Purpose of the Role: 

To manage and evolve the Group’s Anaplan estate end-to-end—delivering high-quality model builds
for strategic projects, maintaining and upgrading existing models, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. This role
provides the technical backbone for our FP&A transformation, enabling accurate, timely and scalable planning solutions
across Group and Segments

Key Role Accountabilities:

Design, build and improve Anaplan models end-to-end, own new builds, re-engineer legacy models and ship high-impact upgrades, turning priorities into working solutions at pace.

Partner with the Head of Transformation, align on what matters most, then lead the technical delivery. Working
with interested parties to ensure successful delivery of projects.

Lead data flows and automation, own pipelines between Tagetik, Azure and Anaplan, and roll out Anaplan Data
Orchestration (ADO) as a step-change that makes data movement faster, cleaner and easier.

Improve Power BI reporting, knowledge of Power BI is not essential but would help facilitate a new wave of
reporting that pulls together our different reporting systems into one easy to use solution.

Make FP&A simpler and faster, systematically remove friction, automate repeatable tasks and harden processes so
the team spends time on analysis, not administration.

Run and simplify the estate, keep models healthy through cycles (upgrades, roll-forwards, structural changes),
manage access and controls, and streamline admin so routine tasks take fewer steps and less time.

Qualifications & Experience:

Education – A-Levels or equivalent
Specialised Knowledge – 4+ years of Anaplan building experience, Power BI knowledge is helpful but not essential.
Microsoft Excel skills – to high level. PowerQuery knowledge would be good but not essential.
Professional Certification – Anaplan level 2 minimum
Experience – in finance industry/services is a plus but not required.

Person Specification:

Technical mastery with curiosity Brings proven Anaplan build experience and a genuine appetite to learn, improve
and innovate.

Problem-solver with a delivery mindset Thrives on turning complex requirements into elegant, practical solutions,balancing speed with accuracy.

Structured and detail-oriented Maintains discipline in model design, naming conventions and governance while spotting opportunities to simplify and automate.

Adaptable and resilient Comfortable flexing between strategic projects and BAU tasks; stays calm under pressure and keeps priorities moving.

Data-driven with a systems view Understands how data flows across platforms; experience with Power BI is a plus for improving reporting and integration

The Company

In an industry that never stands still, neither do we. The Ardonagh Group was founded in 2017 and has grown to become the UK’s largest independent insurance distribution platform and a top 20 broker globally.

Our best-in-class entrepreneurial and specialist brands span a network of 150+ locations worldwide and have a combined workforce of more than c.10,000 people. Across our portfolio, we offer a highly diversified range of insurance-related products and services across the full insurance value chain in the UK, Ireland and broader international markets.

From complex multinational corporations to individuals purchasing personal insurance policies, our understanding of the communities we serve, together with our scale and breadth, allows us to deliver a broad range of product and risk solutions to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving market.

If you approach life with a sense of adventure you might just find what you need at Ardonagh to bring your ambition to life.

Find out more about Ardonagh’s world of opportunity on LinkedIn or visit www.ardonagh.com.

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