Anaplan Administrator / Security & Access Controls Consultant

Role: Anaplan Administrator / Security & Access Controls Consultant

Location: 35 Dundas St. N., Cambridge, ON, Canada / Remote

Duration: 3 months

Pay Rate: $47 T4 and $55 INC.

Top 3 Skills:

• Tenant administration, Workspace management
• User provisioning, Role-based security
• Model access governance, and Audit reporting.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Anaplan Administrator with strong expertise in tenant administration, workspace management, user provisioning, role-based security, model access governance, and audit reporting. The resource will be responsible for assessing, documenting, administering, and improving Anaplan security and access controls across multiple workspaces and models within a global enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate should be capable of independently performing administrative activities, supporting compliance reviews, generating user access reports, and recommending security best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Tenant Administration

• Administer Anaplan Tenant settings and security policies.
• Manage Tenant-level roles, including:

o Tenant Admin

o Tenant Security Admin

o Tenant Auditor

o User Admin

o Integration Admin

o Workspace Admin

• Review and maintain tenant security configurations.
• Support audit and compliance initiatives.

User & Access Management

• Provision, modify, and deactivate users.
• Perform periodic access reviews.
• Validate user assignments across workspaces and models.
• Manage role assignments and segregation of duties.
• Ensure least-privilege access principles are followed.
• Support SSO and user lifecycle management processes.

Workspace & Model Administration

• Manage workspaces and workspace capacity.
• Identify model ownership and access assignments.
• Review model-level security and access controls.
• Maintain model inventories across environments.
• Coordinate workspace and model access requests.

Security & Role Management

• Analyze and administer:

o Model Roles

o Selective Access

o Dynamic Cell Access (DCA)

o Functional Roles

o Application Ownership

• Review module, list, action, and process permissions.
• Conduct security risk assessments and remediation recommendations.

Reporting & Audit Support

The consultant must be able to generate and reconcile reports showing:

• All active users
• User email addresses
• User IDs
• Assigned roles
• Workspace access
• Model access
• Workspace Administrators
• Tenant Administrators
• Privileged access users

Develop audit-ready reports such as:

User Email Workspace Model Role Admin Access

Integration & Automation

• Support integration user governance.
• Review service accounts and integration access.
• Collaborate with integration teams for security reviews.
• Assist with API-based user and access reporting where applicable.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 5+ years of Anaplan experience.
• 3+ years in Anaplan Administration and Security.
• Experience managing multiple workspaces and models.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Anaplan implementations.

Technical Skills

• Anaplan Tenant Administration
• User Administration
• Workspace Administration
• Model Role Management
• Selective Access
• Dynamic Cell Access (DCA)
• User Provisioning & Deprovisioning
• Security Governance
• Access Control Reviews
• Audit Reporting
• Microsoft Excel / Power Query

Preferred Skills

• Anaplan Certified Master Anaplanner
• Experience with:

o Identity Management / SSO

o Okta / Azure AD

o SOX Compliance

o Internal Audit Reviews

o Data Privacy Controls

o REST API Integrations

Preferred Deliverables During Engagement

The resource should be able to:

1. Export all users across Anaplan environments.

2. Identify all models each user can access.

3. Generate a user-to-role-to-model matrix.

4. Inventory all Workspace Admins and Tenant Admins.

5. Document all model roles and permissions.

6. Review and validate security policies.

7. Identify orphaned accounts and excessive access.

8. Provide recommendations for access governance improvements.

9. Create repeatable audit/reporting procedures.

10. Support periodic security certification reviews.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.