Accordion India - Associate - Anaplan

Accordion Partners; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accordion Partners in India is seeking a detail-oriented Anaplan practitioner to support EU and Americas operations with 1PM–10PM IST hours.

You will implement and support Anaplan footprints for mid-size organizations, driving standardization, reporting improvements, and system optimization while handling day-to-day administration and project work.

Collaborating with clients and cross‑functional teams, you will translate requirements into robust Anaplan solutions and mentor junior consultants.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Anaplan experience in consulting or COE.
• Experience as Anaplan Model Builder and Level 2 Certification.
• Understanding of connected planning concepts in Anaplan (SC, T&Q, FP&A).
• Strong communication to raise issues to senior team members.
• Experience in Financials, Accounting, Manufacturing, Software, Wholesale, Services, Retail.
• Able to gather requirements and implement CPM solutions.
• Strong written and spoken communication; presentation skills.
• Excellent client relations, organization, and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to define objectives, scope, and project plan for Anaplan implementations.
• Document business requirements and translate them into Anaplan functionality.
• Develop effective Anaplan solutions with the team.
• Ensure clear transition of requirements to delivery team and manage risks.
• Lead weekly status meetings and reports with clients.
• Provide Anaplan consulting expertise to meet complex requirements.
• Configure client Anaplan environments to show proofs of concepts.
• Serve as go-to resource for project inquiries.
• Mentor and develop junior consultants on methodology.

Skills

Anaplan

FP&A

Client management

Model builder

Requirements gathering

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/MIS

Job description

Role overview:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Anaplan practitioners. This role requires working hours coverage of 1PM to 10PM IST to support our clients in EU and Americas.

Need hands-on Anaplan experience and FP&A process understanding, and familiarity with multi-entity financial operations. This role will involve implementing and supporting Anaplan application footprint for mid-size organizations. You will help drive standardization, reporting improvements, and system optimization while supporting both day-to-day administration and project-based initiatives.

What will you do:

• Collaborate with clients to prepare & manage objectives, scope, project plan, timeline, budget & resource plan for Anaplan implementations
• Work directly with clients to document business requirements and translate them into specific Anaplan functionality
• Collaborate with functional and technical team members to develop effective Anaplan solutions
• Manage the effective transition of requirements to the delivery team, ensuring a clear & complete understanding of requirements
• Identify risks & manage mitigation plans in close collaboration with clients
• Facilitate weekly status meetings with clients & prepare weekly status reports
• Provide Anaplan consulting expertise utilizing industry experience, business analysis, best practices and a pragmatic mindset to facilitate clients most complex requirements
• Effectively configure and customize client Anaplan environments to develop proof of concepts and present sustainable solutions to client executives and key stakeholders
• Provide general customer service and assistance to clients and serves as the go-to’ resource on all project related inquiries
• Supervise, mentor and develop junior consultants and business analysts on application and implementation methodology.

Ideally, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance or Management Information Systems
• Minimum 2 years+ of Anaplan experience in either a consulting or client Center of Excellence (COE) capacity Experience as an Anaplan Model Builder and have completed at least Level 2 Certification
• Demonstrated understanding and expertise of connected planning concepts in Anaplan, including but not limited to, Supply Chain, T&Q, and core FP&A use cases such as budgeting, forecasting, workforce, driver-base planning & scenario modeling
• Skills to communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
• Previous industry/functional experience in Financials, Accounting, Manufacturing, Software, Wholesale Distribution, Services, Retail, Enterprise, General Business
• Previous experience and ability to gather business requirements and effectively implement on CPM solutions
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• Excellent client relation skills, organization, & prioritization capabilities