Anaplan Consultant

Position: Anaplan Consultant

Location: Portland, OR (Hybrid)

Duration: Long term contract

Job Description:

• 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 & efficiently to cover processes & requirements into detailed blueprint: enterprise models with associated modules, lists / line items, and calculations as supported by multi-dimensional Anaplan platform
• Translate design into development plan / timeline and development effort to generate detailed staffing plans & project schedules through sprint cycles
• Manage / support several concurrent customer threads across pursuit and implementation streams. Ability to self-manage time across competing priorities for optimal results.
• Guide and mentor team members throughout the implementation process
• Strong expertise and deep understanding of multi-dimensional modelling
• Expert skills of Excel spreadsheet modelling, macros, pivot tables, formulas, charts, etc.
• Ability to translate current customer spreadsheet models to effective and efficient Anaplan model designs. Design ability to translate complex excel models into scalable (low sparsity) multi-dimensional Anaplan models.
• Strong client facing skills and a successful track record of engagement management
• Subject matter expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis FP&A / Enterprise Performance Management EPM, Sales Performance Management (Quota / Territory Planning, Incentive Compensation Management), or Sales & Operations Planning S&OP / Integrated Business Planning IBP domains.
• Strong understanding of data/integration both inbound as well as outbound with customer source systems (ERP, CRM, APS, etc.). Experience with standard connectors like MuleSoft, Informatica Cloud, Anaplan APIs highly desired.
• Excellent communication and soft skills. Strong client facing skills and a successful track record of engagement management.
• Familiarity with Anaplan Agile methodology.
• Lead a team of 5-15 members and manage the deliveries on time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics)
• Relevant experience
• Experience of successfully implementing Anaplan solutions as Solution Architect or Model Builder on 3 or more Anaplan implementation projects
• Anaplan Hands-On Model building experience
• Advanced Excel knowledge

Preferred Qualifications/skills

• Experience of successfully implementing Anaplan solutions as Model Builder on 3 or more Anaplan implementation projects
• consulting/implementation prior experience with on premise systems such as SAP BPC, IBM Cognos TM1, Oracle Hyperion etc.
• Delivered projects for large multi-national companies in an Analytical environment