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Maximize Your Financial Performance with Oracle Cloud EPM: Strategy, Innovation, and Roadmap

Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is the most comprehensive suite available today, addressing every aspect of your financial planning needs in one powerful package. Unlike other providers that fragment services across different platforms, Oracle EPM offers a unified approach, empowering you to manage a wide range of financial processes more effectively.

Built for the Future of Finance

Oracle Cloud EPM is purpose-built for the future of finance, leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a next-generation platform designed specifically for SaaS applications. With 41 global Cloud regions, it provides exceptional performance, security, and 99.9% availability, serving over 7,300 customers worldwide.

Innovation that Drives Results

Oracle Cloud EPM connects processes across your organization, fostering cross-functional alignment and helping you outperform the competition. Key capabilities include:

  • Connected Planning: Integrated financial planning with modules tailored for different lines of business (e.g., Sales, HR) and industry-specific solutions.
  • Freeform Apps & Operational Modeling: Combines the flexibility of Essbase with powerful data modeling capabilities.
  • Connected Close: Streamlines financial consolidations, close tasks, reconciliations, and tax reporting for a seamless close process.
  • ERP + EPM Integration: Reimagines finance processes with predictive cash forecasting and the ability to generate EPM apps directly from ERP models.

Advanced Analytics and AI

Oracle Cloud EPM leverages intelligent performance management and AI-driven insights to transform your financial planning. The platform uses AI to forecast risks, highlight non-trending areas, and automate routine tasks, enhancing your decision-making and agility.

Key features include:

  • AI for Finance: Utilize AutoPredict for cash forecasting and advanced predictions using machine learning. Generative AI enables narrative authoring, auto reconciliations, and automated data management.
  • Profitability and Cost Management: Design and execute complex allocation processes with a no-code interface, offering complete data transparency and minimal maintenance.

Tailored Solutions for Every Industry

Oracle Cloud EPM provides specialized capabilities to meet industry-specific needs:

  • Healthcare Planning: Pre-built models, KPIs, dashboards, and reports tailored for hospitals, driving rapid business value.
  • Sustainability Analytics & Planning: Develop strategic ESG plans, track progress, and use machine learning for deeper insights.

Continuous Innovation and Future Roadmap

Oracle Cloud EPM is committed to continuous innovation, introducing new features across planning, profitability, financial close, reporting, and data management. Key advancements include enhanced predictive cash forecasting, industry-specific solutions, and AI-assisted data analytics to reveal hidden patterns and strengthen decision-making.

A Commitment to Your Success

Oracle Cloud EPM goes beyond software by supporting customers with a customer-first mindset, engaging through Cloud Customer Connect, development-led programs, and the EPM Center of Excellence.

By choosing Oracle Cloud EPM, you align with a platform built on three pillars: comprehensive solutions, meaningful innovation, and a steadfast commitment to your success.

To learn more about this topic, please watch the 2024 BLUEPRINT 4D session, Connected and Complete Oracle Cloud Enterprise Performance Management – Strategy and Roadmap, as well as view all the resources available in the Quest Learn Library under EPM Cloud. To connect with other Oracle EPM users, please join the EPM Cloud group.