Adaptive Planning Manager

1st Central; Haywards Heath; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Central is seeking a strategic Adaptive Planning Manager to enhance their financial planning capabilities. This role involves managing the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, collaborating closely with finance teams to ensure systems align with business goals. With a flexible work model, you can work predominantly from home while maintaining essential in-person connections. The ideal candidate will have significant experience and understanding of financial systems and strong stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience configuring and managing Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Understanding of financial modelling and enterprise budgeting processes.
• Strong relationship-building skills across finance and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the Adaptive Planning platform and driving system improvements.
• Linking finance needs with broader business objectives.
• Leading change initiatives and system implementations.

Skills

Workday Adaptive Planning Expertise

Financial & Analytical Acumen

Stakeholder Management & Communication

Change Management

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Ready to shape the future of financial planning at 1st Central? We’re on the lookout for a strategic and hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning Functional Manager to take ownership of our Adaptive Planning platform. In this key role, you’ll be the vital link between Finance and the wider business, ensuring our planning systems not only meet today’s needs but evolve to support tomorrow’s ambitions.

If you’re passionate about financial systems, love turning complexity into clarity, and want to make a tangible impact across a vibrant business, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re big on flexible working – most of your time will be spent working from home, with just one day a week in the office at Haywards Heath, West Sussex, so you can enjoy the benefits of collaboration without losing the comfort of home. Prefer being in the office more often? That works for us too.

We also have a vibrant office in Salford Quays, Manchester, so if that’s a better fit for you, you’re more than welcome to base yourself there instead. And we’re open to remote working as well – all we ask is that you’re able to come into the Haywards Heath office at least once a month, so you can stay connected and keep those all-important face-to-face moments going.

Skills you’ll have that will make you a great fit:

• Workday Adaptive Planning Expertise - you've got hands-on experience configuring, managing, and improving Workday Adaptive Planning, including building models for budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario modelling.
• Financial & Analytical Acumen - you understand financial modelling and enterprise budgeting processes inside out, and you're confident translating business needs into smart, system-based solutions.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication - you know how to build strong relationships across Finance, FP&A, and the wider business, and you're great at bringing people with you on a journey of change.
• Change Management - you've successfully led system implementations, upgrades, and continuous improvement projects—and you know how to drive adoption and maximise value from planning tools.

If you’re ready to take the lead on shaping the future of our planning platform and want to be part of a business where your ideas and expertise will truly make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.

Hit that Apply button and head over to our careers site for all the details - join us at 1st Central, bringing clarity to complexity, driving innovation across our finance systems, and helping power smarter decisions—today and for the future.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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