP/7
• Office 2003+
• Windows Server Security – Local and Domain
• Basic database maintenance knowledge MS SQL and/or Oracle Database
• Network technologies and communications

The following areas are also beneficial

• Virtualisation technologies
• IIS / ASP.net
• Customer Support experience

Skills

You will need to possess the following qualities;

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a fast learner.
• Maintain open lines of communication, giving customer total focus and keeping them up to date.
• Possess excellent problem solving skills whereby clients’ issues are clearly diagnosed and resolved.
• Be a strong technician able to transfer knowledge on technical topics to Oracle Support.
• Act independently while researching and developing solutions to client issues.
• Utilise all available resources to aid in problem solving.
• Proactively manage issues to assure highest levels of customer satisfaction.
• Be expected to continue learning new technologies and expand Hyperion product knowledge.
• Have a high degree of job satisfaction from solving client problems

Our helpdesk is very much a 2nd line + technical helpdesk specifically for Oracle Hyperion application and infrastructure. The role is mostly an offline role. Time is spent investigating technical problems and testing in our virtual labs. It is not a 1st line helpdesk, call taking is minimal. We are looking for someone who can think on their feet and take ownership of technical issues through to completion all the while liaising with customers.

An ideal candidate will have excellent communication and time management skills. You should have very strong technical skills and have a keen interest in IT and technical environments. You should be keen to learn and comfortable working with a team of fast-paced dynamic young professionals. You will be expected to take responsibility of your own work and be flexible on the technical work required.

As well as providing technical support to our customers there is an opportunity to assist in the maintenance of our internal IT system. A good working knowledge of MS domains, MSAD and server architectures would be beneficial for this.

As part of the support program we will also be training you on installation and configuration of Oracle Hyperion systems and components. Typically after working in our support desk candidates progress into either Infrastructure or Application Consulting and join our Consulting Services Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate to specialise in Oracle Hyperion applications with excellent career progression opportunities within PureApps.

We are recruiting now and looking to fill this position ASAP

Location

Winchester, Hampshire

What Next

Interested? Send us your CV.

The EMEA Partner Specialization Awards, is an annual awards program which recognizes partners’ achievements in delivering customer value and innovation.

Partner Specialization Awards are open to specialized partners in EMEA who have demonstrated success with specialization and outstanding solution or service innovation.

Dermot O’Kelly Senior Vice President, Alliances and Channels, Oracle EMEA said:
“These awards recognise Specialized partners who deliver the highest levels of innovation and customer value. They also enable customers to find and select Oracle’s top performing partners. This year’s winners really demonstrated their contribution to tangible customer success by delivering outstanding Oracle solutions; their results are truly impressive.”

The nominees were judged by a panel of Oracle EMEA Alliances & Channels executives and a renowned team of IDC executives and analysts.

The Accelerate Partner of the Year

Criteria
Recognizes an Oracle Accelerate Partner who has successfully sold and delivered multiple Oracle applications license deals to midsize customers.

Measurements
OPN Specializations achieved, % revenue growth, investment in Oracle skills and demand generation, leads/deals per year, new customer references, usage of OBAs (Oracle Business Accelerator tools), and the successful creation and implementation of Oracle Accelerate Solutions.

To see a video blog by Jordan Wilson detailing what this award means to PureApps please click the following link:

PureApps Limited, winner of the Oracle EMEA 2011 Accelerate Partner of the Year 2011 with 5 specializations under their belt, delivers BI & EPM solutions for customers. The company believe that the OPN Specialized Program has enabled PureApps to take the leading position in the EPM and BI space

Ritchie Edwards (WE Channel Director Applications – Oracle EMEA) interviews Nick Wyatt from Pureapps in the UK about specialization with Oracle and also the launch of the first HFM Accelerate solution in the U.K.

08:30 – Breakfast

09:00 – Introduction – Nick Wyatt

09:15 - Positioning - Steve Derbyshire

09:45 – Demonstration (FDM) – Keith Nicholas

10:00 – BREAK

10:15 – Demonstration (HFM) – Keith Nicholas

10:45 – Customer Case Study – Savills Plc

11:00 – One to One Sessions.

Our solution has been designed for the midsize companies. The Accelerate approach is the most cost and time efficient way of achieving the successful financial close for your company.

The knowledge we have accrued in numerous implementations has enabled us to deliver a solution in a timely manner. Pre-defined scope and deliverable ensure focus on the project from both PureApps and Client resources. Whilst the deliverable can be tailored, we have gained success for our clients by keeping to a tried and tested formula.

Many of our customers ask us to scope out a Phase One programme so that they achieve success within three to four months of the start. This means our customer’s management team sees clear value and will be encouraged to expand the solution deeper into the organisation or pursue other EPM projects.
What PureApps Accelerate solutions for Financial Consolidation and Reporting offer:

• Lower cost fixed-scope implementation
• The Market leading solutions
• Rapid and efficient implementation delivery
• Minimal business disruption
• Rapid time to value
• Scope tailored to your business
• Demonstrated customer successes
• Low risk, high value business transformation
• PureApps’s Certified and Specialized Implementation specialists