
Solution Architect-Anaplan
Job Description
Overview
At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges
Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage
Join a firm where your career can make a difference.
We're hiring
Join our growing EPM team as an experienced Anaplan Solution Architect
If you're passionate about Anaplan, have led multiple projects, and are excited about the latest features like Polaris, ADO, Anaplan Apps, and Anaplan XL — we want to hear from you
KPMG’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Practice helps organizations be nimble and drive business value across their enterprise
We target operations and the finance function to increase performance and reduce cycle times, and work with leaders to transform the functions in how they support the growth of the organization
We do this by delivering a range of integrated business planning capabilities.
Situated within the effective decision corporate service network, our EPM practice works with Finance and Operations functions to empower them to become more insightful and true business partners
We are trusted advisors in budgeting, planning, and forecasting, close and consolidation, reporting, allocations, profitability and costing, and analytics with a particular focus on implementing technology solutions using industry best practices to enable these processes.
What you will do
The KPMG EPM Practice is looking for an Anaplan Solution Architect to expand on our highly visible presence in EPM/IBP across our network of client engagements with a particular focus on Anaplan applications
The role will be responsible for leveraging existing capabilities within the EPM practice as well as helping to drive new opportunities. You will:
- Help manage or work on Enterprise Performance Management projects with specific focus on end-to-end Anaplan implementations.
- Work closely with clients to transform their business processes and gather requirements into actionable user stories.
- Support the build of complex and configurable Anaplan models in collaboration with project team.
- Guide the development of end-user reporting and planning dashboards in Anaplan UX pages/apps.
- Support the development of inbound and outbound data feeds into and from the Anaplan model.
- Facilitate user acceptance testing, conduct training sessions, and provide ongoing support to end-users.
- Provide strategic guidance and support optimization of existing Anaplan models to enhance performance and scalability, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
- Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to senior level client stakeholders and be seen as an Anaplan specialist by providing best practices and keeping up to date on platform updates.
- Assist in the development and build of go-to-market Anaplan assets.