EPMIcast

Across all industries, EPM and ERP systems offer organizations efficient and accurate business processes. Additionally, EPM and ERP systems can work together to offer organizations advanced budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. During this episode, the cast will discuss the differences between EPM and ERP, how they can work together, and best practices.

Minie Parikh has a deep understanding of Hyperion Planning, Account Reconciliations, Financial Reporting, and Smart View. She has over 10 years of industry experience working with full lifecycle Oracle EPM implementations at Big 4s and boutique firms. She specializes in working with large enterprises to gather cross-functional requirements, lead design sessions, and improve FP&A processes. Minie is a leader who drives successful results for EPMI’s clients. 

EPMI was established in 2012 by Nihar Parikh and Jay Chaney. In this episode, the cast recalls EPMI's origin story, company culture, and lessons learned!

Brian is an Account Reconciliations expert who spent over 20 years in industry as a Finance Controller and IT Director. He understands our clients’ accounting processes and can translate his deep functional experience into tailored Oracle EPM solutions.

Karissa is a senior consultant and cloud planning expert. Prior to EPMI, Karissa was a part of an FP&A team and the lead administrator and analyst of her company's Oracle Hyperion application. The array of Karissa's experiences helps finance and accounting teams humanize their business processes with Oracle Cloud EPM.

Based in Houston, Katie started her career as an accountant and was engaged in multiple Oracle implementations from Hyperion Enterprise to Oracle Cloud EPM and Oracle ERP. Katie's expertise helps our clients realize the art of the possible with Oracle Cloud EPM.

Brett focuses on Financial Close & Consolidations and Account Reconciliations. Before EPMI, Brett worked in the oil & gas industry as an accountant.

The Cloud Maturity Model is one of the ways EPMI differentiates itself as a preferred EPM partner. The Maturity Model guides an organization through the phases of its cloud journey. This episode breaks down the Model, explains where organizations start, and the successive phases.

Once an organization decides that they are ready for the cloud, what is the path forward? Can an organization go-live within a preferred timeline? Does the size of the organization and amount of users affect the implementation scope? During this episode, the EPMIcast will discuss all of this plus our implementation approaches and techniques.