Anaplan Consultant

This role focuses on implementing and enhancing Anaplan solutions for financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting within Deloitte's Finance Transformation team. It involves client engagement, model building, data assessment, and translating business requirements into technical designs.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will engage with global clients to assess current-state finance processes and systems and define future-state designs for planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
  2. You will build and enhance Anaplan models, including Data Hub architecture and integrations, to enable scalable, efficient planning cycles.
  3. You will perform data assessments and advanced analysis to generate actionable insights that inform executive decision-making.
  4. You will translate business requirements into technical designs, develop test plans, execute UAT, and support production go-live and hypercare.
  5. You will lead or support workstreams using agile methodologies, develop deliverables, and present recommendations to client stakeholders.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing Anaplan solutions for financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, including model building and Data Hub integration.
  • Anaplan Model Builder certification.
  • 2+ years of professional experience, including 1+ years leading or supporting Anaplan projects in consulting or corporate environments; experience with requirements gathering and agile delivery.
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
  • 2+ years of experience performing complex finance data analysis and deliver findings using structured artifacts (e.g., dashboards, reports, model outputs).

Nice to have

  • 2+ years of consulting experience in a professional services setting or as an internal consultant.
  • Experience serving as an Anaplan Solution Architect and/or Delivery Manager.
  • Experience implementing enterprise financial planning processes at scale using Anaplan and enterprise data platforms.
  • Experience managing engagements or leading workstreams, including scope, schedule, and deliverables.
  • Experience with presales activities, including proposals and RFPs.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and experience developing executive-ready presentations.

What the JD emphasized

  • Anaplan solutions
  • financial planning
  • budgeting
  • forecasting
  • model building
  • Data Hub integration
  • complex finance data analysis