Principal Anaplan Solutions Architect

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The Principal Anaplan Solution Architect will serve as a key partner to both Finance and HR, ensuring that Anaplan is leveraged to its fullest potential while aligning with enterprise architecture, data governance, and strategic planning goals. They will translate business needs into technical systems solutions, integrate hardware, software, and network interfaces to form a system, advise executives to develop functional strategies (often segment specific) on matters of significance, exercise independent judgment and decision-making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks, and work under minimal supervision, using independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action.

The Principal Anaplan Solutions Architect translates business needs into technical systems solutions, integrates hardware, software, and network interfaces to form a system, works with senior executives to develop and drive segment or enterprise-wide functional strategies, advises one or more areas, programs or functions and provides recommendations to senior executives on matters of significance, and as an advanced subject matter expert competent to work at very high levels in multiple knowledge and functional areas across the enterprise.

• Own the end-to-end Anaplan solution architecture across Workforce Planning and Workforce Management domains
• Operate at a strategic level, responsible for setting the overall architectural vision and standards for Anaplan across the organization.
• Serve as the subject matter expert and key advisor for complex, enterprise-wide Anaplan implementations and integrations.
• Subject matter expert in modeling frameworks, governance, and best practices, mentoring Lead Architects and other team members.
• Engage in strategic planning, platform optimization, and alignment with broader enterprise architecture initiatives.
• Lead the design and implementation of Anaplan modules for Finance:
  Headcount cost modeling, compensation planning, forecasting, scenario analysis.
• Lead the design and implementation of Anaplan modules for HR:
  Position management, hiring plans, attrition modeling, workforce analytics.
• Oversee Architects and maintain integration strategies with enterprise systems (e.g., Workday, SAP, Oracle, Snowflake) and ensure seamless data flow across platforms.
• Subject matter expert on Anaplan security models, user roles, and access controls across domains.
• Lead and mentor offshore and cross-functional teams in model development, testing, and deployment.
• Establish, develop and maintain reporting and dashboard solutions using Anaplan and complementary tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Serve as a strategic SME to Finance and HR leadership, helping shape the enterprise planning roadmap.

• Act as a cross-functional bridge between IT, Finance, and HR, ensuring alignment of planning tools with business strategy.
• Contribute to the enterprise technology roadmap by evaluating emerging trends in workforce planning, predictive analytics, and EPM platforms.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies, proposing enhancements, and driving innovation across planning processes.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and governance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOX).
• Lead management efforts to drive adoption of new planning capabilities and tools.

• 10+ years of experience in Anaplan, including model building, architecture, ALM, and security configuration.
• Proven experience supporting both Finance and HR domains in a planning or analytics capacity.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, workforce management, and organizational design.
• Experience with enterprise systems such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, and Snowflake.
• Hands‑on experience with integration tools (e.g., Oracle OIC, Informatica, Mule Soft, Anaplan Connect, APIs).
• Proficiency in data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Expertise with predictive modeling tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R, Azure ML).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills,…