Enterprise Planning Systems & Analytics Manager

About The Opportunity

The Finance Planning & Analytics Manager is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and continuous evolution of the company's Anaplan planning ecosystem, including Enterprise Planning, Pricing, and Financial Planning models. This role serves as the bridge between Finance, Operations, and Technology, partnering with business leaders and technical teams to design scalable planning solutions, optimize reporting capabilities, and drive adoption of best-in-class planning processes.

US - Watsonville, California

Finance

Full time

R0009305

5-10 Years of Experience

Regular

Hybrid

The Finance Planning & Analytics Manager is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and continuous evolution of the company's Anaplan planning ecosystem, including Enterprise Planning, Pricing, and Financial Planning models. This role serves as the bridge between Finance, Operations, and Technology, partnering with business leaders and technical teams to design scalable planning solutions, optimize reporting capabilities, and drive adoption of best-in-class planning processes.

The Finance Planning & Analytics Manager is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and continuous evolution of the company's Anaplan planning ecosystem, including Enterprise Planning, Pricing, and Financial Planning models. This role serves as the bridge between Finance, Operations, and Technology, partnering with business leaders and technical teams to design scalable planning solutions, optimize reporting capabilities, and drive adoption of best-in-class planning processes.

The position combines strategic leadership, financial systems expertise, and people management to enhance decision-making across the Berry business. Responsibilities include overseeing model governance and enhancements, evaluating emerging technologies, improving reporting and analytics capabilities, and ensuring consistency in financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting. The role also develops and mentors finance talent, champions continuous process improvement, and leads cross-functional initiatives that support enterprise objectives and operational excellence.

• Anaplan Architecture & Governance:
  Lead the strategic development of our Anaplan models (Enterprise Planning, Pricing, and FP&A), acting as the core business logic architect and designing future-state planning processes with key business partners.
• Cross-Functional Tech Liaison:
  Serve as the bridge between Finance, Operations, and IT to align business requirements with technology, driving seamless platform adoption across the organization.
• Digital Ecosystem & Innovation:
  Evaluate emerging technologies, design integration strategies, and build prototypes to enable self-service analytics and reduce manual data extraction.
• Financial Alignment & Forecasting:
  Ensure consistency across financial analyses, forecasts, and strategic projections across all business units to support enterprise goals.
• Talent Development & Leadership:
  Directly manage and mentor a Senior Financial Analyst while coaching the broader analytics team to foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Constructively challenge existing workflows to uncover operational efficiencies and drive better business outcomes.

• Bachelor's Degree:
  Required in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Agricultural Business, or a related field.
• Alternative
  
  Education:
  
  An equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered.
• Advanced Education & Credentials (Preferred):
  Master's degree or professional certifications in planning systems, analytics, finance, or project management are highly desirable.

• Core Software & Modeling:
  Extensive experience with Microsoft Office (specifically Excel), relational databases, business intelligence (BI) platforms, and business modeling tools.
• BI & Reporting:
  Proven track record developing and delivering executive dashboards, KPIs, management reporting, and business insights using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Enterprise Planning Systems:
  Strong hands-on experience or certifications as an Anaplan Model Builder, Solution Architect, or equivalent enterprise planning system credentials are highly preferred.
• Programming & Analytics (Highly Desired):
  Foundational understanding of software development lifecycle, databases, and programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
• Quantitative Acumen:
  Advanced mathematical, statistical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• People Management: 3 to 5 years of direct experience managing and developing teams.
• Language Proficiency:
  Excellent written and verbal English…