Own a European Anaplan platform outright

We're working with a client in the financial services space, operating across multiple European markets, who are hiring an Anaplan lead to take full ownership of their European Anaplan platform, the strategy, the architecture, the standards and the roadmap.

Anaplan underpins how our client's European finance function forecasts, budgets and reports. The output goes to senior leadership and informs the projections that shape business performance. They're looking for one person to be accountable for that platform, leading a small team of skilled model builders.

What makes it worth a conversation

You set the direction. You'll own the target architecture, governance model and multi-year roadmap, with a mandate to automate and simplify where you find manual process.

Build and lead. You'll mentor and grow the model-builder team while staying hands-on in the models yourself.

Regulated, multi-market complexity. Multi-country European scope with genuine ALM, release planning, regression testing and controlled deployment discipline — the scarcer end of the Anaplan market.

In-house ownership. You live with your own architectural decisions rather than handing them over at go-live.

The work

Define and own the long-term Anaplan strategy and target architecture across Europe

Set governance, model standards, data quality controls and best practice across all Anaplan applications

Design and build models for forecasting, budgeting, reporting and portfolio analysis

Automate driver-based variance analysis between actuals, forecast and budget to support management review

Optimise and harden existing models so they remain robust and scalable

Run Anaplan initiatives end to end — requirements gathering through deployment and training

Partner with Finance, FP&A, business teams and Shared Services across markets

Align to group standards and regulatory requirements alongside wider global Anaplan teams

Maintain disciplined model testing, data reconciliation, ALM and user access management

Requirements

Anaplan Solution Architect certification, or Level 2 Model Builder certification backed by demonstrable architecture experience

5+ years across full Anaplan lifecycles — design, build, deployment, support

Strong multi-dimensional modelling, data integration, model optimisation and platform governance capability

Deep experience of financial planning, budgeting and management reporting processes

Experience in banking, financial services or a comparably regulated environment

Proven ALM, release planning, regression testing and controlled deployment experience

Ability to explain complex modelling concepts to a senior non-technical audience

Effective stakeholder management up to senior leadership level

Helpful, not essential

Advanced financial modelling

Exposure to asset finance, leasing or consumer lending products

Awareness of stress testing, capital and risk concepts

Strong data analysis capability

Interested?

Apply with your CV, or get in touch directly for a confidential conversation about the role and the client before you go any further.