Job description
At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading 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 that 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 have fun celebratingour wins.
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 be your best self!
We seek a self-motivated Senior Solution Consultant – Financial Consolidations to join our EMEA team with a focus on the German speaking market. This role involves supporting opportunities related to Anaplan’s latest acquisition of Fluence (Statutory & Management Consolidation) across the entire German Speaking region.
A position with Anaplan’s presales team means being part of one of the fastest-growing cloud vendors and making your mark in a changing industry. You get to meld your love of numbers with your love of sales and be rewarded for success with an outstanding commission structure in a fast-moving, stimulating environment. As a Solution Consultant, you enjoy helping people solve hard problems. You are a bit savvy about cool products and love showing people how those products can help their businesses.
You will join a team of individuals who embrace and respect diverse perspectives, aren’t afraid to push boundaries and try new insights, and are passionate about helping our customers and each other succeed. We work hard, but we also don’t wait for an excuse to have fun. In fact, we’re so serious about it that it’s one of our core values.
Your Impact:
- Engaging with targeted, large enterprise prospects to identify broken business processes and problems. Ascertaining and explaining Fluence’s outstanding ability to solve them.
- Developing Statutory & Management Consolidation and Disclosure Management solutions, demos, and messaging.
- Building Proof of Concept models that are tailored to solve prospects’ problems.
- Navigating sophisticated prospect environments to facilitate the adoption of the Anaplan solution.
- Cross-training teammates on solution expertise.
- Creating product awareness in the marketplace.
Your Qualifications:
- You have sold a financial consolidation software technology or are a current user of this software.
- BS/ MS/ MA/ MBA in Accounting, Finance or equivalent
- Strong understanding and appreciation of Statutory consolidation requirements (IFRS/HGB/FER/GAAP) across different countries within the DACH Region
- 10+ years of experience in Presales or implementation of statutory or management consolidation solutions on any of the key technologies, including but not limited to Hyperion HFM/FCCS, Cognos Controller, SAP BPC, Onestream, Tagetik, etc.
- Ideally hands-on experience within the Accounting department of a large multinational
- Experience with multi-dimensional modelling, business intelligence, EPM, or analytics would be a plus.
- Aptitude for quickly ramping up on new technology
- Excellent presentation, client relationship, and interpersonal skills- both internally and externally
- German C1(CEFR)
- Willingness to travel
Preferred skills and technical familiarity:
- Growth mentality
- You’re comfortable challenging old ways of doing things
- Ability to take a consultative selling approach by listening to customer needs and shaping a shared vision for a solution.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 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!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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