Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high\-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Join athenahealth as a Junior Anaplan Model Builder and help improve the financial planning tools that support forecasting, reporting, and decision\-making across FP\&A. In this role, you will build, maintain, and enhance Anaplan models and related processes in partnership with Accounting, FP\&A, IT, and Internal Audit. You will help turn business needs and spreadsheet\-based processes into scalable planning solutions while supporting data quality, governance, and user experience. This role is based in Bengaluru, India, with a hybrid work arrangement and reports to Kassel Nightt.
The FP\&A team supports decision\-making from executive strategy through day\-to\-day operational planning by analyzing financial results and developing forecasts. Within FP\&A, the Center of Excellence Transformation team focuses on improving forecasting and reporting capabilities across people, process, and technology. The team partners closely with Accounting, IT, Internal Audit, and other FP\&A users to support Anaplan and adjacent tools in the finance planning ecosystem. You will be part of a six\-person Model Builder team based in the U.S. and India.
- *Essential Job Responsibilities:**
- Build and enhance Anaplan models that support revenue recognition, forecasting, reporting, and related finance processes.
- Partner with Accounting and FP\&A users to gather requirements, identify process gaps, and translate business needs into system solutions.
- Design, test, and maintain multi\-dimensional model functionality following standard development and documentation practices.
- Modify existing models to improve performance, functionality, and user experience across Anaplan pages and AnaplanXL.
- Define data integration and scheduling requirements with IT and support ETL\-related workflows using tools such as Informatica and Anaplan Data Orchestrator.
- Support data validation and reconciliation activities, including working with data owners on staging and load best practices.
- Partner with Internal Audit to help maintain a compliant environment, including user access and model revision reviews.
- Research, document, and resolve model, process, and user questions; escalate issues to Anaplan support when needed.
- Communicate progress, issues, and milestones clearly through team meetings, written updates, and ad hoc collaboration.
- Use AI\-enabled tools to help organize requirements, draft documentation, summarize issues, and speed up routine analysis while confirming outputs are accurate before sharing.
- Travel required 10–15% annually.
- *Additional Job Responsibilities:**
- Support hierarchy governance activities, including monthly review files and bulk data updates.
- Contribute to team learning by staying current on Anaplan platform updates and related model\-building practices.
- Assist with certification growth and other professional development activities as needed.
- Participate in team hackathons, process improvements, and knowledge\-sharing sessions.
- Help maintain documentation for models, processes, and support procedures.
- Support short\-term projects and enhancements as assigned.
- *Expected Education \& Experience:**
- 1\+ years of experience building models in Anaplan or a comparable planning system.
- Anaplan Level 1 Model Building certification required.
- Experience with at least one full Anaplan implementation lifecycle required.
- Working knowledge of financial analysis, planning, modeling, and reporting concepts.
- Demonstrated experience with modules, imports and exports, and ALM in Anaplan.
- Experience with Anaplan Polaris, Anaplan Data Orchestration, Workflows, or AnaplanXL preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem\-solving skills with a focus on practical solutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical topics clearly.
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and follow through on commitments.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, information systems, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
- **Our vision:*** *In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high\-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.*
- **Our company culture:*** *Our talented* *employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do\-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission\-driven problem\-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award\-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.*
- **Our DEI commitment:*** *Our vision of accessible, high\-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.*
- **What we can do for you:***
- Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative* *workspaces* — *some offices even welcome dogs.*
- We also encourage a better work\-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in\-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment,* *full\-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth* *enables* *employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.*
- In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.*
- Learn more about our culture and benefits here:* *athenahealth.com/careers*
- https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal\-opportunity*