Hybrid Anaplan/Pigment Solution Lead for Connected Planning

Accordion; Dallas, New York, Chicago (TX, NY, IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Accordion is seeking an Anaplan/Pigment Solution Lead to help clients modernize planning, forecasting, and reporting with CPM tools. You will work with senior client stakeholders and delivery teams to design scalable models and lead workstreams.

This role is strategic and hands-on, requiring a leader who can guide configuration, model design, and implementation execution. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with remote flexibility and travel to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4–6+ years of systems consulting or CPM model development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong experience with Anaplan required.
• Hands-on Anaplan or Pigment model-building experience strongly preferred.
• Strong financial planning, FP&A, and/or management accounting background.
• Demonstrated understanding of connected planning concepts, including budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, driver-based planning, and scenario analysis.
• Previous experience gathering business requirements and translating them into scalable CPM solutions.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to convert complex business logic into sustainable system design.
• Experience with integrations across ERP, CRM, HCM, and related source systems.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Strong client relationship, organization, and prioritization capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with functional and technical team members to develop effective Anaplan and/or Pigment solutions.
• Implement budgets, forecasts, workforce models, reports, and dashboards within CPM environments.
• Provide technical guidance across design, model architecture, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Work directly with clients to document business requirements and translate them into specific platform functionality.
• Participate in and lead client workshops to define implementation strategy and future-state planning processes.
• Configure and customize client environments to develop proof of concepts and present sustainable solutions to client executives and key stakeholders.
• Attend pre-sales meetings with prospective clients to assess project scope and level of effort with sales team members.
• Support connected planning use cases across FP&A, workforce planning, sales planning, supply chain, incentive compensation, and scenario modeling.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop junior consultants and business analysts on application and implementation methodology.
• Provide general customer service and assistance to clients and serve as the go-to resource on project-related inquiries.
• Travel to client sites as needed.

Skills

Anaplan

Pigment

Financial planning

FP&A

Scenario analysis

Requirements gathering

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

ERP integration

CRM integration

HCM integrations

Job description

Accordion is seeking an Anaplan/Pigment Solution Lead to help clients modernize planning, forecasting, and reporting with CPM tools. You will work with senior client stakeholders and delivery teams to design scalable models and lead workstreams.

This role is strategic and hands-on, requiring a leader who can guide configuration, model design, and implementation execution. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with remote flexibility and travel to client sites as needed.