Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect

About the role

Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company, is looking for a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In a lean team, the role combines architect and hands-on builder, guiding complex design decisions and coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency. The goal is to advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast based on business drivers, robust data and validated machine-learning inputs.

Key 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 so solutions stay 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, working with data and analytics engineers.
• Advance continuously refreshed, driver-based forecasting with clear reconciliation, review and override controls.
• Lead builders and implementation partners on solution quality, acceptance and knowledge transfer.

Required profile

• 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 turn Finance priorities into architectural decisions.
• Able to independently lead complex delivery in a lean team.
• Experience mentoring builders, developing Finance users and advising senior stakeholders on design and delivery tradeoffs.

Required skills

• Anaplan Solution Architect certification or Master Anaplanner designation.
• Integrated three-statement planning and driver-based forecasting.
• Integrating predictive models or enterprise data platforms with planning applications.
• Integrations, model performance, reconciliation and controlled deployment.