As a Senior Solution Architect, you will be the subject matter expert working with prospective Planful customers as they evaluate their current challenges and FP&A needs. Top Down CPM is searching for dynamic, high-energy individuals with a strong track record of corporate and customer success, who can quickly understand our customers planning needs and deliver services that best enable their success with the Planful Platform. You’ll work as part of an extended team from new customer kickoff through the complete customer lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Confidently present industry and domain focused planning process expertise to convey understanding to prospective customers.
- Guide customers in realizing business benefits and the value of using the Planful solutions.
- Drive the detailed scope and schedule of the customer engagement to lead implementations to successful completion.
- Maintain product competence by staying informed on new product enhancements, product best practices and new product offerings.
- Bring a high level of energy to the team.
- Embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and add creative ideas and perspective to all internal and external interactions.
Sr. Solution Architect Qualifications:
- Experience with enterprise FP&A tools such as Planful, Hyperion, Essbase, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning/Workday or Prophix.
- 5+ years in multi-product implementation within the cloud-based FP&A and consolidation sector, or other similar application software focused on finance.
- Working knowledge of Financial Planning and Analysis and associated challenges and operational pains experienced by finance and the broader business.
- Able to understand and explain business and technical issues related to Customer’s proposed solution.
- Outstanding communication (written and oral), organizational and time management skills
- Ability to execute to a plan and demonstrate ownership.
- Strong executive presence and presentation skills.
- Ability to prioritize opportunities and tasks

