Anaplan Analyst
Nextpower
We are seeking a experienced Anaplan Model Builder with 4+ years of overall experience and deep expertise in designing, architecting, and implementing enterprise-scale Anaplan solutions. The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end Anaplan implementations, drive best practices, and collaborate with business stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-performance planning solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end Anaplan solution design and architecture across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, or Workforce Planning domains.
- Translate business requirements into scalable, efficient Anaplan models following best practices (DISCO, PLANS, ALM).
- Design and oversee model architecture, data integration strategy, and deployment approach.
- Implement and optimize Anaplan data hubs and spoke models.
- Drive model performance tuning and optimization.
- Manage Anaplan ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) strategy.
- Integrate Anaplan with external systems (Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, Azure, etc.) using APIs, Informatica, MuleSoft, Boomi, or other ETL tools.
- Lead workshops, requirement gathering sessions, and stakeholder discussions.
- Mentor model builders and junior consultants.
- Ensure governance, security, and role-based access control design.
- Support production deployment and hypercare activities.
- 4+ years of overall IT experience with 2-3+ years in Anaplan implementation.
- Strong expertise in:
- Anaplan model building (Level 3 preferred)
- DISCO methodology
- PLANS standards
- Data Hub architecture
- ALM and deployment strategy
- Experience designing enterprise-scale Anaplan solutions.
- Strong understanding of:
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Sales Planning
- Supply Chain Planning
- Experience with integrations using:
- Anaplan Connect
- REST APIs
- CloudWorks
- ETL tools
- Excellent stakeholder communication and workshop facilitation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
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