SAP Senior Anaplan consultant/ Lead

Mandatory Skills:

Strong in Finance planning Consolidation, Reports, New UI, good at Application life cycle management & good to have integration knowledge. Anaplan Model Builder Level 3 with demonstrable experience of building complex models in Anaplan for at least 3 years Deep understanding of the financial planning business capabilities and processes and their implementation within a major organisation In depth expertise in complex data analysis (specifically relating to financial planning) Deep understanding of multi-d.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Requirements Definition
• Working with business analysts and finance stakeholders (often senior) to gather and interpret financial planning requirements
• Translating requirements into clear functional and/or technical requirements and/or business or technical user stories
• Understanding data requirements and associated calculation logic, translating these requirements into model designs
• Assessing options for the implementation within the Anaplan platform, working with solution architects and other system teams to define the end-to-end solution with the aim of recommending forward-thinking, long-term solutions
• Model Building
• Supporting and enhancing existing models built during the initial implementation, delivering, and maintaining all model components (lists, modules, actions, UX pages, dashboards etc)
• Designing and building new models, including prototypes
• Developing inbound/outbound data feeds to and from the Anaplan data hub
• Developing end-user dashboards, reporting and analytical solutions
• Conceiving and developing Proof of Concept (PoC) models efficiently, where successful expanding them into detailed solution designs for implementation (associated modules, lists/line items, calculations, etc.)
• Unit testing, system and performance testing of model deliverables
• Supporting user acceptance test activities
• Assisting in data validation, migration and deployment of new models
• Providing end-user knowledge transfer, training and support
• Collaboration / Centre of Excellence (CoE)
• Be a key contributor in the creation of an Anaplan CoE with the goal of driving the adoption and maximising utilisation of the Anaplan solution by
• Operating as an Anaplan SME be a trusted point of contact for colleague support
• Training, coaching and sharing knowledge with users and peers
• Developing processes and standards that will be applied across the CoE, ensuring modellers comply to those processes and standards
• Collaborate with our internal teams to identify areas of opportunity for data
• Continuously identify gaps and opportunities for projects that will streamline workflows and overall processes
• High proficiency to understand and interrogate complex business data requirements, and build feeds and analytical models that will deliver the relevant insights
• Strong mathematical and analytical background with high attention to detail
• Experienced in working globally, across business and technology teams based in the US (West Coast), Japan and Europe (UK) 
• Track record of working with high performing technical teams
• Breadth and depth of experience building and running complex software systems and highly scalable/available software
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confirmed ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• Willingness to challenge when assessing problems and proposals

Primary Skills

Your technical experience should include the following or similar tools and technologies:

Essential

• Strong in Finance planning – Consolidation, Reports, New UI, good at Application life cycle management & good to have integration knowledge.
• Anaplan Model Builder Level 3 with demonstrable experience of building complex models in Anaplan for at least 3 years
• Deep understanding of the financial planning business capabilities and processes and their implementation within a major organisation
• In depth expertise in complex data analysis (specifically relating to financial planning)
• Deep understanding of multi-dimensional data modelling and its implementation
• Experience of common BI reporting platforms such as PowerBI and Tableau
• Experience of performing technical platform critical assessments
• Data modelling techniques.
• If interested share your cv to [email removed]