Title: Business Systems Analyst - Anaplan
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Bain Capital Overview:
With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms, creating lasting impact in our partnership with our investors, companies, and communities. Today we have over 1,880 employees in 24 offices on four continents.
We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential.
Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach allows us to pursue strategic platform growth and creates a shared commitment to cross-platform collaboration. Our enduring relationships with leading experts and executives extend outside our firm to include partners, counterparties, and community organizations. By connecting deep and diverse expertise across our global networks, we unlock breakthrough insight and unseen opportunity.
Our purpose, values, and commitment to lasting impact start with our people.
Our people are the heart of our advantage. We are intellectually curious, asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and striving to succeed together. Actively participating in high-stakes problem-solving is how we’ve grown and will continue to grow because we know that our impact is greater together.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide technical/application support and troubleshooting for existing Anaplan models, working closely with end-users to resolve system-related issues while maintaining data accuracy
Help drive the product roadmap for Anaplan in collaboration with technology & finance leadership. Communicate product vision regularly through detailed, written product requirements, roadmap documents and presentations.
Partner with ends users in FP&A, Finance, and other teams to configure Anaplan to meet process, functional and security requirements for existing & future use cases.
Define & communicate the ongoing application support model consisting of business users, IT personnel, and 3rd party resources as applicable
Enable business users and IT personnel in Anaplan platform through training, knowledge transfer, and day to day issue resolution
Work with vendor partners to advocate for desired enhancements and to stay informed of new product/platform capabilities as they become available
Help drive continuous functional & technical improvement across the Anaplan platform
Identifies future opportunities to leverage the platform across other corporate functions and business units and incorporate into product roadmap
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, and/or finance
Master’s degree in finance/ analytics / computer science preferred
Accounting and/or financial planning & analysis experience in a corporate or consulting capacity strongly preferred
3+ years of demonstrated hands-on experience using Anaplan, including full lifecycle design & implementation
Certifications:
Anaplan Certified Model Builder – required.
Anaplan Certified Solution Architect – required.
Strong understanding of connected planning concepts
Self-motivated and willing to work, learn and take ownership in an energetic, fast-paced team environment
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Private equity, venture capital, alternative investment asset industry technology experience preferred
Anaplan Consulting Experience strongly preferred
Prior experience in data integration, Data Analytics & Visualization solutions preferred
