Senior Anaplan Consultant

EY; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Anaplan Practice is seeking a Senior Anaplan Consultant to deliver complex Anaplan solutions across FP&A, Sales Planning and Supply Chain domains. You will design models, manage data integration, and collaborate with clients to meet business objectives.

You will also work with teams to estimate tasks, elicit requirements, create design documentation, and conduct end-user training in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years hands-on modelling experience in Anaplan with 3 end-to-end implementations
• 4+ years in consulting roles focused on Sales Performance Planning / Supply Chain / Financial Planning
• Familiarity with SCRUM/Agile
• Strong multi-dimensional modelling expertise
• MBA in Finance or Operations & Supply Chain preferred
• Certified Solution Architect in Anaplan is a must

Responsibilities

• Deliver Anaplan solutions for clients and build models
• Elicit requirements and design the application
• Complete design documentation and conduct end-user training
• Coordinate with teams to estimate project tasks and manage delivery

Skills

Anaplan modelling

Agile / SCRUM

MS Excel (advanced)

Client communication

Team collaboration

Education

MBA in Finance/Operations & Supply Chain

Tools

Anaplan Optimizer

PlanIQ

ALM in Anaplan

Master Anaplanner certification

Job description

Anaplan Senior Consultant Responsibilities

An Anaplan Senior Consultant in our Anaplan Practice will be responsible for being an integral part of delivering Anaplan Solutions for our clients. This role requires techno - Functional expertise to create Anaplan models, ability to handle different data sets and upload them into Anaplan and good functional business understanding. This role also entails participating in teams to estimate project tasks, elicit requirements from clients, design the application, complete design documentation, and conduct end user training.

Good understanding of Anaplan focused on FP&A, Sales/Incentive Compensation Planning or Supply Chain Planning is expected based on projects done to be able to converse and understand the requirements better. Individuals in this role are expected to be able to work effectively and resourcefully independently as well as part of the team to accomplish tasks laid by team lead.

Required Experience

• 4-8 years of hands-on Modelling Experience in Anaplan (with exposure to a minimum of 3 end-to-end implementations on Anaplan) focused on but not limited to Financial Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning and HR/Sales/Incentive Compensation Management or similar use cases.
• 4+ years of strong background and experience in consulting roles focused on Sales Performance Planning / Supply chain / Financial Planning.
• Familiarity with SCRUM/Agile.
• Hands on in MS Excel using advanced formulae to develop Mock Ups for clients
• Certified Solution Architect in Anaplan is Must
• Strong expertise and deep understanding of multi-dimensional modelling
• MBA in Finance or Operations and Supply chain is preferred

Technical Skills

• Must have had 4+ years Hands on Modelling experience in Anaplan projects, including implementations, upgrades, roll outs and/or support.
• Comfortable with creating Model, Modules, Lists, Line Items, Subsets, Line-Item Subsets, Usage of Calculation functions and dashboards using best practices.
• Been introduced or worked with Anaplan Optimizer, PlanIQ, Integration methods and ALM within Anaplan.
• Ability to have direct discussions with clients to understand their needs and then design, develop, maintain, and elaborate planning models.
• Master Anaplanner Certification is a plus.
• Assist to Conduct, Document and Signoff Business Requirement with clients. Assign the User stories and assist in Sprint Planning

People Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate with client team and in client facing roles across various time zones based on client location
• Ability to work in Hybrid model (WFH and Office)
• Strong sense of responsibility and positive attitude