Anaplan Senior Manager

This role is for a Senior Manager in Anaplan consulting, focusing on Finance Transformation. While the company mentions AI as a disruptive tech and leveraging AI for client insights, the core responsibilities involve Anaplan EPM engagements, stakeholder management, business development, and team leadership. The role does not involve building or directly working with AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will lead end-to-end EPM engagements with Anaplan and other platforms, from strategy and roadmap through design, build, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
  2. You will manage executive stakeholder relationships, facilitate decision-making, and provide status, risk, and value realization updates to client sponsors.
  3. You will oversee multi-workstream delivery, including requirements, functional/process design (scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, and post-go-live support procedures.
  4. You will drive business development by shaping opportunities, leading pursuit teams, developing proposals, and contributing to pricing strategies.
  5. You will develop, coach, and staff high-performing teams; provide performance feedback; and support talent recruitment and retention.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • EPM implementation experience
  • Consulting or industry experience in finance systems or finance transformation
  • Leading multi-workstream teams
  • Managing project delivery and change initiatives
  • Project or program budget management
  • Client-facing leadership
  • Delivery ownership

Nice to have

  • 2+ full lifecycle Anaplan implementations
  • Integrating EPM solutions with ERP/data platforms
  • ETL tools experience
  • Anaplan Level 2 Model Builder or higher certification
  • OneStream or Oracle EPM certifications
  • Overseeing testing strategy
  • Training development/delivery
  • Cutover/hypercare for EPM programs
  • Business development contributions
  • Account growth
  • Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS in Finance/Information Systems)
  • CPA

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of hands-on EPM implementation experience with one or more: Anaplan, Hyperion Planning, HFM, PBCS/ePBCS, OneStream
  • 10+ years of consulting or industry experience in finance systems or finance transformation
  • 4+ years of experience leading multi-workstream teams and managing project delivery and change initiatives
  • Experience owning project or program budgets, including estimating, tracking, and variance management
  • Record of progressive responsibility, including client-facing leadership and delivery ownership