Anaplan Model Builder

Legal And General Group; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services group is looking for a Financial Data Modeller in Cardiff. This role involves developing and maintaining Anaplan data models, contributing to annual budget planning, and collaborating with financial experts. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in financial modeling and experience with Anaplan tools. The position offers flexible working options and a variety of benefits including a performance-related bonus and generous pension contributions.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

At least 25 days holiday

Electric car scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with building and maintaining financial models.
• Knowledge in planning or modeling data technologies.
• Experience with Anaplan tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Anaplan development including requirements gathering and design.
• Maintain Anaplan infrastructure and develop models from scratch.
• Liaise with Finance Managers to understand requirements.

Skills

Anaplan tools

Financial modeling

Data technologies

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets.

Job Description

Legal and General Investment Management’s Anaplan team are hiring for a new Financial Data Modeller to support the Financial Systems Development Manager in designing, building and testing the current and new Anaplan Data Models. The role will see you working as part of the Financial Planning and Analytics Function to support and plan LGIMs annual budget collaborating closely with internal financial experts and business leaders to adapt and update policy, provide monthly and quarterly forecasting and analysing channel profitability.

What you’ll be doing

• Contributing to all aspects of Anaplan development including requirements gathering, design and build, UAT, governance and documentation
• Maintaining and developing current Anaplan infrastructure. Configuring and maintaining Anaplan lists, modules, dashboards, actions, and other model settings to meet business needs and prototyping new ideas and functionality to enhance current Anaplan models
• Building and developing Anaplan models from scratch and modify existing models, extending proof of concept and translating 2D spreadsheet models into Anaplan multi‑dimensional models
• Liaising with Finance Managers (and other Anaplan users) in order to understand requirements and developing Anaplan models to meet these requirements
• Keeping up to speed with latest product releases on the Anaplan platform, working in line with Anaplan best practices to ensure that desirable functionality is adopted into the existing and future modelling capabilities
• Developing standard documentation for the applications, and provide support in maintenance and continuous improvements post model roll‑out
• Providing guidance to team members regarding technical configuration, testing processes, etc
• Training and assisting users on Anaplan on how to get the best from the system, as well as explaining the inner workings where necessary

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for

• Experience with building and maintaining financial models
• Knowledge and experience in the use of planning, modelling or other data technologies to provide business solutions
• Experience with the Anaplan tools
• Tableau, Alteryx, SQL or Equivalent is desired
• Knowledge or Experience in the financial services industry would be advantageous

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax‑efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part‑time, term‑time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.