ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing more than one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has over $79 billion of assets under management, including approximately $36 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Senior Finance Analyst, FPA Systems & Applications is responsible for contributing to the Anaplan Center of Excellence organization by helping to define best practices, supporting proof-of-concepts, and bringing new ideas.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the Anaplan Center of Excellence organization by helping to define best practices, supporting
• proof-of-concepts, and bringing new ideas.
• Independently make complex manual updates or Anaplan model updates based on incoming requests.
• Elicit requirements for small to medium-sized requests, working with users to determine underlying needs
• and potential solutions. Transform these requests into actionable work and collaborate with technical teams
• to complete these items, maintaining continuous communication with key stakeholders.
• Test routine updates and enhancements to ensure necessary functionality continues to work and remains
• user-friendly.
• Support with training, documenting, tracking, prioritizing, and delivering results for Anaplan implementation.
• Assist in developing "Proof of Concepts" models to showcase how things will translate in real-time scenarios
• and to establish creditability of the Anaplan platform for consideration.
• Develop, enhance, maintain, and ensure the accuracy of Anaplan-based models and dashboards.
• Developing in-depth understanding of business processes and develop solutions to improve functionality,
• user experience and data quality of Anaplan.
• Troubleshooting issues and escalating where necessary.
• Stay abreast of latest Anaplan and related systems functionalities as well as industry best practices on data
• modelling, planning, and process definition.
• Develop comprehensive expertise in the existing Anaplan ecosystem, including all model intricacies.
• Collaborating and nurturing partnerships with senior leaders and various teams across the broader
• organization
• Develop deep knowledge and technical expertise in Anaplan's data sources, including Greystar operational
• data, financial data, and other connecting systems
• Collaborate frequently and closely with other Anaplan CoE team members to comply with Greystar best build
• practices, model management and project road-mapping
• Perform Ad-hoc deep dives on pressing/emerging business issues leveraging Anaplan model builder expertise
• for solutions
• Expand model ownership and expertise into new use cases over time

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (IT or technical-related degree preferred).
• Anaplan Certified Model Builder certification (Level 1 and Level 2). Level 3 certification and beyond is a plus.
• 2-3+ years of successfully implementing Anaplan solutions as model builder.
• Experience with Anaplan integrators like Anaplan Connect, APIs, and Informatica (Hyperconnect).
• Experience in regional/global Application Operations & Support Management role and understanding of data
• integration is a plus.
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• Expert skills of Excel spreadsheet modelling, pivot tables, formulas, charts, etc.
• Experience in running Helpdesk/support to end-users, incident management, and problem-solving.
• Lean / Agile Product Development expertise and experience.
• Proficiency in English language and ability to communicate technical topics in a simple way to non-technical
• audience.
• Extract Transform Load (ETL) tool experience (preferred but not required)
• You have experience with Topline Revenue Forecast modeling (preferred but not required)

Skills & Other Qualities

• Strong problem-solving skills with a solutions-oriented approach to challenges and root cause analysis
• capabilities.
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options to key
• stakeholders.
• Ability to act independently and exercise independent judgment and discretion within generally defined
• practices and policies to carry out responsibilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment while managing multiple projects and strict
• deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Being always inclusive: creating a healthy environment where everybody feels welcome and safe to share
• ideas.
• Ability to lead processes effectively and deliver outputs on time.
• Ability to manipulate and sort large volume of data in excel.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to interpret accounting, finance, and FP&A concepts and translate them into effective Anaplan
• solutions
• Demonstrate an automation-focused mindset, actively identifying opportunities to streamline manual
• processes and enhance solution scalability

Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to AskHR@greystar.com.