Application Builder

Summary

Join Anaplan as an Application Builder and contribute to building out-of-the-box and extendable applications on the Anaplan platform for various finance use cases. You will partner with different teams to ensure application requirements are met, design and build user-friendly applications, and participate in quality assurance. This role requires strong collaboration skills, a deep understanding of finance, and Anaplan platform expertise. You will leverage Anaplan platform components, ensure user experience meets standards, and upgrade applications with new capabilities. The position also involves partnering with various teams to deliver compelling demos, implement content, and provide ongoing application improvements. You will act as a trusted knowledge expert and potentially support sales and customer success teams.

Requirements

• 3+ years of diverse experience as an Anaplan Model Builder, deploying Finance use cases
• At least Level 3 Certification
• Able to bring an engineering discipline to Anaplan applications - ensuring scalability, configurable functionality, and the ability to manage your application build activities through to completion and delivery
• Experience with Financial Close, Consolidation, and Reporting
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and knowledge-sharing skills, with a results-driven perspective, ability to collaborate across teams, and a focus on contributing deliverables of the highest possible quality and impact
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver Finance Applications by leveraging the suite of Anaplan platform components (including model and UX building, user management, data integration, reporting, PlanIQ, etc.)
• Partner with Finance Product Management to ensure application requirements are understood and documented, updating as required
• Design and build the application and UX to meet requirements, working with Solution Architects where the requirements are complex
• Ensure the user experience developed meets UX standards, is intuitive, and is easy to use
• Participate in quality assurance, updating, and refining as needed through successful delivery
• Upgrade applications with new Anaplan platform capabilities and features, as driven by prospects, customers, and partner feedback
• Partner with Center of Excellence Advisors, Product Management, Professional Services, and GTM Enablement Teams to ensure the Finance COE delivers: Compelling conceptual demos and all supporting content, including training and guides
• Full configuration and implementation of content, documentation, and best practices for Anaplan's delivery Teams
• Ongoing Finance Application improvements and optimizations
• Act as a trusted internal and external knowledge expert for your Finance Applications
• Potentially support Sales and Customer Success with prospect and customer opportunities and escalations, including enabling Anaplan partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideal but not required: Experience with some of the broader facets of the Anaplan platform (PlanIQ, Workflow, Polaris, etc)
• Understanding of product management, GTM operations, and enablement
• Advanced degree preferred