Need Career Advice
Hey Redditors, I need serious career advice.
I am currently working in a finance role for a bank doing budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. Honestly, I am completely burned out from all the manual analysis work. The job takes 12–13 hours of my day and the culture is extremely toxic. This is becoming too much for me mentally.
I have around 7 years of experience in similar FP&A/budgeting roles. I’m 30 years old and earning around 12 LPA. Lately I’ve been thinking about taking a short career break for a few months to learn a tool like Anaplan because I keep getting the same kind of finance analyst roles and I want to move away from repetitive manual work.
Is taking a short break to upskill a wise decision in the current market situation?
Also, is anyone here working in Anaplan? I would really appreciate honest feedback about:
- Job market for Anaplan Model Builders
- Salary growth opportunities
- Work-life balance compared to core FP&A roles
- Whether AI could reduce demand in future
- If it’s still worth entering Anaplan in 2026
My background is strong in budgeting, forecasting, planning, and stakeholder management, but I don’t come from a hardcore tech background.
Would love genuine advice from people already in this field. Thanks in advance.