Description
The European Financial Analysis (EFA) Team plays a critical role in guiding the strategic and financial direction of Ford Credit Europe (FCE). 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.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning and developing the long-term Anaplan strategy and architecture for FCE
- Ensuring strong governance, data quality, model standards and best practices across all European Anaplan applications
- Driving continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and identifying opportunities for automation and simplification
- Designing, building and enhancing Anaplan models for forecasting, budgeting, reporting and portfolio analysis
- Developing automated and standardised reporting that enables actionable insights for senior stakeholders
- Developing automated driver-based variance analysis between actuals and forecasts/budgets, supporting management reviews
- Leading end-to-end delivery of complex Anaplan initiatives, from requirements gathering to deployment and training
- Partnering with Finance, FP&A, Business teams and Shared Services to understand needs and build fit-for-purpose solutions
- Collaborating with global Anaplan teams to align with group standards and regulatory requirements
- Ensuring disciplined model testing, data reconciliation, ALM processes and user access management in a regulated environment
- Providing high-quality support to local markets and management teams
- Mentoring and guiding Anaplan developers, fostering capability growth within the team