A leading consulting partner is seeking a Senior TM1 Consultant to design, build, and deliver high-impact IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) solutions for enterprise clients. You’ll lead workshops, own solution design, mentor consultants, and steer end-to-end implementations across FP&A, Workforce, Operational, and Supply Chain planning.
Responsibilities:
* Discovery, blueprinting, sprint planning, build, SIT/UAT, cutover, and hypercare.
* Solution architecture, dimensional modelling, Rules/Feeders strategy, TurboIntegrator (TI) processes, performance tuning, security, and governance.
* Build PAW books, visualisations, and guided workflows; enable Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE).
* Define data hub patterns and connect to ERPs/CRMs/data lakes via TM1 REST API, ODBC, or iPaaS.
* Institute coding standards, version control, peer reviews, automated promotions, and auditability.
* Run value-case workshops, roadmap sessions, and best-practice clinics with finance and operations stakeholders.
* Coach client model builders, contribute accelerators/templates, support presales (RFPs, demos, POVs).
Requirements:
* 4+ years implementing/developing on TM1/IBM Planning Analytics.
* Experience in Rules/Feeders, TI scripting, PAW and PAfE, hierarchies, security, and performance optimisation.
* Consulting skills such as requirements facilitation, stakeholder management, and strong written/verbal communication.
* SQL and data modelling fundamentals.
* UK-based and able to travel to client sites when needed.
Nice-to-haves
* Experience with Bedrock, Arc, Pulse, IBM Planning Analytics on Cloud, or containerised/DevOps deployments.
* Integrations with SAP/Oracle/MS Dynamics/Salesforce/Snowflake/Databricks.
* Cognos Analytics exposure and report packs for financial close/management reporting.
* Domain depth in FP&A (budgeting/forecasting, driver-based planning, scenario modelling) and/or S&OP/IBP.
* Professional certification in IBM Planning Analytics or related EPM tools.