Anaplan Developer, RACE Team

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale. Businesses, educational institutions and governments depend on AWS for secure cloud services and solutions.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) is seeking an Anaplan Developer to assist with the generation, standardization, and automation of forecasting models, planning processes, and reporting. The role is part of a Business Insights team charged with identifying and explaining business trends and impact. Candidates should have advanced Anaplan skills and experience building models that can scale to hundreds and thousands of users.

Applicants must be located near any of the following Amazon office locations:
Washington DC Metro, Chicago IL, New York NY, Seattle WA, or Dallas/Austin/Houston TX

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Key job responsibilities
• Maintain an existing, newly developed Anaplan forecast model currently being used by thousands of users today. Maintenance defined as ensuring data is updated and accurate, auditing model calculations and scalability, and providing to support to customers
• Develop a deep understanding of the business and be able to identify and quantify levers that impact the business
• Identify forecasting feature gaps and/or planning process inefficiencies within the sales organization, gather data and user requirements, and translate those needs into model enhancements and/or new Anaplan model implementations with timelines and delivery dates
• Develop both back-end and front-end features in Anaplan following best practices (PLANS methodology)
• Understand existing databases and warehouse structures in order best determine how to consolidate, aggregate, and utilize data in an efficient and scalable way
• Work with data engineering team to push data from Anaplan into existing data warehouses and reporting environments
• Develop user guides, training materials, and documentation for the model to assist end users


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