Anaplan Model Builder

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Our core corporate functions (FP&A) are critical to Lyft’s success. The health and sustainability of our applications, systems, tooling and processes are critical for daily operations and for Lyft’s ability to grow. The Anaplan Model Builder possesses both business and technical acumen. This engineering role provides support for Lyft’s Corporate systems, managing their daily performance and incidents, implementing effective monitoring and alerting tools, creating automated workflows, building customer solutions, developing software, configuring applications, providing end user training and protecting all system related information assets.

To effectively support our business stakeholders, candidates for this role must be proactive, detail oriented, highly technical, analytical, service focussed and possess the ability to execute the following skills

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Anaplan Model Builder to join our growing team. In this role, you will play a key role in supporting our FP&A processes by designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models. You will collaborate closely with FP&A professionals to understand their needs and translate them into efficient and scalable solutions on the Anaplan platform.

• Build, maintain, and enhance Anaplan models based on design specifications and best practices.
• Translate business requirements into functional model components under the guidance of the Master Ana planner.
• Develop and maintain data integrations between Anaplan and source systems (in collaboration with the IT team).
• Create user-friendly dashboards and reports for business users.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation to ensure data accuracy.
• Provide end-user support and troubleshoot model issues.
• Participate in testing and deployment of Anaplan model changes.
• Contribute to the creation of model documentation.
• Partner with FP&A stakeholders to design and develop Anaplan models for various FP&A use cases, such as budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Build and maintain complex Anaplan models, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Develop and implement automation routines and data integrations to streamline FP&A processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Anaplan issues, ensuring smooth operation and data integrity.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest Anaplan functionalities and best practices.
• Manage stakeholder requirements and develop detailed implementation plans.
• Provide ongoing training and support to FP&A users on Anaplan functionalities.
• Coordinate the design, development, and different testing activities.
• Work with product, engineering, and operational business stakeholders to understand and prioritize business systems needs.
• Create architectural designs that enhance resilience and promote business continuity.
• Identify actionable, value-added optimization and efficiency opportunities, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Anaplan applications and processes.
• Uphold strict and consistent standards of process documentation.
• Carry out regular stakeholder meetings, run workshops, and effective communication and collaboration sessions.
• Carry out technical system audits to ensure compliance with appropriate standards.
• Employ agile methodology in the development of software, systems interfaces, and application configurations.

• 3+ years work experience in IT systems and deep domain knowledge of the associated Business Systems (Anaplan is a must, and Tableau/Thoughtspot is preferred).
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience of developing plans and project management techniques.
• Proven ability to translate unstructured business problems into clearly defined requirements.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Comfortable communicating and empathizing with individuals across a variety of roles — you will need to gather needs from Support business owners, and then articulate those needs to technical partners.
• Strong understanding of FP&A concepts and processes,…