Principal Solution Architect, Professional Services - Finance

About the role

Join us as a Principal Solution Architect and lead transformative planning engagements across AMER. This is not a typical implementation role, but a consulting-led position where you will shape strategy, influence executives, solve complex business challenges, and deliver enterprise planning solutions that drive measurable business value.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business and IT leaders to define planning strategies and deliver high-impact transformation initiatives.
• Architect scalable, flexible, and high-performing Anaplan solutions aligned to each customer's vision and goals.
• Solve complex problems by applying critical thinking and creative problem-solving to uncover root causes, challenge assumptions, and design innovative planning approaches.
• Translate intricate business challenges into actionable roadmaps, balancing technical precision with commercial understanding.
• Influence outcomes by acting as a trusted advisor guiding customers on best practices, governance, and long-term planning maturity.
• Collaborate and enable by working closely with cross-functional Anaplan teams and customers to ensure adoption, value realization, and success.
• Support innovation by serving as an expert in Anaplan Applications and customer Platform solutions supporting both sales and product life cycles.
• Contribute to pre-sales solutioning, client workshops, and thought leadership initiatives across the region.

Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) or enterprise planning solutions (preferably Anaplan, SAP BPC, TM1, Jedox, etc.).
• Strong consulting background with the ability to advise, influence, and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated problem-solving excellence — capable of diagnosing complex business and operational challenges and crafting innovative, pragmatic solutions.
• Experience and acumen leading supporting sales pursuits, scoping, estimating, and SOW.
• Desire to go deep on product and Applications to bring-to-life focused customer solutions.
• Expertise in one or more domains: Finance, and Workforce Planning.
• Strategic thinker with exceptional analytical, modelling, and communication skills.
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable operating in fast-changing, high-value environments.