Business Consultant

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers' success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who's who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating_ _our wins - big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you'll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let's build what's next - together

**Location: Syndey, Australia (Hybrid based - working out of Anaplan Sydney office - 2-3 times in a week) + Travel required for client engagements (35%).**

Anaplan is seeking a seasoned **Business Consultant** to join our **Professional Services** team, focusing on driving business transformation and strategic planning engagements for our ANZ customers. This role blends deep functional & technical expertise with business consulting skills to help C-suite and senior business leaders design and implement enterprise-wide planning solutions that improve organisational efficiency, agility, and decision-making.

This is a stellar opportunity to get involved in a highly visible, large scale SaaS cloud company. This role is an immediate full-time position. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and seek unique problems that no one else is solving, keep reading.

Do you enjoy diving into issues and designing complex solutions? Do you enjoy solve business problems and engaging with external customers? If so, this job is for you.

**What You'll Be Doing**
- Partner with senior executives to **define business objectives, strategies, and roadmaps** for enterprise performance management and connected planning initiatives.
- Serve as the SME for large-scale connected planning solutions
- Recommend and modify existing models as part of a connected solution, optimization, or to incorporate new functionality.
- Facilitate workshops with cross-functional teams to align stakeholders, refine requirements, and develop planning solution to cater to business needs.
- Provide strategic oversight of planning solution deployments, ensuring alignment with business goals, to-be process and change management principles.
- Guide customers through organisational change, providing coaching and knowledge transfer to build internal capability.

**About You**
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field (or equivalent experience). Master's degree in Business administration is preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in management or business consulting, enterprise planning transformation, or strategic solution advisory.
- Strong track record in advising organisations on business performance improvement and change enablement.
- Skilled in engaging with senior stakeholders to address complex organisational challenges.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into strategic solution designs that deliver measurable outcomes.
- Experience in enterprise planning, forecasting, or performance management processes (EPM experience strongly preferred).
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable working across industries, adapting frameworks to different organisational contexts.

**Why This Role is Interesting**
- Opportunity to **influence strategic decision-making** at leading ANZ organisations.
- Work on transformative projects that **impact enterprise-wide performance and agility**.**:

- Collaborate with a global team of planning and transformation experts in a high-growth SaaS environment.
- Provide consultative and solution focused approach in customer engagements.

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)**

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren't just words on paper - this is what drives our innovation, it's how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. W