Solution Consultant - FP&A

Anaplan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is looking for a Solution Consultant for FP&A in Greater London who will engage with large enterprise prospects to solve business challenges using our AI-infused platform. Responsibilities include developing tailored solutions, navigating complex client environments, and creating product awareness. Candidates should excel in presentation and interpersonal skills, have an aptitude for new technology, and thrive in a commission-based compensation plan. Preferred experience in Enterprise Planning Management or Financial planning is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must thrive within a commission‑based compensation plan.
• Ability to challenge old processes.
• Familiarity with Financial planning is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage with enterprise prospects to identify business processes.
• Develop tailored domain-specific solutions and demos.
• Create product awareness and navigate complex environments.

Skills

Excellent presentation skills

Client relationship management

Interpersonal skills

Aptitude for new technology

Consultative selling approach

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision‑making through our leading AI‑infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca‑Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best‑in‑class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy‑led, values‑based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next – together!

A position with Anaplan’s pre‑sales team means being part of one of the fastest‑growing cloud vendors and making your mark on a changing industry. You get to meld your love of numbers with your love of sales and be rewarded for success with an outstanding commission structure and rapid career growth. As a Solution Consultant for FP&A, we know you enjoy helping people solve hard problems. You are a bit geeky about cool products and you love showing people how those products can help their businesses.

Your Role

• Engaging with targeted, large enterprise prospects to identify broken business processes and problems. Ascertaining and explaining Anaplan's unique ability to solve them.
• Developing domain‑specific solutions, demos, and messaging. Building POC models that are tailored to solve prospects’ pain‑points.
• Navigating complex prospect environments to facilitate the adoption of the Anaplan solution.
• Cross‑training teammates on solutions expertise.
• Creating product awareness in the marketplace.

Your Qualifications

• Aptitude for quickly ramping up on new technology.
• Excellent presentation, client relationship, and interpersonal skills – both internally and externally.
• Comfortable challenging old ways of doing things.
• Must thrive within a commission‑based compensation plan.
• Ability to take a consultative selling approach by listening to customer needs and shaping a shared vision for a solution.

Preferred Skills

• Prior pre‑sales experience in Enterprise Planning Management/Business Process Management.
• Affinity with Financial planning.
• EPM / CPM / BI or ERP Solution sales a big plus.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.