Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect (R6366)

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In our lean team, you will be both architect and hands-on builder, independently guiding complex design decisions while coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency. You will help advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast grounded in business drivers, robust data, and validated machine-learning inputs, freeing Finance partners to advise the business and giving leaders timely projections.

Responsibilities

Architect and build connected models for financial statements, workforce, allocations, annual planning, and long-range scenarios; Shape the planning architecture and roadmap with Finance leaders, balancing business value, scalability, and delivery capacity; Establish design standards and resolve cross-model dependencies to keep planning solutions intuitive, performant, and maintainable; Coach FP&A users and builders to own more of their analysis, scenarios, and model development; Integrate trusted enterprise data and predictive outputs into Anaplan, partnering with data and analytics engineers; Advance continuously refreshed, driver-based forecasting with clear reconciliation, review, and override controls; Provide technical leadership to builders and implementation partners, owning solution quality, acceptance, and knowledge transfer

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, master's degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years, including hands-on Anaplan; Extensive hands-on Anaplan experience with a record of architecting and delivering complex connected planning solutions; Deep understanding of Corporate FP&A and the judgment to translate Finance priorities into architectural decisions; Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex delivery while building directly in a lean team; Experience with integrations, model performance, reconciliation, and controlled deployment; Experience mentoring builders, developing Finance users, and advising senior stakeholders on design and delivery tradeoffs; Anaplan Solution Architect certification or Master Anaplanner designation; Experience with integrated three-statement planning and driver-based forecasting; Experience integrating predictive models or enterprise data platforms with planning applications

Benefits

Bonus; Benefits; Equity; Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) for temporary employees