Anaplan Strategy Lead

The Anaplan Lead is a critical role focused on managing requirements and prioritization of several stakeholders from Finance planning, expense, actuarial and analytics.  This role requires management of both a functional and technical team (Anaplan
-Financial System Solutions) for Anaplan project and BAU deliverables, Releases and scenario modelling for all Anaplan activities.
In addition to Anaplan knowledge, this role requires extensive Insurance & Reinsurance FP&A knowledge.

What you’ll be doing

Drive the defined Anaplan vision & strategy with active Stakeholder engagement across Finance Partner with model owners in defining how Anaplan is best utilized in their end-to-end process Ensure timely delivery of all planned releases and BAU tasks involved in planning cycles within SLAs  Timely acknowledgement and response to both internal and external audit requests Provide Anaplan BAU status, risks, issues to Head of Financial Systems Solutions & Maintenance  Work with Anaplan team to ensure documentation around all phases of project lifecycle & BAU tasks for planning cycles Manage Anaplan COE in terms of user access, security, AXA XL license limit  Manage space utilization/optimization for AXA XL workspace within Anaplan Provide technical SME guidance to team for existing or new models/ functionality within Anaplan  Guide team for Maintenance of various Models by partnering with model owners and ensuring smooth processing of business (e.g. FP&A for Insurance Accounting, Re-insurance Accounting, IGRs, LE Controllers, Allocations, FBP’s, Ceded Re, Actuarial, etc) Manage Anaplan team to support Planning cycles and ensure business continuity Review unit and functional testing results for any enhancements and provide defect resolution Guide Anaplan team to provide support in communication to business regarding root cause analysis and resolution Facilitate training materials, training sessions, & support for the Anaplan user community Responsible for Anaplan staff hiring, development, growth and mentoring  What you will BRINGWe’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required

Skills and Abilities:

Bachelor’s degree Advanced experience in Insurance/Reinsurance Planning focus Anaplan system and scenario modeling knowledge Proficiency in querying and manipulating large data sets for analytical purposes

Experience with communication and analytical tools, such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel High energy, robust work ethic, willingness to do whatever it takes to get to the results Comfort with ambiguity & ability to influence others and gain acceptance for your ideas Excellent problem-solving skills and root cause analysis Excellent communication & interpersonal skills  Analytical skills Accounting knowledge

Desired

Skills and Abilities:

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