IBM Planning Analytics Consultant

Job Description & Requirements
We are looking for an experienced IBM Planning Analytics (PA) Support Engineer to support budgeting, forecasting, and enterprise performance management systems. The role involves application support, production issue resolution, system administration, upgrades, and close collaboration with project and infrastructure teams to ensure system stability and performance.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with IBM Planning Analytics / TM1, including PAW, rules, feeders, Turboalternators processes, and operational support activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support budgeting and forecasting processes using IBM Planning Analytics (PA / TM1)

• Understand existing system implementations and business logic quickly

• Perform impact analysis and resolve production defects and issues

• Manage daily operational activities, including nightly data refresh and monitoring

• Troubleshoot and resolve data load failures, errors, and warnings

• Perform variance analysis and data validation during monthly and quarterly closes

• Ensure proper data archival, restore, and backup procedures are followed

• Execute system upgrades and apply patches for IBM PA (on-premise and GCC Cloud environments)

• Participate in cutover activities and execute deployment steps for fixes and enhancements

• Support deployment activities post-fix and enhancement releases

• Work closely with infrastructure and security teams to address environment, access, and system concerns

• Support planned deployment or upgrade activities outside normal business hours when required

Technical Skills & Requirements

IBM Planning Analytics / TM1 Fundamentals

• Strong understanding of:

  • Cubes, dimensions, elements, and hierarchies

  • Rules and feeders

  • TurboIntegrator (TI) processes

  • Data types (numeric, string, consolidation)

• Hands-on experience with:

  • PAW (Planning Analytics Workspace)

  • PAX (Planning Analytics for Excel)

  • PAfE

  • TM1 Web

PAW (Planning Analytics Workspace)

• Create and manage cubes, dimensions, hierarchies, and subsets

• Define relationships, attributes, and aliases

• Write, test, and maintain rules using the PAW rule editor

• Build, execute, and debug TurboIntegrator processes

• Design and manage efficient feeders

UI / UX

• Design intuitive PAW books and sheets

• Use widgets, selectors, tabs, and quick reports effectively

• Apply best practices for layout, formatting, and usability

Security

• Configure and manage object-level security:

  • Cubes, dimensions, elements, processes, and chores

• Implement and maintain cell-level security and application security rules

Administration

• Backup and recovery of PAW books and system assets

• Deployment and upgrade support

Additional Skills (Good to Have)

• Python scripting

• Advanced TI and rule debugging

• Conditional rules

• Feeder optimization and debugging

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant hands-on experience in IBM Planning Analytics / TM1

• Experience supporting production environments is required

• Exposure to enterprise-scale financial planning, budgeting, or forecasting systems is preferred