Title: Business Systems Analyst - Anaplan
Department: Information Technology
Location: Boston, MA
Bain Capital Overview:
With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms, creating lasting impact in our partnership with our investors, companies, and communities. Today we have over 1,880 employees in 24 offices on four continents.
We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential.
Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach allows us to pursue strategic platform growth and creates a shared commitment to cross-platform collaboration. Our enduring relationships with leading experts and executives extend outside our firm to include partners, counterparties, and community organizations. By connecting deep and diverse expertise across our global networks, we unlock breakthrough insight and unseen opportunity.
Our purpose, values, and commitment to lasting impact start with our people.
Our people are the heart of our advantage. We are intellectually curious, asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and striving to succeed together. Actively participating in high-stakes problem-solving is how we’ve grown and will continue to grow because we know that our impact is greater together.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Provide technical/application support and troubleshooting for existing Anaplan models, working closely with end-users to resolve system-related issues while maintaining data accuracy
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Help drive the product roadmap for Anaplan in collaboration with technology & finance leadership. Communicate product vision regularly through detailed, written product requirements, roadmap documents and presentations.
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Partner with ends users in FP&A, Finance, and other teams to configure Anaplan to meet process, functional and security requirements for existing & future use cases.
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Define & communicate the ongoing application support model consisting of business users, IT personnel, and 3rd party resources as applicable
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Enable business users and IT personnel in Anaplan platform through training, knowledge transfer, and day to day issue resolution
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Work with vendor partners to advocate for desired enhancements and to stay informed of new product/platform capabilities as they become available
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Help drive continuous functional & technical improvement across the Anaplan platform
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Identifies future opportunities to leverage the platform across other corporate functions and business units and incorporate into product roadmap
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, and/or finance
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Master’s degree in finance/ analytics / computer science preferred
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Accounting and/or financial planning & analysis experience in a corporate or consulting capacity strongly preferred
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3+ years of demonstrated hands-on experience using Anaplan, including full lifecycle design & implementation
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Certifications:
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Anaplan Certified Model Builder – required.
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Anaplan Certified Solution Architect – required.
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Strong understanding of connected planning concepts
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Self-motivated and willing to work, learn and take ownership in an energetic, fast-paced team environment
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Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
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Strong written and verbal communication skills
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Private equity, venture capital, alternative investment asset industry technology experience preferred
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Anaplan Consulting Experience strongly preferred
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Prior experience in data integration, Data Analytics & Visualization solutions preferred
Top Skills
What We Do
Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. More than 1,200 Bain Capital employees work together at locations in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Sydney, Madrid, Luxembourg, Munich, Mumbai, Seoul, and Tokyo to manage approximately $155 billion in assets.
Founded in 1984, Bain Capital has advanced a consulting-based approach to investment. We develop close partnerships with management teams around the world, uncovering valuable insights that drive long-term value to businesses and markets. We have expanded this approach beyond private equity to several asset classes, including credit, fixed income, public equity, venture capital, and real estate. We’re dedicated to responsible business practices, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are critical considerations in our investment approach.
We strive to create lasting impact for all stakeholders: our investors, our teams, our businesses, and the communities we’re a part of. We believe our shared values form the core of our competitive advantage:
- We develop exceptional partnerships. We know great outcomes come from great teams.
- We challenge conventional thinking. We think differently. We nurture a culture of deep objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity.
- We work with tenacity. We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes.
- We believe character matters. We prize personal integrity and humility.
Our team also supports a variety of charitable and nonprofit organizations by donating time, expertise and resources through the Bain Capital Community Partnership. Bain Capital Children's Charity, founded in 1996, has proven this by providing more than $55 million to 350 youth-related causes thanks to contributions from the firm’s employees and partners.
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