Junior Anaplan Model Builder

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Position Summary:

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

We are looking for a self-driven Junior Anaplan Model Builder to advance our Anaplan Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) environment and adjacent areas of the tech stack on the Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Center of Excellence Transformation team.

The Team: Our FP&A team drives decisions at all levels, from Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team strategy to manager-level tactical operations, by analyzing and reporting financial results and developing forecasts.

Within FP&A, the Center of Excellence Transformation team is a highly agile and visible team of trusted partners; we are continuously creating, improving, and partnering to advance athena’s forecasting and reporting capabilities across people, process, and technology solutions. You’ll be part of a 6-person Model Builder team based in the US and India.

Job Responsibilities

• Over time, become the go-to person for Revenue Recognition in Anaplan in close partnership with business leads: business partner to Accounting, business systems analyst, model builder, UX designer, and enhancement project manager
• Act as a Business Systems Analyst to partner with Accounting and FP&A users to identify process gaps and areas for improvement, including in UX design
• Translate business problems and spreadsheets into best-in-class Anaplan multi-dimensional solutions following athena’s development process: gather requirements, design, develop, test, maintain & improve models all while following key standardization guidelines
• Modify existing models to optimize, improve, and/or create new functionality and user experience, considering both UX pages and AnaplanXL as the primary user interface
• Define data integration and process scheduling requirements in partnership with IT leveraging ETL tools (Informatica, Anaplan Data Orchestrator); provide guidance to data owners on Anaplan staging best practices, and help reconcile data when applicable
• Partner with Internal Audit to maintain a SOX and ITGC-compliant environment, including quarterly reviews of user access and model revisions
• Resolve questions, including researching, explaining, documenting, and escalating issues to Anaplan support
• Communicate status, from key milestones to tactical bug fixes, including weekly updates, team meetings, and ad hoc conversations​
• Become an Anaplan platform guru through friendly competition in team hackathons, understanding monthly platform updates, and achieving additional Anaplan Model Builder certifications
• Set and work toward long-term goals, such as becoming a Solution Architect
• Assist with hierarchy governance process, including monthly review files and bulk data updates

Behaviors and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate examples of ambition and resolving work-related challenges through independent work
• Familiarity with financial analysis, modeling, & reporting and client level planning concepts
• 1+ years of Anaplan model building experience, including at least Level 1 Model Building certification and 1 full lifecycle implementation in Anaplan
• Demonstrated Model Builder technical ability in modules with multiple dimensions, import and export actions, and ALM. Anaplan Polaris Model Building, Anaplan Data Orchestration, Workflows, AnaplanXL experience a bonus
• Willingness to step outside of your comfort zone to resolve issues and implement enhancements that move the team forward
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with a customer-first approach
• Proactive obsession with getting the details right and executing projects on time
• Strong communication skills: concisely align, teach, and document
• Operations-minded: a well-organized, action-oriented planner who understands process flows
• Track record of maintaining strict confidentiality