Description

Amazon Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, offering virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, analytics, and other computing services to customers all over the world. AWS operates a globally distributed environment at massive levels of scale. Businesses, educational institutions and governments around the world depend on AWS for secure cloud services and solutions.

The Emerging Planning Solutions Team within AWS ensures that our Field and Commercial Operations teams have the world-class data and analytics tools required to scale with our rapidly expanding business. We are seeking a dedicated planning analyst to help transform the way we operate as a key member of our Planning and Workflow Automation Center of Excellence. As an experienced technical user of specialized planning applications, you will work to develop modules that replace email and spreadsheet-based manual processes for operations use cases.

This individual will partner closely with business leaders, operations leaders, and field users, as your primary customers, as you apply your deep technical knowledge of the selected planning and workflow automation solution. The candidate will also partner with the Product team to help turn requirements into workplans, prioritize requests, maintain backlogs and roadmaps, drive adoption through, and ensure the development of the proper infrastructures. The right candidate will have analytical skills to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high- information into details, and abstract up from low- information to a more general understanding.

Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

This position may be based in Seattle (WA), Dallas (TX), or Herndon (VA). Relocation offered for US residents only.

Key job responsibilities

Key job responsibilities

Develop a deep understanding of the business and identify/quantify levers that impact the

business.

Maintain existing Anaplan models and ensure that the data is accurate, complete, and available in a timely manner.

Identify feature gaps or planning process inefficiencies within the sales organization and translate those needs into model enhancements or new Anaplan model implementations.

Develop back-end and front-end features in Anaplan following best practices (PLANS methodology)

Understand existing databases and warehouse structures in order best determine how to

consolidate, aggregate, and utilize data in an efficient and scalable manner.

Work with data engineering team to push data from/to Anaplan into existing data

warehouses and reporting environments

Audit model calculations and provide support to end users.

Develop user guides, training materials, and documentation for the end users.

About the team

ABOUT AWS:

Diverse Experiences

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Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

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Basic Qualifications

4+ years of experience using one or more of the following platforms: Anaplan, Hyperion Planning.

Anaplan Certified Solution Architect.

4+ years of experience in planning, operations, or financial analyst role(s).

Preferred Qualifications

BA/BS Degree required; advanced degree or certification preferred.

Practical experience with requirements gathering for analytics solutions (end-to-end), over multiple technologies, size, and scale of projects.

Self-starter who can operate independently.

Able to influence decisions through effective verbal and written communication and logical reasoning.

Ability to influence project teams across a broad set of functions and geographies to develop new ideas and creative solutions for difficult, ambiguous and complex issues.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously and drive projects to completion.

Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence other leaders, and track record of taking ownership.

Demonstrated business acumen and the ability to apply technology solutions to solve business problems.

Experience working within a high-growth, global technology company

Advanced degrees, certifications, or coursework in areas of business Intelligence, analytics, and project management

Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies

Familiarity with applying DevOps and Application Lifecycle Management best practices.

Familiarity with ETL solutions and techniques

Familiarity with Salesforce.com

Familiarity with AWS Platform

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $122,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.