Principal Data Solutions Analyst

As a Principal Data Solutions Analyst within the Financial Services Portfolio, you will collaborate with the USRM Finance and Finance Planning teams to provide modern tools that simplify processes and enhance analytical insights. You will be responsible for working across finance teams to deliver a modernized planning, forecasting, and budgeting platform, as well as developing and executing a vision for implementing this platform in the US organization.

Operating at the intersection of business strategy and technical development, the Data Solutions team collaborates closely with senior leadership, IT, finance, marketing, distribution, and product teams to enhance the company's ability to analyze past performance and plan for the future. By designing, building, and implementing centralized data, planning, and reporting solutions, the team plays a key role in integrating USRM functions effectively.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for partnering with the Planning and Data teams to drive the design, development and implementation of new Anaplan models.
• Collaborate with various US-based development teams to determine stakeholder needs, propose innovative solutions to existing limitations, and facilitate better collaboration between teams.
• Gain exposure to new skills, technologies, and challenges regularly.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have hands-on experience with Anaplan, including creating and translating requirements, model building, optimization, and troubleshooting. Level 1 Certification required, Level 2 Certification preferred.
• Possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of financial systems and an ability to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Leverage your expertise to drive improvements in our financial planning processes, utilizing both your technical acumen and your ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Have exceptional project management capabilities as this is critical to oversee multiple parallel initiatives to enhance our enterprise application solutions.
• Take a collaborative approach fostering innovation and efficiency, ensuring that our team consistently delivers high-value outcomes that align with the strategic objectives of our organization.

Responsibilities for this role include:

• Engage in collaborative efforts with stakeholders to identify and implement innovative solutions aimed at increasing process efficiency.
• Establish strong working relationships with team members to thoroughly understand processes, gather detailed requirements, and test solutions effectively.
• Employ inquisitive techniques to extract necessary information for the development of effective and efficient processes.
• Develop and refine business processes, implementing solutions for the collection and management of requirements to ensure they meet business needs.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify and clarify user story acceptance criteria and support the planning of user acceptance tests.
• Identify issues within existing Anaplan Models and other tools, processes, and data sources, and proactively suggest improvements to enhance accuracy, reduce latency, and eliminate inefficiencies.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts to enhance business processes, systems, and support mechanisms.
• Prepare regular status update documentation and conduct meetings for ongoing projects and solutions.
• Create and maintain comprehensive process documentation and lead end-user training sessions.
• Empower contractors through effective mentorship, fostering collaboration, and achieving collective success.

• Strong written and oral communication skills required
• Bachelor`s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline preferred
• Masters in same or related disciplines strongly preferred
• 5-7 years’ experience in coding for data management, data warehousing, or other data environments, including, but not limited to, working in NoSQL implementation, ETL, Java, scripting languages (Python, Perl, Shell), and the Hadoop stack
• 5-7 years’ experience as developer with top quadrant Business Intelligence tools