Solution Architect (Anaplan Model Building)

Think big and act bold by expressing your authentic best self! Anaplan is looking for a tenacious Solution Architect to join our Business Operations (BizOps) team. Get involved in a highly visible, large-scale SaaS cloud company.

Your Impact

As a Solution Architect, you are primarily responsible for the successful delivery of Anaplan solutions.

You will be required to model sophisticated business problems, collaborate to search for hard-to-find answers, and effectively uncover insights for our Business Partners. Strong analytics skills, resourcefulness, and the capacity to adapt to a scaling organization will help you be successful. Being able to operate independently and lead in a dynamic environment is key to this role.

You will:

• Lead Anaplan model development and serve as the architectural SME for large-scale connected planning solutions
• Translate existing spreadsheets and business problems into sophisticated Anaplan multi-dimensional models
• Modify existing models as part of a connected solution, optimization, or to incorporate new functionality
• Provide significant feedback and progress updates promptly to the Business Partner and team
• Set up standard processes and documentation for Anaplan models
• Participate in data integration and migration solutions
• Work closely with senior leadership to guide employee strategy and measurement
• Partner on all aspects of identifying, evaluating, and communicating key insights that tell the story behind the numbers, our employee experience, and key drivers
• Enjoy Being part of a team and working in an “all hands on deck” environment, shifting between different types of tasks, working with several partners, and being passionate about storytelling.
• Ability to investigate the root cause of data and reporting issues

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business (Finance, Operations, Accounting, etc.) or highly technical field (Engineering, mathematics, data analytics, etc.)
• Passion for business analytics, modeling, and planning
• 2-3 years of Anaplan model-building experience is a must have
• Certified Anaplan Solution Architect 
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and computer communication skills with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Motivated self-starter
• Experience querying data (SQL or similar) or performing statistical analysis (R, Python, or similar) Experience using data visualization tools
• Experience working autonomously and collaboratively in a rapid-growth environment

Preferred Skills

• End-to-end Anaplan deployment experience
• Consulting experience or academic research in a technical field (economics, engineering, science, math, etc.)
• Experience collaborating on dynamic projects with HR, finance, accounting, product, and/or engineering teams
• Organizational change or project management leadership experience

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