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Anaplan

Anaplan Consulting Practice — Master Anaplanners and Business Architects.

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By bringing Gambitplan’s specialized Anaplan model-building capabilities directly under the Spark Advisory umbrella, clients gain more than standalone model configuration — they gain an end-to-end transformation partner capable of connecting Anaplan to core ERP ecosystems (SAP, Oracle Financials), enterprise data pipelines, and AI-driven workflows.

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Eliminate functional silos across Finance, Workforce, and Sales.

Deliver service excellence and protect client-level margins. Spark Advisory combines Gambitplan’s deep Anaplan modeling pedigree with enterprise-grade ERP integration and AI enablement to turn ‘what-if’ scenarios into immediate operational execution.

Why leading services firms plan with Anaplan

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Market Adoption

Top professional and business services companies — and 3 of the top 4 global consulting firms — plan with Anaplan.

40%

Operational Efficiency

Up to a 40% increase in planning team productivity and up to 96% time savings in monthly report generation (via automation and Anaplan XL Reporting).

20%

Decision Precision

Up to 20% greater financial forecast accuracy through connected, driver-based rolling forecasts.

Core Anaplan services

Pillar I

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Modernization

Unify finance teams on a single platform to align strategic, financial, and operational drivers with real-time macroeconomic and client demand shifts.

  • Granular Revenue & Fee Planning: Build driver-based models to forecast project fees, time-and-materials (T&M) billings, fixed-fee milestones, and subscription revenue across service lines and client segments.
  • Project Profitability & Cost Planning: Track and forecast direct and indirect revenues and costs at the individual engagement level to identify margin leakage early.
  • Client-Level Margin & Consensus Margin Analysis: Enable real-time visibility into gross-to-net margins and run multi-scenario evaluations to maximize engagement and portfolio profitability.
  • Integrated OpEx, CapEx & Software Spend Optimization: Align G&A, travel and entertainment (T&E), and capital expenditures directly with revenue plans to enforce cost discipline.
  • Headcount Expense Planning: Synchronize compensation and hiring plans directly with P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow forecasts.
  • Long-Range Planning & Rolling Forecasts: Transition from static annual budgets to agile, multi-quarter rolling forecasts (e.g., six-quarter rolling frameworks) across evolving business scenarios.

Pillar II

Extended Financial Consolidation & Reporting

Transform regulatory compliance, multi-entity close processes, and executive reporting with business-user-owned automation.

  • Automated Financial Consolidation: Streamline multi-currency, multi-entity consolidations to accelerate close cycles and eliminate manual spreadsheet errors.
  • Disclosure Management: Connect financial numbers directly to narrative reporting to ensure auditability, compliance, and timely statutory disclosures.
  • Management & Anaplan XL Reporting: Deploy intuitive, Excel-integrated self-service reporting that bridges live Anaplan models with board-ready presentations and operational packs.

Pillar III

HR, Workforce & Resource Utilization Planning

Optimize human capital — the primary revenue driver and cost center for services organizations — to meet current delivery commitments and long-term growth targets.

  • Capacity, Utilization & Project Resource Planning: Assess resource capacity and priority across functions, practices, roles, and seniority levels to maximize billable utilization by project and region.
  • Operational Workforce Planning (Plan-to-Hire): Connect recruiting pipelines and requisition approvals directly to business unit budgets to preserve hiring agility while minimizing budget variance.
  • Strategic Workforce Planning: Model long-term talent needs alongside AI and automation adoption curves to identify future skills gaps and evaluate talent investment ROI.
  • Compensation Modeling: Structure base and variable compensation models that incentivize high-utilization, high-margin behaviors aligned with firm culture.

Pillar IV

Sales, Marketing & Revenue Performance Management (GTM)

Connect commercial strategy with delivery capacity so sales teams sell what the organization can profitably staff and deliver.

  • Go-To-Market (GTM) Capacity, Territory & Quota Planning: Optimize account segmentation, scoring, territories, and quotas by aligning sales, marketing, and customer success teams.
  • Connected Sales Forecasting: Link CRM pipeline health with revenue reliability and resource delivery readiness to focus commercial teams on high-impact opportunities.
  • Incentive Compensation Management (ICM): Rapidly design, simulate, and administer complex variable commission and bonus structures that reward profitable growth.
  • Marketing Performance Management & Marketing Finance: Tie marketing budgets to real-time pipeline attribution, audience engagement metrics, and revenue outcomes.

Technical & AI Enablement

Three technical accelerators that go beyond model building, backed by Spark Advisory’s broader AI, ERP, and data capabilities.

Agentic AI & Anaplan Intelligence

  • Deployment of Anaplan Intelligence & Anaplan CoModeler
  • Configuration of role-based AI agents (Finance Analyst, Sales Analyst, Workforce Analyst)
  • Predictive ML/AI demand and revenue sensing

Why Spark: Combines Anaplan’s native AI agent network with Spark Advisory’s broader AI and digital transformation expertise.

Model Architecture & Optimization

  • Legacy model audits, restructuring, and performance tuning
  • Complete revamp of complex Financial Planning models
  • Center of Excellence (CoE) governance and security design

Why Spark: Proven delivery methodology for redesigning and optimizing existing Anaplan environments to meet platform best practices.

Enterprise Data & ERP Integration

  • Automated data hubs connecting SAP, Oracle Financials, and CRM pipelines
  • System transition support and enterprise workload automation

Why Spark: Leverages Spark Advisory’s core ERP, cloud migration, and data architecture practice to solve upstream data bottlenecks.

Engagement Models

Whether you are implementing Anaplan for the first time or looking for a new partner for an existing environment.

1

Model Health Check & Optimization Sprint

A short-term diagnostic reviewing existing Anaplan model architecture, calculation efficiency, and UX to eliminate bottlenecks and establish a roadmap.

2

End-to-End Solution Implementation

Full lifecycle deployment across one or more pillars (e.g., FP&A + Resource Utilization or Sales Forecasting + ICM), including ERP/CRM data integration.

3

Dedicated Advisory & Staff Augmentation

Embedded, pre-vetted Anaplan Solution Architects and Model Builders provided on a full-time Time & Materials basis (e.g., 40 hours/week minimum commitment) to lead system transitions, SAP/ERP integrations, and continuous model enhancements.

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Let’s connect your planning models to the ERP, data, and AI capabilities that turn plans into execution.

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