Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect (R6366)

Shield AI • San Diego, CA

3d • $130,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Anaplan Solutions Architect to set technical direction and lead connected planning for Corporate FP&A. In a lean team, this role serves as both architect and hands-on builder, independently guiding complex design decisions and coaching FP&A colleagues toward greater self-sufficiency. The position will advance an autonomous, continuously updated forecast grounded in business drivers, robust data, and validated machine-learning inputs, helping Finance partners advise the business and giving leaders timely projections.

The role involves architecting connected planning solutions across financial statements, workforce, allocations, annual planning, and long-range scenarios; shaping the planning architecture and roadmap with Finance leaders; integrating enterprise data and predictive outputs into Anaplan; and providing technical leadership to builders and implementation partners. The position owns solution quality, acceptance, and knowledge transfer.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on Anaplan experience and a record of architecting and delivering complex connected planning solutions.
• Deep understanding of Corporate FP&A and the judgment to translate Finance priorities into architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex delivery while building directly in a lean team.
• Experience with integrations, model performance, reconciliation, and controlled deployment.
• Experience mentoring builders, developing Finance users, and advising senior stakeholders on design and delivery tradeoffs.

Nice To Haves

• Anaplan Solution Architect certification or Master Anaplanner designation.
• Experience with integrated three-statement planning and driver-based forecasting.
• Experience integrating predictive models or enterprise data platforms with planning applications.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build connected models for financial statements, workforce, allocations, annual planning, and long-range scenarios.
• Shape the planning architecture and roadmap with Finance leaders, balancing business value, scalability, and delivery capacity.
• Establish design standards and resolve cross-model dependencies to keep planning solutions intuitive, performant, and maintainable.
• Coach FP&A users and builders to take greater ownership of analysis, scenarios, and model development.
• Integrate trusted enterprise data and predictive outputs into Anaplan in partnership with data and analytics engineers.
• Advance continuously refreshed, driver-based forecasting with clear reconciliation, review, and override controls.
• Provide technical leadership to builders and implementation partners, owning solution quality, acceptance, and knowledge transfer.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed