Company
Dataiku is a high-growth private software company with greater than $300 million in annual revenue and operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Dataiku is The Universal AI Platform™, giving organizations control over their AI talent, processes, and technologies to unleash the creation of analytics, models, and agents. Providing no-, low-, and full-code capabilities, Dataiku meets teams where they are today, allowing them to begin building with AI using their existing skills and knowledge. As we prepare the company for our next phase of growth and maturity, we’re focused on building a world-class finance organization to support our global operations and long-term success.
Position Overview
Dataiku is seeking a Senior Anaplan Sales Compensation Analyst to join our Strategic Finance team and drive high-impact insights that fuel growth. This position will partner globally with the sales team and help drive meaningful and strategic Anaplan initiatives. As a key member of our Finance team, you’ll balance detailed Anaplan administration and oversight with high-level strategic commissions analysis. You’ll partner cross-functionally to ensure Anaplan projects are driving business performance. This is a role for someone who thrives on curiosity, problem-solving, and making an impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand their needs and challenges, providing tailored solutions to improve Anaplan finance operations.
- Use advanced analytical techniques to diagnose issues and develop actionable insights.
- Assist cross-functional teams in implementing proposed solutions, ensuring alignment with their strategic goals.
- Develop and present recommendations based on thorough analysis and cross-functional team interactions.
- Focus on transforming organizational needs into dynamic capabilities, leveraging best-in-class solutions across finance and analytics, planning, finance technology strategy, and ERP-enabled finance transformation.
- Build financial models and scenario analyses to flag risks, opportunities, and build strategic insights.
- Guide workforce and expense planning by monitoring trends and advising leaders.
- Assess the value of sales investments using efficiency frameworks to impact decisions.
- Optimize processes by automating reporting, standardizing practices, and scaling solutions.
- Collaborate multi-functionally with Sales Ops, Product Finance, and other teams to align on metrics and deliver results.
Qualifications
- 3+ years' experience building and implementing Anaplan Solutions
- Ability to translate technical features into process improvements; expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models and modules for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and related processes; experience with Data Hub integration and design.
- Strong skills in complex data analysis, especially for financial planning; relevant finance or similar use case experience.
- Familiarity with system implementation methodologies (requirements gathering, design, build/test, deploy), with a preference for Agile approaches; experience in creating mock-ups, or managing COE/prioritization with business stakeholders.
- Proven ability to interact with both business-oriented and IT-oriented clients.
- Understanding of financial systems and business processes; knowledge of financial planning processes and their implementations
- ability to interpret complex business data requirements and build analytical models and data feeds that deliver actionable insights.
