Job Title: Anaplan Architect
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Anaplan Architect
The Budget Tool Revitalization (BTR) Project is a Client-wide initiative led by Financial Planning Division (FPD) in partnership with Technology Services Division (TSD) to replace SAP Public Budget Formulation (PBF) and the in-house CAPTOR system with Anaplan integrated with SAP S/4HANA.
Purpose of the Role
The Solution Anaplan Architect role is required to act as the client-side enterprise design authority and technical counterpart to the Systems Integrator to protect the Client’s long-term investment and ensure architectural integrity.
General Scope
The role provides architectural oversight, governance, and design assurance for all Anaplan solutions delivered under the BTR Project, ensuring alignment with Client standards, SAP S/4HANA integration requirements, and long-term enterprise planning objectives.
Assumptions
It is assumed that the Systems Integrator will perform the detailed build and configuration activities, while the Internal Anaplan Architect provides oversight, approvals, standards, and knowledge transfer without replacing SI delivery responsibilities.
Strategic Outcome
This role enables sustainable internal ownership of Anaplan, reduces long-term reliance on external vendors, and supports future expansion of enterprise planning capabilities beyond the initial BTR implementation.
Anaplan Architect
The Anaplan Architect will act as the enterprise owner and design authority for the Anaplan platform, ensuring that all solutions delivered by the Systems Integrator align with organizational standards, long-term architecture, governance, and business strategy. This role validates the SI’s work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture & Design Authority
• Serve as the architectural authority for all Anaplan models and connected-planning solutions delivered by the Systems Integrator.
• Review, challenge, and approve solution designs, data models, dimensionality, sparsity management, and calculation logic before build and deployment.
• Ensure adherence to Anaplan best practices (e.g., DISCO, modular design, performance optimization, ALM standards).
SI Oversight and Quality Assurance
• Act as the single technical counterpart to the Systems Integrator’s Solution Architect.
• Validate that delivered solutions meet approved functional requirements, non-functional requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Lead architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and model inspections prior to UAT and production release.
Platform Governance & Center of Excellence (CoE) Leadership
• Establish and enforce Anaplan governance, standards, and guardrails as part of the internal Anaplan Center of Excellence.
• Define patterns for reusable components, data hubs, security models, and integration approaches.
• Own the Anaplan roadmap, including expansion to new business domains and adoption of new Anaplan features.
Integration & Enterprise Alignment
• Ensure Anaplan integrates correctly with enterprise systems (e.g., S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, CRM, Data Warehouse) using approved patterns and tools (Anaplan Connect, APIs).
• Align Anaplan solutions with enterprise architecture, data governance, and security policies. Internal Enablement
• Mentor internal model builders and administrators to progressively reduce SI dependency.
• Support internal capability building and long-term platform sustainability.
Qualifications
Required Experience
• 5+ years of hands-on Anaplan experience across design, architecture, and governance roles.
• Proven experience overseeing multiple end-to-end Anaplan implementations delivered by external partners or SIs.
• Strong background in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Demonstrated experience in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), model optimization, and performance tuning.
Required Certifications
• Anaplan Certified Model Builder (Level 2) – mandatory.
• Anaplan Certified Solution Architect – mandatory for this role.
Preferred / Highly Desirable Certifications
• Certified Master Anaplanner – strongly preferred for enterprise governance roles.
• Agile or Scrum certification (CSM, SAFe, or equivalent).
Technical Skills
• Advanced multidimensional modeling and calculation design in Anaplan.
• Deep understanding of:
o Security models and selective access o Data hubs and spoke architectures o Integration patterns (batch and API-based) • Strong Excel and financial modeling background.
• Familiarity with enterprise data concepts (ETL, data warehousing, BI tools). Soft Skills & Leadership Attributes
• Ability to challenge vendors constructively and defend architectural decisions.
• Strong facilitation skills to bridge business, IT, and SI teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication for design documentation and executive-level discussions.
• Strategic mindset focused on long-term scalability, not just project delivery.
Deliverables
The Anaplan Solution Architect is accountable for ensuring best practices are being followed by the vendor in the following artifacts:
Architecture & Design Deliverables
• Ensure best practices are being followed, and in alignment with the Client of Toronto systems and data strategy, in the Target-state architecture (data hubs, spoke models, integrations) designed by the systems integrator.
• Endorse design documents for all SI-delivered solutions
Governance & Standards
• Ensures Modeling conventions, naming standards, performance guidelines are followed as per Anaplan Design & Development Standards
• Ensures Promotion paths, testing standards, and deployment controls are set by the SI in the ALM & Release Management Framework
• Collaborate and provide expert input in the Security & Access Model Definition ensuring Role-based access, selective access, and compliance alignment with standards.
Strategic Roadmap
• Planned enhancements, new use cases, and platform optimization
initiatives
• Reduction strategy for SI dependency over time
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$100.00 and CA$115.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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