Job Description
Role: Senior Anaplan Consultant.
Location: Princeton, NJ (Hybrid).
Duration: Long Term Contract.
Job Summary:
- The Senior Anaplan Solution Architect leads end-to-end design and implementation of complex planning models for Finance/Operations stakeholders. This high-visibility, customer-facing role combines strategic architecture with hands-on model building, ensuring scalable, performant Anaplan workspaces following "Anaplan Way" best practices and seamless integration with enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle, Salesforce).
Key Responsibilities:
Solution Architecture & Design:
- Lead end-to-end workspace architecture designing multi-module, interconnected planning applications.
- Translate ambiguous business requirements into precise technical specifications, module hierarchies, and calculation logic.
- Ensure all designs follow Anaplan Way methodology optimizing for sparsity, performance, and scalability.
Advanced Model Building:
- Develop multi-dimensional models with sophisticated formulas, time-based calculations, and dynamic hierarchies.
- Create executive dashboards with drill-down capabilities, scenario analysis, and what-if modeling.
- Implement complex business logic including allocations, currency conversions, and driver-based planning.
Performance Optimization:
- Conduct model health checks analyzing calculation times, cell count, sparsity ratios, and memory usage.
- Optimize data flows through selective imports, summary calculations, and native Anaplan functions.
- Design versioned scenarios and workflow automation minimizing manual intervention.
Integration & Data Hub:
- Architect Data Hub configurations orchestrating ETL from SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and custom sources.
- Implement bi-directional integrations ensuring real-time planning data synchronization.
- Design import/export processes with validation rules, exception handling, and audit trails.
Stakeholder Partnership:
- Facilitate requirements workshops with Finance/Supply Chain/Sales leaders translating KPIs into model design.
- Provide Tier 3 production support during critical business cycles (budget, forecast, close).
- Deliver executive presentations demonstrating planning ROI and adoption metrics.
Technical Qualifications:
Anaplan Expertise (Required)
- Certifications: Model Builder L2/L3 OR Solution Architect
- Experience: 5+ years hands-on model building/architecture
- Modules: Finance (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), Workforce, Sales, Supply Chain
- Performance: Sparsity optimization, CALC REDUCTION strategies
- Data Hub: Connect/Integrate, bi-directional sync, exception management
Integration Stack:
- ERP: SAP, Oracle EBS, NetSuite
- CRM: Salesforce, Dynamics 365
- HR: Workday, SuccessFactors
- Custom: REST APIs, SFTP, SQL databases
Required Experience:
- 5+ years Anaplan model building + architecture.
- Anaplan Model Builder L2/L3 OR Solution Architect cert.
- Finance/Supply Chain/Sales domain expertise.
- Data Hub + enterprise integrations.
- Agile/Anaplan Way delivery methodology.
- Executive stakeholder communication.
Job Tags
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