Senior Anaplan Architect for Connected FP&A

Shield AI; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

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Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In our lean team, you will architect and hands-on build, guiding complex design decisions while coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency.

You will help advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast grounded in business drivers, robust data, and validated machine-learning inputs, freeing Finance partners to advise the business.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Anaplan experience required.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years, Master's with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience mentoring Finance users and guiding stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build connected models for financial statements, workforce, allocations, annual planning, and long-range scenarios.
• Shape the planning architecture and roadmap with Finance leaders, balancing business value, scalability, and delivery capacity.
• Establish design standards and resolve cross-model dependencies to keep planning solutions intuitive, performant, and maintainable.
• Coach FP&A users and builders to own more of their analysis, scenarios, and model development.
• Integrate trusted enterprise data and predictive outputs into Anaplan, partnering with data and analytics engineers.
• Advance continuously refreshed, driver-based forecasting with clear reconciliation, review, and override controls.
• Provide technical leadership to builders and implementation partners, owning solution quality, acceptance, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Anaplan

FP&A

Leadership

Data integration

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Anaplan certification

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In our lean team, you will architect and hands-on build, guiding complex design decisions while coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency.

You will help advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast grounded in business drivers, robust data, and validated machine-learning inputs, freeing Finance partners to advise the business.