Anaplan Solution Architect, Sales Planning

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission :

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

This position will be responsible for building, managing, and maintaining new and existing model infrastructures in the Sales Planning tool, for example Anaplan, Pigment, or equivalent. This position will report directly to our Manager of Business Systems for Sales Planning, and the broader business community, to modify models and dashboards within the system. The primary focus will be to work on developing requirements for any proposed changes to the system or any other technical properties. As a Model Builder, you will partner with key stakeholders in various teams, including our Global Planning Organization, Theatre Sales Operations Teams, and Strategic Analytics Team to drive project execution from discovery through closure. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a team and a matrix environment. This position works across department and functional lines on a variety of programs that range in scope, risk and complexity with an eye toward continuous improvement.

Your Impact

Work with other team members to translate existing solutions, complex spreadsheets and business problems into elegant, intuitive multi-dimensional models

Modify existing models as part of a connected solution, optimization, or to incorporate new functionality

Provide candid, meaningful feedback and progress updates in a timely manner to the Business Partner and team

Develop model documentation

Participate in data integration and migration solutions

Lead UAT testing and deployment

Maintain Opportunity Model infrastructure for developed models and make changes based on line of business feedback

Build and maintain new models for future phases of the system implementation

Lead data stewardship efforts across source systems and Pigment

Liaison with multiple teams that include Sales Operations, IT teams and Finance and Operations users

Conduct administrative tasks as needed associated with the Pigment platform

Research data questions that arise from regular usage of the platform

User support on calculations / logic to address any questions that arise

Identify business requirements and build user stories to support enhancements for the platform

Training new users on the Pigment platform

Qualifications

Your Experience

A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, MIS or related field or equivalent military experience required

Minimum 2 years experience in Model building / Development for Pigment or Anaplan

Level 2 , Level 3 Certification in Anaplan or Pigment Certification (preferred)

Excellent Communication and Prioritization skills

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience in efficiently designing and maintaining complex models

Familiarity with basic data integration scripting concepts and ETL technologies preferred

Demonstrated knowledge of a formal system implementation methodology – requirements gathering, design, build / test and deploy (Agile methodology preferable)

Experience building models in a Sales environment strongly preferred

Strong understanding of data integration (inbound and outbound)

Experience with Salesforce or other sales systems and tools is a plus

Passion for business analytics, modeling and planning

Excellent problem solving, analytical, and communication skills

Desire to work with a truly dynamic and exciting team, with a “roll-up your sleeves” approach

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple : we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.