Anaplan Development Lead

Ford Credit; Dunton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Credit Europe is seeking an Anaplan Development Lead to define and own the strategic roadmap for Anaplan across Europe, leading a small team of model builders and partnering with Finance and senior leaders to deliver scalable solutions.

The role focuses on governance, architecture, and continuous improvement of Anaplan models, with responsibility for secure, future-ready platforms in a regulated financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Anaplan Solution Architect certification
• 5+ years delivering full Anaplan lifecycles
• Strong multi-dimensional modelling and data integration
• Experience in financial planning and budgeting
• Background in banking or regulated environments
• ALM, release planning, regression testing
• Excellent communication to senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own long-term Anaplan strategy and architecture for FCE.
• Design, build and enhance Anaplan models for forecasting and budgeting.
• Deliver end-to-end Anaplan initiatives from requirements to deployment.
• Partner with Finance and Shared Services to build fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Mentor Anaplan developers and enforce governance and ALM.

Skills

Anaplan modelling

Stakeholder management

Strategic roadmap

Leadership

Regulated environments

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

European Financial Analysis (EFA) Team – Ford Credit Europe

Role

The European Financial Analysis (EFA) Team plays a critical role in guiding the strategic and financial direction of Ford Credit Europe (FCE). We provide senior leadership with:

• accurate and timely financial and operational insights
• proactive analysis to support high-quality decision-making
• forward-looking projections that shape the future performance of our business

To strengthen and scale our planning capabilities, we are recruiting an Anaplan Development Lead to drive the long‑term strategy, governance and evolution of FCE’s Anaplan platform across Europe.

As the Anaplan Development Lead, you will define and own the strategic roadmap for Anaplan, ensuring our models, processes and data architecture enable world-class financial planning and business performance management.

You will lead a small team of skilled model builders, setting best practices, championing Anaplan standards, and partnering closely with senior Finance and Business leaders across Europe to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.

This role is ideal for a hands‑on, solutions‑focused Anaplan expert who enjoys shaping strategy, influencing stakeholders, and building an integrated, secure, and future‑ready Anaplan ecosystem.

Platform Leadership & Strategy

• Own and develop the long-term Anaplan strategy and architecture for FCE.
• Ensure strong governance, data quality, model standards and best practices across all European Anaplan applications.
• Drive continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and identifying opportunities for automation and simplification.

Model Development & Enhancement

• Design, build and enhance Anaplan models for forecasting, budgeting, reporting and portfolio analysis.
• Develop automated and standardised reporting that enables actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
• Develop automated driver based variance analysis between actuals and forecasts/budgets, supporting management reviews
• Strengthen and optimise existing models, ensuring they remain robust, scalable and compliant with best practice.

Project Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex Anaplan initiatives, from requirements gathering to deployment and training.
• Partner with Finance, FP&A, Business teams and Shared Services to understand needs and build fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• Collaborate with global Anaplan teams to align with group standards and regulatory requirements.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure disciplined model testing, data reconciliation, ALM processes and user access management in a regulated environment.
• Provide high-quality support to local markets and management teams.
• Mentor and guide Anaplan developers, fostering capability growth within the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Anaplan Solution Architect certification
• 5+ years’ experience delivering full Anaplan lifecycles (design, build, deployment, support)
• Strong understanding of: multi-dimensional modelling, data integrations and model optimisation, anaplan architecture and platform governance
• Deep experience with financial planning, budgeting and management reporting processes
• Background in banking, financial services, or similarly regulated environments
• Proven experience with ALM, release planning, regression testing and controlled deployments
• Ability to communicate complex modelling concepts in simple, relatable terms
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement
• Confident working under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines with minimal supervision
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, including at senior management level
• Ability to design and maintain a cohesive, secure and scalable Anaplan ecosystem

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced financial modelling skills
• Basic understanding of captive finance products
• Knowledge of stress testing, capital principles and risk concepts
• Strong data analysis capability

Additional Information

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability

This position is based in Dunton, and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Dunton office for typically 4 days a week and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements.

As part of our pre-employment checks process, successful candidates will be required to undergo a criminal record check. This will be conducted in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and applied only to unspent convictions.

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