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Solution Architect Anaplan - Lead / Senior Consultant

Date: Sep 4, 2024

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company: Deloitte

Job Type: Permanent

Work Model: Hybrid

Reference code: 126905

Primary Location: Toronto, ON

All Available Locations: Toronto, ON

Our Purpose

At Deloitte, we are driven to inspire and help our people, organization, communities, and country to thrive. Our Purpose is to build a better future by accelerating and expanding access to knowledge. Purpose defines who we are and gives us reason to exist as an organization.

By living our Purpose, we will make an impact that matters.

• Have many careers in one Firm.

• Partner with clients to solve their most complex problems

• Enjoy flexible, proactive, and practical benefits that foster a culture of well-being and connectedness.

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Use your experience to join our award-winning Anaplan Practice - Anaplan has selected Deloitte as their Global Implementation Partner of the Year for the 10th year in a row! Are you in?

What will your typical day look like?

Picture yourself as an integral part of a team engaged in providing Finance transformation, performance management, and advisory services to help our clients improve their business. You will

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of Anaplan models to support financial and operational planning.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable Anaplan solutions.

• Ensure alignment of Anaplan models with organizational goals and objectives.

• Administer and maintain the Anaplan platform, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.

• Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate end-users on Anaplan functionalities and best practices.

• Oversee the integration of data from various sources into the Anaplan platform, ensuring accuracy and consistency.

• Monitor and optimize data flows to support efficient planning and reporting and monitor the performance of Anaplan models and identify opportunities for optimization and enhancement.

• Implement best practices for model development, including modular design, efficient calculations, and version control.

• Stay up to date with Anaplan updates and new features, incorporating them into the existing models as appropriate.

About the team

We love to help our clients achieve their objectives. The Finance & Performance team has a long history of collaboration and innovation with our clients to offer holistic solutions to the most complex business issues. We understand the real problems affecting businesses today and take the perspective of the Client to understand impacts to their teams, technologies, and processes. We draw on our global network of professionals and industry experiences to tailor solutions to our clients’ most urgent needs. Whether setting a vision, developing strategy, designing the operating model, improving processes or deploying technology solutions, we are passionate about helping Business leaders improve their operations and achieve their business goals.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

You are someone who is:

• 6+ years of relevant experience implementing one or more EPM technologies

• 3+ years of experience building models with Anaplan and/or Anaplan Solution Architecture

• 2+ years of experience leading and managing project teams

• Knowledgeable of the myriad issues Clients face, with a track record of providing solutions to those issues

• Able to develop and communicate new ideas and conceptualize innovative approaches and solutions

• Adept at creating long term business relationships at a senior level

• Energized by achieving goals in a collaborative environment, and mentoring team members to their highest potential

• Knowledgeable of market trends, competitor environment, and corporate and business strategies

Note: Canadian travel required with occasional international travel. You should be able to enter the USA to work on client assignments.

Preferred:

• An advanced degree in the area of specialization

• Strong functional knowledge around financial systems and processes

• Proven skills as a team member, team lead or project manager on at least one full life cycle implementation

• A proven resource in defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines

• Ability to work independently, manage small engagements or parts of large engagements

• Willingness to mentor junior staff

• Committed to gaining exposure to multiple industries

• Adept at implementing technology-enabled business solutions for clients as part of a high-talent team

• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment

• Ability to collaborate with clients

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $84,000 - $175,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. Some representative examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, 38+ days off (including 10 firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days"), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.

Our promise to our people: Deloitte is where potential comes to life.

Be yourself, and more.

We are a group of talented people who want to learn, gain experience, and develop skills. Wherever you are in your career, we want you to advance.

You shape how we make impact.

Diverse perspectives and life experiences make us better. Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, we want you to feel like you belong here. We provide flexible working options to support you and how you can contribute.

Be the leader you want to be

Some guide teams, some change culture, some build essential expertise. We offer opportunities and experiences that support your continuing growth as a leader.

Have as many careers as you want.

We are uniquely able to offer you new challenges and roles – and prepare you for them. We bring together people with unique experiences and talents, and we are the place to develop a lasting network of friends, peers, and mentors.

The next step is yours

At Deloitte, we are all about doing business inclusively – that starts with having diverse colleagues of all abilities. Deloitte encourages applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of communities across Canada. This includes, but is not limited to, people with disabilities, candidates from Indigenous communities, and candidates from the Black community in support of living our values, creating a culture of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and our commitment to ourAccessAbility Action Plan (https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/public-sector/articles/accessability-action-plan.html) , Reconciliation Action Plan (https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ca/Documents/public-sector/ca-rap-report-aoda-en.pdf) and the BlackNorth Initiative (https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/black-in-canada-acknowledging-our-past.html) .

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