# Director, Financial Systems (Anaplan)

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $221,400-$304,500 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

We are seeking a Director, Financial Systems (Anaplan) to lead and evolve our FP&A Anaplan function. Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate FP&A, this role will be responsible for enabling the broader FP&A organization through strategic ownership and optimization of the Anaplan platform.

You will lead a team of three experienced Anaplan professionals, define and execute a forward-looking systems strategy, and partner closely with the Finance Data & Strategy team to unlock the full potential of Anaplan in conjunction with the Databricks platform.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing end-to-end ownership of the Anaplan platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and alignment with business needs

- Partnering across FP&A to define system roadmaps and lead the successful delivery of key initiatives

- Collaborating with the Sales Operations Anaplan team to ensure alignment and consistency across FP&A and Sales Operations models

- Identifying and implementing opportunities to standardize processes, improve efficiency, and increase automation within Anaplan

- Working closely with the Finance Data & Strategy team to develop and execute a strategy for integrating Anaplan with the Databricks platform, enabling next-generation analytics

- Partnering with Finance stakeholders and system integrators to ensure business continuity and system stability during ERP implementation

- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including IT and Security, to ensure compliance with internal controls, security standards, and access governance

- Leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing team of Anaplan professionals

The ideal candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or Management Information Systems

- 10+ years of experience in Finance/Financial Systems roles, preferably Anaplan

- Anaplan Certified Solutions Architect or Certified Master Anaplanner certification

- Experience defining systems strategy, developing business and technical requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, deployment, and support procedures for Anaplan

- Functional experience with core finance processes (planning, budgeting, forecasting, costing)

- Experience assessing and supporting finance system implementations

- Strong people leadership skills, including experience coaching and developing high-performing teams

- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to solve problems independently

- Strong communication skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple objectives in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines

## Skills

### Required
- Anaplan
- FP&A
- Financial Systems
- Systems Strategy
- Business Requirements
- Technical Requirements
- Design Prototyping
- Testing
- Training
- Deployment
- Support Procedures
- Internal Controls
- Security Standards
- Access Governance

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