Anaplan Systems Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the strategic roadmap and architecture for Anaplan, encompassing sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting modules.

• Act as the primary escalation point for issues related to data integrity and lead investigations into root causes when Anaplan fails to align with source-of-truth systems.

• Oversee external Anaplan consultants and implementation partners, managing statements of work, proposals, timelines, and ensuring quality.

• Collaborate with Sales Finance, RevOps, Sales Compensation, and Accounting leadership to convert commission plans, ASC 606 accrual methodology, and organizational changes into scalable model designs.

• Propel FP&A finance transformation by modernizing planning, forecasting, and reporting processes.

• Lead improvements in processes and controls to identify data issues prior to payroll processing and month-end close.

• Present platform strategies and recommendations to finance leadership, including considerations for build-versus-buy, technical debt, and maintainability trade-offs.

• Provide guidance to FP&A leadership on finance technology and AI-enabled tools.

• Develop and mentor a team responsible for model builds, integrations, and ongoing support.

• Manage platform governance, including user access, security, environment management, and documentation standards.

• Promote standardization and automation across reporting.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in building and implementing Anaplan solutions.

• More than 3 years in a leadership or senior individual-contributor role, directly managing scope and stakeholders.

• Anaplan Certified Model Builder, Level 2 or higher; Master Anaplanner certification preferred.

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and sales compensation.

• Strong expertise in Data Hub integration and design.

• Proven experience leading finance transformation initiatives.

• Experience in managing external consultants and implementation partners, including scoping and evaluating proposals.

• Solid understanding of sales compensation structures, ASC 606 commission accounting, and FP&A forecasting concepts.

• Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex cross-system data reconciliation challenges.

• Familiarity with system implementation methodologies such as requirements gathering, design, build/test, and deployment.

• Agile experience is advantageous.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to convey technical model logic to non-technical audiences.

• Experience with Workato or similar integration/automation platforms is beneficial.

• Capacity to work with high ownership in a dynamic and evolving environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock options

• Medical, dental, and vision plans

• Flexible spending accounts

• Pre-tax commuter benefits

• 401k company match

• Paid vacations and sick leave

• Paid parental leave

• Employer-paid disability coverage

• Additional health and wellbeing perks and benefits

• Eligible roles may receive commission or other variable compensation through Dataiku's incentive compensation program