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.
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