Business Analysis Manager, Sales

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 200+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies, including 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and IT service providers in over 26 countries spanning five continents.  

Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best in class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Equinix Sales Operations is building a worldwide Anaplan platform for sales target setting, sales crediting, quota planning, territory management and Finance planning. We are looking for an Anaplan developer to create and manage a suite of Anaplan based Planning tools using and expanding on our existing models and datasets. You'll be a part of Sales Strategy and the Planning team and will be a core member of a virtual global Planning team.

This role will have significant impact and influence crafting the use of Anaplan at Equinix. Eligible applicants therefore must have at least three years of prior experience with Anaplan development. The design phase will require coordination and requirement gathering across regions, functions and teams therefore listening, facilitation and relationship-building are core skillsets.

Responsibilities

• Gather and understand customer requirements and work with Sales Operations and Finance to convert business requirements into improvements in our planning process.




• Design and build Finance / Sales Target setting, Sales Comp Rules Engine models




• Build an integrated roadmap of features for Finance / Sales Target setting process, enhancements for Quota Planning & Territory Planning.




• Host monthly quota planning interlock sessions with Regional Sales Planning to ensure the alignment of the development, testing, and release of model enhancements with the global sales planning business calendar.




• Maintain existing model, respond to issues and provide day-to-day administration of the system.




• Optimize and automate data sourcing in support of all Anaplan models leveraging Anaplan Connect.




• Work with the Sales Compensation team to optimize goal sheet issuance.




• Collaborate with the Salesforce and IT teams to ensure changes made to contingent systems are planned for in Anaplan.




• Create functional documents and handbooks to represent application design.




• Handle Data Loads into Anaplan model.




• Evangelize best practice use of Anaplan.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience with Anaplan, as a model builder preferred, or 10 years of related experience.




• Green belt preferred.




• Experience with full system implementation life-cycles (analyze, design, build, test, support).




• Ability to translate spreadsheet models to scalable multi-dimensional Anaplan models.




• 2 - 3 years’ experience with Salesforce.com preferred.




• Strong understanding MS Excel and PowerPoint.




• Strong facilitation and workshop skills.




• Skilled in MS Office products.




• BS or BA in Business, Operations Management, or Computer Science, Finance or Accounting preferred.




• Curious individual with strong initiative and ability to work in a self-directed environment.




• Organization and prioritization skills; ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment.




• Strong understanding of outstanding processes for Quota Planning & Territory Planning.




• Experience working with individuals in Asia and Europe, and Brazil.




• Experience with ETL tools.

We offer Medical, TeleMedicine, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D insurance, 401K, Leave of absence & disability benefits, paid time off & holidays and more.  

In accordance with Colorado State Law (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-085) the salary range for Colorado for this role is $98,000 - $132,000 per year with 20% bonus target.

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.