Transformation & Financial Flexibility Manager

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers' success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who's who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins - big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you'll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let's build what's next - together!

Our Transformation & Financial Flexibility Manager will lead the efforts across Anaplan to deliver process and systematic changes to the business, resulting in a more efficient company structure. The candidate will focus on two to three key initiatives during the year to yield structural cost improvement. The outcome will impact change in the company to move from a fixed cost approach to a cost structure that behaves largely variable and will free up budgetary capacity for funding targeted investments, transition costs, and profit improvement. The ability to influence across functions and through all levels of the organization will be essential to success.

As a member of the Finance organization, this crucial hire understands the accounting standards that influence cash costs and Non-GAAP profitability measures, coupled with sound financial savvy.

Your Impact

• Timely delivery of project results that meet or exceed agreed-upon metrics or goals
• Structuring of identified business challenges logically
• Hands-on leadership and mentoring of Project Managers on process improvement and general project management skills
• Key driver for change within the business units aligned to supporting project execution and toll-gating and helping them to learn, understand, adjust, and grow with the business transformation
• Conducting in-depth analyses (when required), including data collection, data analyses, and synthesis of data to generate key insights for projects or Lean deployment strategies
• Developing presentations for senior management to facilitate discussions on project or program progress, results, and assistance needed from them
• Ensuring disciplined, data-driven, well-documented approaches to improving end-to-end operational performance led by the voice of the customer
• Quantifying impact of projects on financials, productivity, customer experience, and compliance
• Promoting a risk-aware culture; ensuring efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes
• Recognizing obstacles preventing others from achieving their goals and readily intervening, finding resourceful ways to remove them
• Developing and maintaining relationships with senior leadership

Your Qualifications

FYI : This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule requiring two days per week on-site. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of one of the following Anaplan office locations : Miami, New York City, Reston / Herndon (VA), Minneapolis, San Francisco, or San Ramon (CA).

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren't just words on paper - this is what drives our innovation, it's how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

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