Introduction to Oracle Hyperion Planning

1. Introduction to Oracle Hyperion Planning Robert Cybulski, CPAFinit Solutions Ed DeLiseFinit Solutions

2. Agenda • Introduction • Planning Challenges • Hyperion Planning • Data Integration Overview • Suite of Oracle Planning Products

3. Oracle Certified Advantage Partner – former Hyperion Preferred Partner • Customer Advisory Boards - Hyperion Enterprise and Hyperion FDM • Unmatched Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) expertise: • Focus on Oracle / Hyperion • Deep Accounting and Finance Focus • Applications, Reporting, and Analytics • Award Winning Growth - Recognized in the 2007 Inc 500 as the 42nd fastest growing IT services company (Ranked in top 600 in 2008): • Clients receive superior service: • EVERY client is a reference! Over 95 clients and counting. • Client base ranges from Fortune 100 to mid market.

4. Sample Clients – All Clients are References

5. How does One Build the Budget? • Management reviews the budget and… • Finance creates the forms Gartner “Repeat this cycle until either the management team is happy with the budget or budget managers lose their will to live” • Finance aggregates the budget • Managers input their data by accounting period

6. “High processing time due to lack of strategic guidance and missing link between financial and operational plans” (limited flexibility – ability to react) “Low plan accuracy (variance accuracy) due to inaccurate data” “Limited level of detail for the budget” “High number of Excel sheets that need maintenance” (versions / locations) “Need to expand to: rolling forecasts, operational planning, investment planning, bulk updates, pre-built depreciation calculations, version control” Challenges that Planners Face include:

7. Shortens Planning CyclesImproves Business PredictabilityLeverages Intellectual Capital

8. Enterprise Performance Management System

9. Financial Performance Management Applications

10. Analysis and Reporting Goal Setting Business goals Metrics and Scorecards Financial Modeling Long Range Targets Integrated Business Plan Financial Planning & Budgeting Annual Targets Aligned Plans Strategic Operational Planning Operational Policies Baseline Plans Functional Operational Planning Execution Plan Execution Status Functional Execution Application Foundation 10

11. Hyperion Planning

12. How Hyperion Planning Improves Planning • Hyperion Planning is one, integrated Planning Platform that can address different planning requirements: • Revenue planning • Full Income Statement planning • Balance Sheet / Cash Flow planning • Rolling forecasting • Capital planning • And others. • Hyperion Planning is built on the Hyperion Essbase engine. This allows for very powerful analysis and capabilities.

13. Integration with Oracle Fusion EPM Platform

14. Integration with Oracle Hyperion Workspace • Workspace is the common portal for all Oracle Hyperion Applications. • BI+ repository contains different reporting objects (Financial reports, Dashboards, etc.)

15. End user task lists • Task lists detail current status and steps needed to complete the different processes.

16. End user task lists cont.

17. Web Forms • Web forms provide a consistent, web-based data entry input. • Web forms can be opened in Smart View in Excel. • Calculations can be launched from forms.

18. Web Forms Cont. • Data can be adjusted (increase / decrease by amount, percent) and spread. • Check totals to targets can provide feedback.

19. Web Forms through Smart View • Users can input, adjust, edit and submit their financial data via Smart View in Microsoft Excel. • Form can be taken ‘offline’ and input.

20. Supporting Detail • Supporting detail can provide textual information behind assumptions, changes or data elements.

21. Web Analysis • Web Analysis dashboards for ad-hoc, dashboard analysis.

22. Financial Reporting • Financial Reporting for highly formatted presentation style reports.

23. Oracle Hyperion Workforce Planning

24. Oracle Hyperion Workforce Planning Special-purpose planning module Focused upon headcount, salary, and compensation planning Pre-built functionality (metadata, calculations) and best practices incorporated in the application Simplifies the planning of workforce and workforce related expenses, such as bonuses, fringe benefits, overtime and merit increases. Seamlessly links workforce expense plans into Oracle Hyperion Planning, to deliver accurate and real-time awareness of the business impact of your workforce decisions on your overall expense plans.

25. Oracle Hyperion Capital Asset Planning

26. Oracle Hyperion Capital Asset Planning Specialized planning module that automates the planning of capital assets and capital asset related expenses, such as depreciation, maintenance and insurance Includes pre-built functionality and best practices that easily plan for all your capital expenses. Directly linked to Oracle Hyperion Planning, so you can immediately assess the impact of your capital expenses on your overall expenses and financial statements.

27. Data Integration Options • Movement • Data access, integration and transformation DIM ODI • Reference – Enterprise Wide • Master data manipulation, validation and synchronization DRM • Reference – Hyperion Suite • Master data synchronization EPMA • Quality • Critical information collection, mapping, verifying and auditing FDM

28. Oracle Planning Products

29. Analysis and Reporting Goal Setting Business goals Metrics and Scorecards Financial Modeling Long Range Targets Integrated Business Plan Financial Planning & Budgeting Annual Targets Aligned Plans Strategic Operational Planning Operational Policies Baseline Plans Functional Operational Planning Execution Plan Execution Status Functional Execution Application Foundation 29

30. Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance

31. Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance Financial modeling application that lets executives identify and understand the full financial impact of alternative corporate strategies (Acquisitions / Divestitures, Strategic Plan). Pre-packaged modeling and forecasting to allow finance experts to spend their time: Testing alternative strategies Building contingency plans Understanding the impact of those strategies and plans on long-term performance.

32. Oracle Hyperion Integrated Operational Planning

33. Oracle Integrated Operational Planning • Enables the alignment of key operational planning processes with financial planning • Addresses a range of high-value planning processes, such as: • Demand-supply alignment • Product allocation • Integrated revenue planning • which are supported typically with spreadsheet tools today. • Based upon a change-based data modeling engine that allows rich cross-functional modeling and interactive business impact analysis at an enterprise scale. • Complements existing financial and supply chain planning systems by linking these functional plans into an integrated business planning framework.

35. Oracle Crystal Ball • Predictive analytics application • Delivers simulation and modeling capabilities for analyzing and understanding the key assumptions that have the biggest impact. • By effectively integrating this application into the strategic planning process, users can visualize the entire range of possible outcomes, plan for the unexpected, and maximize success in making decisions.

36. How to Reach Us Ed DeLise 678-296-3611 edelise@finitsolutions.com Rob Cybulski 215-880-2025 rcybulski@finitsolutions.com www.finitsolutions.com