Principal Solution Architect, Professional Services - Finance

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

Are you a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of business and technology? Do you bring both deep consulting acumen and hands-on solution design experience in Finance, Sales Performance Management, or Workforce Planning? Join us as a Principal Solution Architect and lead transformative planning engagements across in AMER.

This is not a typical implementation role, it’s a consulting-led position where you will shape strategy, influence executives, solve complex business challenges, and deliver enterprise planning solutions that drive measurable business value. You will support Anaplan commercial and product activities illustrating expertise in Anaplan Applications and Platform working directly with AE’s, Pre-sales, Professional Services sales and product leads.

Your Impact

• Advise and Lead: Partner with senior business and IT leaders to define planning strategies and deliver high-impact transformation initiatives.

• Design and Deliver: Architect scalable, flexible, and high-performing Anaplan solutions aligned to each customer’s vision and goals.

• Solve Complex Problems: Apply critical thinking and creative problem-solving to uncover root causes, challenge assumptions, and design innovative planning approaches.

• Consult with Confidence: Translate intricate business challenges into actionable roadmaps — balancing technical precision with commercial understanding.

• Influence Outcomes: Act as a trusted advisor guiding customers on best practices, governance, and long-term planning maturity.

• Collaborate and Enable: Work closely with cross-functional Anaplan teams and customers to ensure adoption, value realization, and success.

• Support Innovation: Serve as an expert in Anaplan Applications and customer Platform solutions supporting both sales and product life cycles.

• Support Growth: Contribute to pre-sales solutioning, client workshops, and thought leadership initiatives across the region.

Your Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) or enterprise planning solutions (preferably Anaplan, SAP BPC, TM1, Jedox, etc.).

• Strong consulting background with the ability to advise, influence, and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

• Demonstrated problem-solving excellence — capable of diagnosing complex business and operational challenges and crafting innovative, pragmatic solutions.

• Experience and acumen leading supporting sales pursuits, scoping, estimating, and SOW.

• Desire to go deep on product and Applications to bring-to-life focused customer solutions.

• Expertise in one or more domains: Finance, and Workforce Planning.

• Strategic thinker with exceptional analytical, modelling, and communication skills.

• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable operating in fast-changing, high-value environments.

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Base Salary Range:
$171,000—$232,000 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day! 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

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