Senior Associate EPM

Aldar Academies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar Academies in the UAE seeks a senior Platform Owner to lead the Enterprise Performance Management stack across consolidation, tax and financial planning. You will own the configuration, health and evolution of Oracle EPM and Anaplan, ensuring reliable, reconciled data and a coherent cross‑company view.

Partner with Group Finance, Tax and IT to translate requirements into platform solutions, drive adoption, and plan rationalization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• Oracle EPM and/or Anaplan certifications are an advantage.
• AI recruitment tools may be used but do not replace human judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own the configuration, health and evolution of the Enterprise Performance Management landscape across Consolidation, Tax and planning.
• Maintain a coherent view across platforms and contribute roadmap input for adoption and rationalization.
• Partner with Group Finance on close cycles, and with Tax on provisioning and compliance processes.
• Translate requirements into platform solutions and drive standardized improvements.
• Manage integrations between EPM platforms, Oracle ERP and source systems, ensuring data quality.

Skills

Process-first

Data accuracy

Cross-platform reconciliation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Oracle EPM

Anaplan

Job description

Job Purpose

Own the platforms behind three of the Group's core finance processes (financial consolidation, tax, and financial planning and analysis) across Aldar and its subsidiaries. The mandate is defined by these processes, not by a single vendor: the role spans the full Enterprise Performance Management landscape, including Oracle EPM and Anaplan. Act as the accountable platform specialist for this landscape: partnering with Group Finance and Tax through every planning, close and filing cycle, translating process requirements into platform solutions, and ensuring the platforms are reliable, reconciled and continuously improved. This role is exclusive for the UAE National.

Roles And Responsibilities

Platform Ownership:

Own the configuration, health and evolution of the Enterprise Performance Management landscape supporting Consolidation, Tax and financial planning and analysis, including Oracle EPM and Anaplan. Maintain a coherent view across platforms: which process runs where, how they connect, and where the landscape should converge or evolve. Contribute roadmap input, including adoption of new capabilities and rationalization opportunities across platforms.

Business Engagement:

Partner with Group Finance on consolidation and close cycles, with Tax on provisioning and compliance processes, and with financial planning and analysis teams on budgeting and forecasting. Translate process requirements into platform solutions, selecting the right platform for each need and balancing standardization with legitimate entity-specific requirements. Drive adoption and effective use of Enterprise Performance Management capabilities across Group and Subsidiary finance and tax teams.

Delivery & Enhancements:

Manage the enhancement backlog across the landscape; specify, test and release changes through the outsourced Solutions Factory model and platform vendors. Ensure disciplined release management aligned to finance and tax calendar constraints (no changes that jeopardize close, filing or planning cycles). Align all changes with Group architecture, security and integration standards.

Integrations & Data Quality:

Own integrations between the Enterprise Performance Management platforms, the Oracle ERP and other source systems, ensuring reliable, reconciled data flows. Safeguard master data alignment and data accuracy across consolidation, tax and planning processes. Ensure consistency of results across platforms where processes intersect (e.g., actuals feeding plans, consolidation outputs feeding tax).

Operations & Cycle Support:

Provide priority support during close, filing, budgeting and forecasting windows, coordinating with Technology Operations, managed services and vendors. Manage incidents and service requests to resolution, protecting finance and tax deadlines.

What This Role Is Not:

Not a single-vendor platform role; the mandate spans the full Enterprise Performance Management landscape, including Oracle EPM and Anaplan. Not a development role; build and configuration are executed through the Solutions Factory and vendors. Not a finance or tax process owner; process ownership remains with Group Finance and Tax. This role owns the platforms behind the Group's consolidation, tax and financial planning processes.

Related Year Of Experience

Minimum of 6-8+ years of hands-on experience across Enterprise Performance Management platforms, with required knowledge of both Oracle EPM and Anaplan.

Field Of Experience

• Consolidation, tax and financial planning processes: financial close and consolidation, tax provisioning and compliance, budgeting and forecasting
• Specifying and testing changes delivered through vendors or outsourced delivery models
• Multi-entity or group environments are preferred

Technical And Interpersonal Skills

Process-first mindset, anchored in Consolidation, Tax and financial planning outcomes, fluent across the platforms that serve them. Reliable under calendar pressure; understands that close, filing and budget deadlines are immovable. Rigorous on data accuracy and cross-platform reconciliation. Proactive in proposing landscape improvements and rationalization rather than waiting for requests.

QUALIFICATION

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required. Oracle EPM and/or Anaplan certifications are an advantage. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.