Associate Director, Planning COE Lead & Anaplan Solution Architect

Responsibilities

Who We Are :

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners - in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices.

Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world.

Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting.

No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.

SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts.

Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization.

The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers.

SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How you'll make an impact :

This role will report to the Vice President of Financial Reporting & Analysis and will own Anaplan, the FP&A planning and reporting tool and as the lead of the Planning COE, will support critical FP&A processes, including budget, forecast, management reporting and analysis.

This role requires strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing and competing priorities.

The candidate will have strong problem-solving skills and experience in FP&A including financial reporting and analysis and will have system focused experience used for planning and reporting in a corporate finance environment.

As the owner of FP&A's budgeting and forecasting tool, this role will be responsible for the development, integration, maintenance and continuous improvement of Anaplan and related processes.

As the Anaplan Solution Architect, you will be a model builder and own all phases of the software development cycle including requirements gathering, architecture and functional design, build, testing and production support.

This role will work closely with members of IT that are responsible for dependent systems and processes.

As the Associate Director, Planning COE lead, the candidate will have a proven track record of partnership and a passion for continuous improvement.

In this role, you will work closely and partner with the finance team and business leads to optimize the budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes.

What you'll do :

• The Associate Director, Planning COE Lead and Solution Architect will own Anaplan, the FP&A planning tool, and will support critical FP&A processes, including budget, forecast, management reporting etc.
• Be the in-house Anaplan expert, owning the design, modeling and reporting, working closely with a team of model builders
• Partner with finance and business teams to implement, optimize, and maintain the planning processes and tools
• Create reporting templates, dashboards, etc. to provide visualization to the end-users and their business partners
• Understand the FP&A team's processes and identify and lead areas of improvement and simplification
• Support the migration of manual reporting to automated solutions where possible
• Develop and support ongoing Anaplan user training to ensure all users understand the application capabilities and leverage system capabilities to deliver the optimal user experience to the Finance team
• Draft and maintain Anaplan and planning policies, procedures, and other documentation to ensure uniform, accurate, and consistent data and processes
• Clearly defines, sets objectives, KPIs, scope and cascade strategy for the COE. Communicate impact and ROI to stakeholders

What you'll need :

• Minimum B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or another relevant field
• Anaplan certified solution architect with 4+ years of significant work experience driving development using Anaplan in complex business environment (5+ large end-to-end planning implementations)
• 8+ years of work experience with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in financial planning and analysis, reporting, process management, data modeling including experience in Corporate FP&A
• Strong understanding of core FP&A processes
• Experience leading across functional product / project teams to execute and achieve success on complex deliverables
• A self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience.

These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $126,000 to $170,500 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience.

Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation.

SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.