Sr. Anaplan Consultant

**Job Overview** * **Role :** Sr. Anaplan Consultant * **Location :** Seattle, WA (**Remote**) Need only PST Time Zone * **Position type :** Contract **Mandatory Skills : Anaplan, ALM, FP\&A, Required Model Builder Certificate Level 3/Solution Architect** **Job description:** We are seeking a highly skilled Techno\-Functional Consultant with strong expertise in Anaplan. The ideal candidate will combine hands\-on technical Model building and testing skills with a deep understanding of enterprise business planning, data flows, integration touchpoints, and end\-to\-end validation across planning models and enterprise data platforms. \-\-\- **Key Responsibilities** 1\. Anaplan Functional \& Technical Validation · Review business user requirements and user stories to create comprehensive test scenarios. · Validate Anaplan modules, lists, hierarchies, actions, and processes. · Test model\-to\-model, model\-to\-data hub, model\-to\-target system integrations (Anaplan Connect, APIs, Airflow, etc.). · Perform regression, UAT, and performance testing on planning cycles and connected planning workflows. · Lead end\-to\-end QA strategy for user stories. · Maintain test plans, traceability matrices, test execution reports, and defect management. · Work closely with product owners, planners, data engineers, and developers to ensure high\-quality releases. · Drive quality reviews, root\-cause analysis, and continuous improvements. **Preferred** · Test REST APIs, microservices, and integration layers connected to Anaplan or downstream systems. · Conduct schema checks, data integrity validation, reconciliation, and lineage verification. · Validate data ingestion, transformation, and processing across ETL/ELT pipelines (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Databricks etc). **Required Skills \& Competencies** Functional Skills · Strong understanding of planning processes: FP\&A / supply chain planning / workforce planning / sales planning, or related domains. · Ability to translate business rules into test cases and validate model behavior. Technical Skills (Mandatory) · Anaplan: model structures, formulas, actions/processes, imports/exports, ALM, UX testing. · QA: functional and technical testing, APIs, data ingestions, scheduled jobs etc · Anaplan (Model Builder L3 and above) **Tools (preferred)** · Jira, AWS, ALM, GitHub, Sharepoint, Teams · Snowflakes/Azure/AWS certification · Python, PyTest, Postman, Selenium · Knowledge of data quality frameworks · Exposure to analytics platforms (Power BI/Tableau) \-\-\- **Education:** · Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Commerce, Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Analytics, or related fields. Pay: $70\.00 \- $75\.00 per hour Work Location: Remote