Finance Manager

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading 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 that 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 have fun celebrating our wins.

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 be your best self!

As the Finance Manager supporting the Global Technology and Product Organization, you will be part of an innovative, collaborative, and transparent team supporting our technology organization. You will work in close partnership with the Technology Leadership to build out the financial plans to maximize the impact of investments in Technology. Together, you’ll drive outstanding financial results by enabling and accelerating Anaplan’s strategic execution. You’ll be an active contributor to cross-functional teams across Anaplan. What makes this role truly unique, and exciting is the partnership with the technology team developing and innovating on the financial tool you will use daily!

Your Impact

• Business and Finance Partnership: Provide leadership to the business and other Finance teams concerning financial management, resource prioritization, and allocation. Ensure technology investments are aligned to key priorities and recommend opportunities to re-allocate and re-deploy resources. Drive analytical and conceptual thinking with these partners that extend beyond the numbers into strategy.
• Long-Range Planning: Responsible for partnering with other finance teams to do Return on Investment (ROI) analysis on new initiatives and long-range planning. Communicate required deliverables clearly and facilitate reviews with leaders promptly.
• Process Improvement: Continually look for opportunities to improve and scale forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis utilizing Anaplan.
• Decision Support: Apply strategic thinking to maximize Engineering investments and ensure investments are aligned with key priorities. Proactively recommend opportunities to re-allocate and re-deploy resources. Communicate recommendations and scenario analysis to finance and business leaders.
• Financial Analysis: Take a macro-level view to analyze results to understand performance against plan/forecast. Monitor trends and key levers, such as headcount and vendor investment against plan/forecast assumptions. Actively communicate across multiple stakeholders to ensure a successful end-to-end understanding of portfolios, processes, and planning.
  
  

Your Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A, management consulting, investment banking, or similar roles.
• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Excel to analyze complex business scenarios by building/improving financial models.
• Highly motivated, self-starter who works independently in a fast-paced environment, simultaneously manages several priorities, and challenges the status quo to lead change and operational improvements.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with experience in presenting to business partners with confidence, conviction, and credibility.
  
  

Nice to Haves

• Experience with SaaS/Cloud Computing business models
• MBA
  
  

Why Join Anaplan

As a leader in the Global Technology and Product Organization Finance Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Anaplan’s financial strategy and technological investments. Collaborate with senior leaders and influence the future direction of financial management practices. Be part of a dynamic team that is driving financial innovation and strategic investment at the highest levels of the organization.

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