Senior Analyst (Anaplan & Cloud Apps)

Aberdeen Standard Investments; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Analyst with expertise in Anaplan and cloud applications to design and optimize financial planning models. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in Anaplan model building and data integration tools. Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills are required. This role offers competitive benefits, including 40 days’ annual leave and a discretionary performance-based bonus.

Benefits

40 days annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits including gym discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Anaplan model building (Level 2 or higher certification preferred).
• Ability to understand and map end-to-end finance, procurement, and supply chain processes to system solutions.
• Skilled in diagnosing complex issues and delivering data-driven solutions.
• Strong documentation and training capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Anaplan models to support business planning.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications.
• Ensure model integrity, performance, and scalability.
• Support ERP upgrades and integrations.
• Manage testing activities and provide end-user training.

Skills

Anaplan model building

Cloud-based applications

Data integration tools

Python

SQL

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

Education

Anaplan Level 2 certification

Tools

Oracle Financials

Job description

Job Description

Senior Analyst (Anaplan & Cloud Apps)

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the department

Aberdeen’s Finance Squad sits within the Corporate Technology Office, which is responsible for managing Aberdeen's core Finance systems with Anaplan being one of its Strategic tools of choice. Aberdeen is also live with Oracle Financials (GL, AP, AR, FA) & Oracle ERP Cloud solutions (Fusion), and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). We have an exciting roadmap ahead of us to further enhance our systems architecture over the next 3 years and embed and enhance ways or working.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Analyst with deep expertise in Anaplan model building and strong experience in Cloud-based applications. This role will focus on designing, maintaining, and optimizing financial and operational planning models, while leveraging cloud technologies to deliver scalable and efficient solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Anaplan models to support business planning and forecasting processes.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications through stakeholder collaboration.
• Ensure model integrity, performance, and scalability across multiple business units.
• Support ERP upgrades, patches, and integrations with other enterprise systems.
• Manage testing activities and provide end-user training and documentation.
• Act as a bridge between business and technical teams to ensure successful Model implementations.

About the candidate

• Proven experience in Anaplan model building (Level 2 or higher certification preferred).
• Ability to understand and map end-to-end finance, procurement, and supply chain processes to system solutions.
• Proficiency in data integration tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL)
• Skilled in diagnosing complex issues, performing root cause analysis, and delivering data-driven solutions.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and engaging with stakeholders, vendors, and Oracle support.
• Strong documentation and training capabilities, with experience mentoring junior team members.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.