Anaplan FP&A Principal — Center of Excellence Lead

Puget Sound Energy; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays

Flexible spending accounts

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Puget Sound Energy, based in Washington, is seeking a Principal Financial Systems Analyst - Anaplan to lead the Anaplan implementation within FP&A. You will partner with IT, Accounting, and business units to drive budgeting, forecasting, and reporting enhancements while ensuring governance and best practices across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes leading the Anaplan Center of Excellence, aligning with S/4 HANA, and driving process improvements through AI-enabled budgeting and analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years of experience or equivalent
• Strong data analytics and process-improvement mindset
• Knowledge of accounting, budgeting and finance
• Experience with business case development for medium to large projects
• Understanding of information systems and key drivers of business success
• Ability to anticipate and respond to complex business decisions
• Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication across all management levels
• Ability to work independently and in a team in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Vision)

Responsibilities

• Serve as FP&A's primary SME for the implementation and ongoing optimization of Anaplan
• Lead FP&A requirements, design, testing, deployment, and stabilization for Anaplan and related initiatives
• Provide FP&A leadership to S/4 HANA implementation and alignment of planning, actuals, master data, reporting, and integrations
• Translate budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and management reporting into scalable system solutions
• Establish and operate the Anaplan Center of Excellence with governance, standards, documentation and change management
• Act as finance product owner for Anaplan and maintain a strategic roadmap of capabilities
• Establish enterprise planning methodologies, rules, data definitions and governance
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, Accounting and partners to resolve design decisions and data issues
• Create data validation and reconciliation processes between Anaplan, S/4 HANA and other systems
• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate FP&A processes and reduce manual effort
• Lead post-implementation optimization, issue resolution and enhancement prioritization
• Lead opportunities to incorporate AI, automation and emerging tech into budgeting and analytics
• Drive user adoption through training, documentation and change management
• Advise leadership on technology capabilities, risks and long-term FP&A roadmap
• Perform responsibilities in line with safety, ethics and regulatory requirements

Skills

Data analytics

Business process improvement

System troubleshooting

Accounting knowledge

Budgeting knowledge

Project leadership

Communication skills

Independence

Teamwork

Continuous improvement

Microsoft Office proficiency

Anaplan knowledge

AI awareness

Budgeting governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Vision

Job description

Puget Sound Energy, based in Washington, is seeking a Principal Financial Systems Analyst - Anaplan to lead the Anaplan implementation within FP&A. You will partner with IT, Accounting, and business units to drive budgeting, forecasting, and reporting enhancements while ensuring governance and best practices across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes leading the Anaplan Center of Excellence, aligning with S/4 HANA, and driving process improvements through AI-enabled budgeting and analytics.