Senior Anaplan Architect for FP&A & Transformation

Dataiku Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401k company match

Paid vacations

Job summary

Dataiku is seeking a Senior Manager, Anaplan & Sales Compensation Systems to lead our Anaplan platform strategy within Strategic Finance. This high-visibility role owns end-to-end architecture, governance, and roadmap across sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting.

You will modernize FP&A processes, manage external consultants, and drive automation, with a focus on data integrity, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales Finance, RevOps, and Accounting.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of experience building and implementing Anaplan solutions, including 3+ years in leadership or senior IC roles.
• Deep experience designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and sales compensation; strong data hub integration experience.
• Proven track record leading finance transformation initiatives modernizing legacy processes and introducing new tools/systems.
• Experience managing external consultants/implementation partners, including scoping and vetting proposals.
• Strong understanding of sales compensation structures, ASC 606 commission accounting, and FP&A forecasting concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic roadmap and architecture for Anaplan across sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting modules.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for data integrity issues and lead root-cause analysis when Anaplan doesn’t reconcile to source-of-truth systems.
• Manage relationships with external Anaplan consultants and implementation partners, scoping statements of work and ensuring timelines and quality.
• Translate evolving commission plans and org changes into scalable model designs in collaboration with Sales Finance and Accounting leadership.
• Drive FP&A transformation by modernizing planning, forecasting, and reporting processes through automation.
• Lead process and controls improvements to catch data issues before payroll processing and month-end close.
• Present recommendations and platform strategy to finance leadership, balancing build-vs-buy decisions and long-term maintainability.
• Be a strategic partner to FP&A leadership on finance tech and AI-enabled tooling opportunities.
• Build and mentor a team responsible for day-to-day model builds, integrations, and support.
• Own platform governance including user access, security, environment management, and documentation standards.

Skills

Anaplan

Leadership

Finance transformation

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder management

Agile

System integration

Tools

Anaplan platform

Workato

Salesforce

NetSuite

Workday

Greenhouse

Job description

Dataiku is seeking a Senior Manager, Anaplan & Sales Compensation Systems to lead our Anaplan platform strategy within Strategic Finance. This high-visibility role owns end-to-end architecture, governance, and roadmap across sales compensation, headcount planning, and forecasting.

You will modernize FP&A processes, manage external consultants, and drive automation, with a focus on data integrity, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales Finance, RevOps, and Accounting.