Anaplan Solution Architect

Role: Anaplan Solution Architect

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 6+ years

Immediate Joiners Only

Role Description:

The Anaplan Senior Model Builder role will support world-class financial forecasting, planning, reporting and analysis. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, high-energy for accelerated career development in both Financial Analysis and Model Solution Engineering. The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team works closely with senior executives to plan the business and allocate budget and resources to the company's strategic initiatives across our Segment Snacking FP&A. This role will provide the opportunity to facilitate analysis and modelling projects not only within Snacking's FP&A team, but also the Anaplan Center of Excellence team.

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 4+ years of experience building models with Anaplan, Solution Architect Certification preferred
• 4+ years of experience with financial planning and analysis, CPG preferred
• Data engineering a plus
• Advanced knowledge of the Anaplan platform and model building
• Excellent ability to deliver Anaplan products that satisfy business requirements, with the ability to drive work forward when ambiguity exists through showing the art of the possible
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity
• Clear and effective communication skills, both verbal and written with strong desire and ability to listen and cultivate diversity of thought with internal customers
• Excellent problem solving, attention to detail, and analytical skills with passion for financial analysis and business modeling
• Innovative mindset, drawing from personal experiences with the ability to challenge the status quo and offer new ways of thinking about our most complex issues

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with FP&A and cross-functional teams to develop roadmap, identify needs, understand existing models (Excel/ Anaplan), and assist in the process of translating them into efficiently built and enhanced Anaplan solutions, offering solution architect points of view along the way
• Translate business requirements into scalable, high-performance models
• Be the thought leader of existing/new models and processes, and assist in future enhancements to drive planning efficiency and company growth
• Continuously identify gaps and opportunities for projects that will streamline workflows and overall processes, successfully connecting disparate processes leveraging Anaplan and sustainable architecture
• Collaborate with our internal teams to identify areas of opportunity for data automation and efficiency
• Define model architecture, data structures, modules, lists, and hierarchies
• Lead with Anaplan best practices and integration standards