Anaplan Consultant

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 3 years

Location: Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune

JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Anaplan Consultant / Anaplan Model Builder (L1/L2) to join our growing enterprise planning and analytics team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Anaplan model building, implementation, and ongoing support, working closely with business stakeholders to design scalable, high-performing planning solutions. This role requires strong technical expertise in Anaplan combined with a solid understanding of business processes across finance, sales, supply chain, or workforce planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and implement Anaplan models aligned with business requirements and best practices.
• Lead or support end-to-end Anaplan implementations, including requirement gathering, solution design, model development, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Act as an L1/L2 support resource, troubleshooting model issues, resolving data discrepancies, and addressing performance concerns.
• Collaborate with business users, solution architects, and integration teams to translate functional requirements into scalable Anaplan solutions.
• Develop and maintain data integrations between Anaplan and source systems using APIs, Anaplan Connect, or third-party ETL tools.
• Optimize existing models by improving performance, simplifying structures, and ensuring adherence to Anaplan’s best practices (DISCO, PLANS, etc.).
• Create and maintain model documentation, user guides, and training materials.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and provide training to end users to ensure adoption and effective utilization of Anaplan solutions.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning accuracy, automation, and reporting capabilities.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3–9 years of experience working with Anaplan or as an Anaplan Model Builder.
• Strong hands-on experience in Anaplan implementation projects across one or more planning areas such as Financial Planning, Sales Planning, Supply Chain, or Workforce Planning.
• Experience providing L1 and L2 support for Anaplan models in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of Anaplan modeling concepts, formulas, lists, modules, actions, and user access management.
• Experience with data integration methods and handling large datasets.
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Anaplan Model Builder Certification (Level 1 / Level 2) is highly desirable.
• Exposure to Agile or project-based implementation methodologies.
• Experience working in enterprise or consulting environments.