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EPM Account Reconciliation (1Z0-1083-25)
Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate training teaches how to manage reconciliation processes, perform transaction matching, ensure compliance, and generate accurate data reports within Oracle EPM, preparing candidates for the 1Z0-1083-25 exam.
Who Should Take This
Financial analysts, accountants, and EPM administrators who work with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and need to validate financial data should consider this certification. It targets professionals with at least one year of experience in reconciliation or transaction processing who aim to demonstrate compliance expertise and advance their career in finance operations.
What's Covered
1
Reconciliation Management
2
Transaction Matching
3
Compliance and Risk
4
Data and Reporting
5
Administration
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Course Outline
62 learning goals
1
Reconciliation Management
2 topics
Reconciliation Types
- Identify reconciliation types: account analysis, balance comparison, and variance analysis.
- Configure reconciliation profiles with format, frequency, method, and required attachment rules.
- Implement reconciliation templates with standard procedures, risk rating, and preparer/reviewer assignment.
- Analyze reconciliation designs to recommend profile configurations for risk-based reconciliation programs.
- Identify the key components and features of Reconciliation Types and describe their primary functions within Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate.
- Deploy Reconciliation Types with integration to analytics, reporting, and audit services for operational visibility.
- Analyze Reconciliation Types configurations to identify process inefficiencies, gaps, and optimization opportunities.
Reconciliation Processing
- Describe reconciliation workflow: preparation, review, approval, and close.
- Configure reconciliation creation with auto-population of balances, prior period references, and roll-forward.
- Implement reconciliation submission with preparer certification, reviewer validation, and approval routing.
- Evaluate reconciliation processes to recommend improvements for accuracy and cycle time reduction.
- Configure Reconciliation Processing with appropriate settings and parameters for a production implementation in Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate.
- Assess Reconciliation Processing implementations against best practices to identify gaps and recommend improvements.
- Name the prerequisites, dependencies, and supporting modules required for implementing Reconciliation Processing.
2
Transaction Matching
2 topics
Matching Rules
- Identify matching types: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, and manual matching.
- Configure matching rules with tolerance settings, date ranges, and multi-field matching criteria.
- Implement automatic matching with rule prioritization, suggested matches, and exception handling.
- Analyze matching effectiveness to recommend rule tuning for higher auto-match rates.
- Evaluate Matching Rules alternatives and tradeoffs to recommend the optimal configuration for given constraints.
- Recognize common terminology, setup steps, and best practices associated with Matching Rules.
Unmatched Items
- Describe unmatched item management: aging, escalation, and write-off procedures.
- Configure unmatched item aging with threshold alerts, escalation workflows, and resolution tracking.
- Implement write-off processing with authorization limits, approval routing, and audit documentation.
- Evaluate unmatched item management to recommend processes reducing aging and improving resolution.
- List the configuration options and parameters available for Unmatched Items and describe when each is appropriate.
- Apply Unmatched Items configuration patterns to meet specific business requirements including regulatory compliance.
3
Compliance and Risk
2 topics
Compliance
- Identify compliance features: SOX controls, period-close tracking, and audit support.
- Configure compliance tracking with reconciliation status dashboards and deadline monitoring.
- Implement compliance reporting with overdue reconciliations, exception tracking, and management certification.
- Analyze compliance coverage to ensure all required accounts are reconciled within policy timeframes.
- Implement Compliance following best practices for process efficiency, compliance, and data accuracy.
- Diagnose Compliance issues by analyzing reports, audit trails, and configuration to determine root causes.
Risk Assessment
- Describe risk assessment: account risk rating, materiality thresholds, and risk-based frequency.
- Configure risk profiles with rating criteria, materiality calculation, and frequency determination.
- Implement risk-based reconciliation scheduling with high-risk accounts receiving more frequent review.
- Evaluate risk assessment configurations to recommend adjustments ensuring appropriate risk coverage.
- Analyze Risk Assessment configurations to identify process inefficiencies, gaps, and optimization opportunities.
- Identify the key components and features of Risk Assessment and describe their primary functions within Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate.
4
Data and Reporting
2 topics
Data Integration
- Identify data sources: ERP GL balances, sub-ledger data, and bank statement feeds.
- Configure data integration with balance import, mapping rules, and transformation logic.
- Implement bank statement loading with format parsing, automatic matching, and exception handling.
- Analyze data integration to recommend approaches ensuring timely and accurate balance availability.
- Name the prerequisites, dependencies, and supporting modules required for implementing Data Integration.
- Configure Data Integration with appropriate settings and parameters for a production implementation in Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate.
Reporting
- Describe reconciliation reports: status dashboards, aging analysis, and compliance summaries.
- Implement reconciliation dashboards with completion tracking, risk indicators, and exception metrics.
- Configure audit reports with reconciliation detail, attachment summaries, and reviewer sign-off tracking.
- Evaluate reporting to recommend dashboard configurations for management visibility and audit readiness.
- Explain how to troubleshoot common issues with Reporting including error messages and resolution procedures.
- Evaluate Reporting alternatives and tradeoffs to recommend the optimal configuration for given constraints.
5
Administration
2 topics
Setup
- Describe ARCS administration: period setup, organizational mapping, and user configuration.
- Configure period management with open/close schedules, carry-forward rules, and period comparison.
- Implement organizational mapping with entity, account, and segment assignments for reconciliation scope.
- Analyze setup configurations to recommend efficient administration for multi-entity reconciliation programs.
- Compare Setup implementation patterns to determine the best approach for business requirements.
- List the configuration options and parameters available for Setup and describe when each is appropriate.
Maintenance
- Identify maintenance tasks: profile updates, rule tuning, and process optimization.
- Configure profile maintenance with bulk updates, template changes, and preparer reassignment.
- Implement performance optimization with parallel processing, scheduling, and resource management.
- Evaluate maintenance practices to recommend governance for ongoing reconciliation program optimization.
- Describe the architecture and workflow of Maintenance including integration points with related processes.
- Implement Maintenance following best practices for process efficiency, compliance, and data accuracy.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains in the Oracle EPM Account Reconciliation Associate exam guide.
- Core topics: Reconciliation Types, Matching, Aging, Compliance, Workflows, Risk Assessment, Reporting.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud services, configuration, and best practices.
- Scenario-based problem solving at the associate level.
Not Covered
- Topics outside the official exam guide scope.
- On-premises legacy application configuration.
- Specific pricing values that change over time.
- Custom development beyond standard configuration.
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