[Hiring] Anaplan Manager @Spaulding Ridge

Role Description

We are looking for a Manager - Solution Architect to join our Anaplan Delivery Team!

The Anaplan Solution Architect will design best-in-class Anaplan solutions that meet the tailored needs of our clients. You will develop and cast the technical vision to internal model building consultants, and most importantly, to our clients, as we work to deliver the best possible solution to their challenges. Your design will account for:

• Data sources
• Integration layers
• The underlying Anaplan model architecture
• User interface

You will have the opportunity to coach and train others along the way!

Ideal candidates will be able to:

• Work as a Solutions Architect and lead the end-to-end design of an Anaplan Model
• Run a project utilizing the Agile Implementation Methodology
• Effectively communicate with client teams in client-facing roles across various time zones based on client location
• Work in a Hybrid model (WFH and Office)
• Exhibit a strong sense of responsibility and positive attitude
• Teach both clients and internal resources with no prior Anaplan knowledge how to build a model
• Guide a customer to enhance their process utilizing both Anaplan expertise and Subject Matter Expertise
• Have difficult conversations with a customer about scope and timeline to ensure the project timeline is on track and budget
• Effectively lead a team of consultants
• Understand clients' business planning performance management processes and related business requirements
• Conceive and develop Proof Of Concept (POC) models efficiently to provide pursuit support and establish credibility of Anaplan platform flexibility with the customers
• Design effectively to cover process requirements into detailed blueprint: enterprise models with associated modules, lists/line items, and calculations as supported by multi-dimensional Anaplan platform

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering or any Graduate + MBA/PG/CA/CFA in Finance
• 10-13 years of consulting/implementation prior experience with on-premise systems such as SAP BPC, IBM Cognos TM1, Oracle Hyperion, etc.
• 6-8 years of hands-on Modelling Experience in Anaplan (with exposure to a minimum of 4 end-to-end implementations on Anaplan) focused on Financial Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning, and HR/Sales/Incentive Compensation Management or similar use cases
• Strong knowledge of Excel, including an understanding of how to develop macros and model large data sets utilizing Lookups and SumIf functions
• Microsoft Office Suite expertise
• Certified Solution Architect in Anaplan is a must
• Strong understanding of multi-dimensional data architecture
• Experience in managing a team

Benefits

• Commitment to an inclusive workplace
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Reasonable accommodation for applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities