Sr Anaplan Developer, ProServe Strategy & Operations

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Professional Services (Pro Serve) Strategy & Operations is seeking an Anaplan Developer to assist with the generation, standardization, and automation of forecasting models, planning processes, and reporting. The role is part of a global operations and business optimization team charged with identifying and explaining business trends and impact. Candidates should have advanced Anaplan skills and experience building models that can scale to hundreds and thousands of users.

• Maintain existing & newly developed Anaplan forecast models currently being used by thousands of users today. Maintenance defined as ensuring data is updated and accurate, auditing model calculations and scalability, and providing to support to customers
• Develop a deep understanding of the business and be able to identify and quantify levers that impact the business
• Identify forecasting feature gaps and/or planning process inefficiencies within the sales organization, gather data and user requirements, and translate those needs into model enhancements and/or new Anaplan model implementations with timelines and delivery dates
• Develop both back-end and front-end features in Anaplan following best practices (PLANS methodology)
• Understand existing databases and warehouse structures in order best determine how to consolidate, aggregate, and utilize data in an efficient and scalable way
• Work with data engineering team to push data from Anaplan into existing data warehouses and reporting environments
• Develop user guides, training materials, and documentation for the model to assist end users

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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent
• 4+ years of relevant experience as an Anaplan model developer
• 6+ years of relevant experience as a business analyst, gathering data requirements, developing metrics and reports, using data insights to support business cases, planning, and decisions
• 2+ years end-to-end Anaplan system implementation (requirements gathering, design, build/test, deploy, support)
• L1, L2, and L3 Anaplan Model Building Certified

• Experience with AWS Tools and Technologies (Redshift, S3, EC2)
• Experience with reporting and Data Visualization tools such as Quick Sight / Tableau / Power BI or other BI packages
• Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries with large-scale, complex datasets
• Master Ana planner or Anaplan Solutions Architect Certification
• Experience in BI…