FP&A Architect

Thoucentric:

• Thoucentric is a niche management consulting firm focused on helping organizations overcome business challenges, maximize growth & overall performance through effective problem solving, efficient people, process, and technology solutioning, end to end execution and management.
• We help clients with Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning and Execution including Analytics & Emerging Tech areas cutting across functional About areas such as Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution.
• We are a group of seasoned professionals having diverse industry, solution and product experience thereby making us effective business liaisons. We are 300+ consultants strong coming with strong diverse background fueling our growth story in India and across four other global locations viz. US, UK, Singapore, and Australia.
• Thoucentric is an ‘Ethos’ that epitomizes the essence of being a good human… living a life of purpose… being life itself! We are an extension of ourselves together! We breed the basic human values of trust, freedom, nimbleness, compassion, integrity, passion, persistence & conviction.

Requirements

Role Description:

• Lead the entire application development lifecycle in implementation of Such as Anaplan or Oracle Hyperion based solutions
• Understand requirements from business teams, assess the level of efforts, complexity and timeline, design best in class solution and implement the solution in Anaplan
• Familiar with Agile Delivery, Design and Roll out of new requirements
• Collaborates with client business teams to determine and communicate application or platform vision, direction, and work priorities, and drives progress towards technology target roadmaps
• Managing an application portfolio and associated projects and Identifying opportunities for application optimization, redesign, or process improvement - focused on collaboration systems and internal tools
• Addressing the various needs, concerns, expectations of stakeholder groups in planning and executing projects, meeting project requirements, and creating project deliverables
• Creates environment for delivery teams to be self-governing organizations who are accountable for their own performance and delivery commitments
• Exhibits a desire for continuous learning and sharing of new knowledge within the organization
• Removes roadblocks, cultivates relationships, and effectively communicates across Enterprise at various levels of leadership
• Leads, develops, and mentors a high performing team of individuals with a diverse range of skills and experiences
• Maintains an effective approach on problem solving, multi-tasking, coordinating, and scheduling
• Manages production issues and off-hours support, communication, and coordination, as needed

Educational Qualifications:

• Strong educational background from reputed engineering and management schools with 6-12 years of experience
• Certified Solution Architect Anaplan and Anaplan Way (Agile philosophy) preferred

Required Skills:

• The candidate should have knowledge and experience of Anaplan modeling for Financial projects
• FP&A project experience in FMCG industry having large and complex IT landscape would be beneficial
• Experience in managing, supporting, and delivering mission-critical projects/migrations
• Experience working with Agile project management methodologies and tools
• Experience in managing operations and changes for major IT applications or platforms across geographies

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to cope in a complex and fast-changing business environment, and to respond calmly and rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven situation.
• Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss and explain issues coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels.
• Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Clear decision-making ability with the facility to judge complex situations and assess when to escalate issues.

Ability to balance conflicting and changing demands through prioritization and a pragmatic approach.

Benefits

What is in it for You:

• Be part of the exciting Growth Story of Thoucentric!
• Work on projects that help you stay ahead of the curve. Not just exciting projects, if you are a self-starter, you will also get multiple opportunities to design, drive and contribute to the organizational and practice initiatives.
• Constant learning curve with very approachable and intellectual group of consultants.
• Be part of One Extended Family. We bond beyond work - sports, get-togethers, common interests etc. Work in a very enriching environment with Open Culture, Flat Organization and Excellent Peer Group.