Anaplan Senior Manager

About This Role

Lead end-to-end Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) engagements using Anaplan and other platforms, overseeing the full lifecycle from strategy to sustainment. Manage executive client relationships, drive business development, and lead high-performing teams within the Finance Transformation practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end EPM engagements with Anaplan and other platforms, from strategy and roadmap through design, build, testing, deployment, and sustainment
• Manage executive stakeholder relationships, facilitate decision-making, and provide status, risk, and value realization updates to client sponsors
• Oversee multi-workstream delivery, including requirements, functional/process design, prototyping, testing, training, and post-go-live support procedures
• Drive business development by shaping opportunities, leading pursuit teams, developing proposals, and contributing to pricing strategies
• Develop, coach, and staff high-performing teams; provide performance feedback; and support talent recruitment and retention
• Establish delivery standards, troubleshoot complex solution issues, and coordinate across integrations, data, UX, APIs, and custom development

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 6+ years of hands-on EPM implementation experience with one or more: Anaplan, Hyperion Planning, HFM, PBCS/ePBCS, OneStream
• 10+ years of consulting or industry experience in finance systems or finance transformation
• 4+ years of experience leading multi-workstream teams and managing project delivery and change initiatives
• Experience owning project or program budgets, including estimating, tracking, and variance management
• Record of progressive responsibility, including client-facing leadership and delivery ownership
• Ability to travel 25-50%, on average

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of consulting or industry experience in finance systems or finance transformation; 6+ years of hands-on EPM implementation experience; 4+ years of experience leading multi-workstream teams

Nice to Have

• 2+ full lifecycle Anaplan implementations (from use-case design through deployment and hypercare)
• Experience integrating EPM solutions with ERP/data platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Snowflake) and ETL tools (e.g., Informatica)
• One or more certifications: Anaplan Level 2 Model Builder or higher; OneStream or Oracle EPM certifications
• 5+ years overseeing testing strategy, training development/delivery, and cutover/hypercare for EPM programs
• Documented business development contributions (e.g., proposals, orals, solution proof-of-concepts) and account growth
• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS in Finance/Information Systems) or CPA

Skills

* Required skills