EPMIcast welcomes Oracle’s GVP of Product Management, Hari Sankar! The episode focuses on Oracle’s EPM and ERP strategy. Additionally, Hari shares insights on implementation methodologies, key EPM functionality, and the future of finance.

The conversation covers Hari Sankar’s career, debates lift and shift implementations, and evaluates the competition. This episode provides real-world use cases of how customers are leveraging Oracle Machine Learning across Oracle Cloud Planning, Financial Close, and Account Reconciliation.

In this episode, Oracle's Matt Bradley sits down with EPMI's Minie and Nihar Parikh at CloudWorld. Their interesting discussion weaves in and out of Oracle's history and provides EPM strategies and roadmaps for the Oracle Cloud EPM platform.

The episode starts with the genesis of EPM and Hyperion with Oracle's strategy through decades of innovation. Minie and Nihar lead the discussion to use cases and user adoption.

Lastly, Matt shares what is coming to the platform. Subscribe to EPMIcast for more episodes from our upcoming live from Oracle CloudWorld series.

This episode is the first of three in-person episodes recorded during Oracle CloudWorld in Las Vegas! Our discussion with Oracle’s GVP of Financial & SCM Systems, Chris Muli focuses on the breadth and depth of Oracle’s platform across EPM, ERP, and Supply Chain. Nihar and Chris explore topics around the EPM market, economy, and upcoming features in Cash Flow Planning, IPM, and Supply Chain integrations.

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We welcome Oracle’s Nick Boronski back to the show to discuss the competition in the Financial Close and Account Reconciliation marketplace. The discussion uncovers key functionality differentiators, pricing models, compliance, data extraction, and customer cases.

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Michelle is a Certified Public Accountant with 20+ years of experience with Oracle software, originating with Hyperion version 4. Her strong accounting and finance in addition to her ability to understand technology enable her in tackling challenging business requirements, analyzing alternatives, and providing innovative solutions. Michelle has worked as both a Hyperion on-premise consultant and Oracle Cloud EPM Consultant in additional to various finance and accounting leadership positions throughout her career. In her free time, she enjoys balancing family activities, gardening, and kayak fishing.

EPMIcast invites James Rodgers, Master Principal Solutions Engineer at Oracle to discuss Oracle Cloud EPM user adoption strategies after an implementation go-live. Minie Parikh and James discuss Oracle’s built-in learning tools, EPMI’s knowledge transfer strategies, successful education methods, and more! For those streaming on YouTube, James closes the episode with an exclusive demo on Oracle’s Guided Learning, Help Center, and Academy!

Bryan Kelly, CPA joined EPMI in '22 after enjoying stints in both public and corporate accounting. At EPMI, Bryan works on Account Reconciliation and Financial Consolidation and Close implementations. He leverages his accounting skillset and client-side experience to share insights and develop tailored cloud solutions for his clients.

Joining EPMIcast from Chicago, Jessica Downes Master Principal Solution Engineer at Oracle shares the impressive capabilities of Oracle Cloud Tax Reporting. The ‘Cast discusses the benefits of the Tax Reporting functionality, the solution’s competition, customer success stories, and provides a product roadmap to what is coming to the platform!

Sustainability and ESG reporting is a trending topic for businesses across all industries and around the globe. To break down this topic, we invited Oracle Senior Solution Engineer, Katherine Price, to join us for the episode. During this discussion, we analyze the current state of ESG reporting, understand how EPM is being leveraged for ESG reporting, and share why Oracle is a good fit for your ESG solution.

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The EPMIcast is joined by Kscope22 speaker, Oracle Ace Alum, and Oracle EPM Solutions Consultant, Nick Boronski! We also have Minie Parikh our Senior Vice President of Operations at EPMI. In this session, we learn about Nick’s experience, Account Reconciliations use cases, new features, and customer stories!