Anaplan Model Builder / Consultant

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG in London is seeking an EPM Consultant (Anaplan) to design and deliver Anaplan solutions that drive performance improvements and profitability. The role sits within a national network of offices, with core hubs including London Canary Wharf and other major sites.

You will own deliverables, coach team members, and contribute to business development while applying Anaplan best practices and strong financial planning knowledge across client engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience of Anaplan development work in major/complex transformation programmes.
• Certified Anaplan Model Builder qualification.
• Experience of Finance use cases in Anaplan (Income Statement forecasting, cost allocations, workforce-cost planning).
• Troubleshoot problems across testing cycles, environments and Go-Live in Agile.
• Good knowledge of financial processes including Integrated Business Planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting.
• Understanding of issues facing Finance functions and finance business partnering.
• Build positive relationships with client stakeholders.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet project requirements.
• Good communicator with strong teamwork and willingness to develop new skills.

Responsibilities

• Own deliverables and/or manage small workstreams in client engagements.
• Coach and accelerate team development through mentoring and knowledge transfer.
• Demonstrate Anaplan development expertise and apply best-practice principles.
• Support business development activities and responses to client proposals (RFPs).

Skills

Anaplan development

Finance forecasting

Communication

Team player

Problem solving

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

Job Title: EPM Consultant (Anaplan)

Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally

The KPMG EPM Anaplan function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from London and around the UK we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Customer Experience and Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational and Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as a EPM Consultant (Anaplan)

Our Anaplan Practice is an area where we have built a strong track record and is of strategic importance to our growth. We are looking for an experienced Model Builder to join our team to design and deliver solutions that help our clients to achieve step changes in performance, productivity and profitability.

What will you be doing?

Engagement delivery: Successful candidates are expected to own deliverables and / or manage small workstreams in client engagements, business development and practice development initiative. They will be responsible for producing high quality outputs, on time to meet/exceed client expectations.

People development: monitoring and supporting team members and accelerating their development with a particular emphasis on coaching and skills transfer

Anaplan Development Expertise: Demonstrate application knowledge of Anaplan technology and use of best practice principles when executing development tasks. Additionally, there will be an expectation to support Anaplan GTM propositions and asset development.

Business Development: contributing to the establishment and development of both internal and external relationships and supporting the business development activity of senior members of the team (including shaping, developing, contributing to and presenting proposals/ bids for future work)

What will you need to do it?

Client Delivery

• Experience of Anaplan development work in the context of major and complex transformation programmes/projects


• Certified Anaplan Model Builder qualification and strong knowledge of the platform's functionalities


• Experience of Finance use cases in Anaplan (including Income Statement forecasting, cost allocations and workforce-cost planning) and the accompanying reporting packages


• Troubleshoot problems and fixes for bugs identified across testing cycles/ environments and Go-Live in an agile manner


• Good knowledge of financial processes, including Integrated Business Planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting


• Good understanding of issues and challenges facing Finance functions, Finance business partnering and trends in Finance


• Build positive and collaborative relationships with Client stakeholders


• Ability to organise and prioritise work to meet project requirements


• Good communicator with the ability to build strong and lasting internal and client relationships


• Evidence of being an active listener, strong team player and willingness to develop new skills and capabilities

Business Development

• Support Partners and Directors in driving business development and sales activities


• Support our responses to Client requests for proposals (RFPs)

Practice Development

• Support activities that contribute to the growth of our strategic alliance with Anaplan


• Support management with internal operational responsibilities for the team


• Support the delivery of initiatives that will promote and growth our EPM practice internally and externally

People Development

• Contribute to formal training, knowledge sharing, networking activities for the team


• Take part in internal initiatives that seek to strengthen culture, job satisfaction and wellbeing within the team

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

• Birmingham


• Leeds


• London Canary Wharf


• Manchester

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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