Anaplan Modeller

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British Council | Pay Band 8

Location: Noida, India
Department: Finance and Corporate Services
Contract: Indefinite (Permanent)

Apply by: Sunday, 24th May (23:59 local time)
Interview Window: Following week

This role is open to applicants with the legal right to work in India. Relocation and visa sponsorship are not available. The British Council supports flexible working, including hybrid arrangements, subject to business needs.

Role Context

The role is part of the FP&A Product Development and Support team within the FP&A Centre of Excellence (CoE), supporting the British Council’s Anaplan-based FP&A platform. The position focuses on maintaining and enhancing Anaplan models, supporting testing, resolving issues, and implementing continuous improvements to enable accurate forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning. Initially, the role will support ongoing FP&A solution releases before transitioning into business-as-usual activities, including optimisation, integrations, and evolving planning capabilities.

Working closely with the FP&A Global Process Owner, Anaplan partners, finance teams, and global stakeholders, the role contributes to a customer-centric, finance-led planning environment focused on agility, innovation, and strong user experience. The team builds and maintains solutions in-house to reduce third-party dependency, improve responsiveness, and strengthen ownership of the platform while collaborating with FP&A, Digital & Technology, DEP, SAP Master Data, technical support teams, and business planners globally.

Main Responsibilities

The role is responsible for designing, maintaining, and enhancing Anaplan models that support FP&A processes including planning, forecasting, and budgeting. Responsibilities include translating business requirements into scalable model solutions, managing dashboards, master data mappings, integrations, and supporting testing, troubleshooting, documentation, version control, and application support to ensure platform stability and continuous improvement.

The role also works closely with finance teams, FP&A analysts, Digital & Technology, and global stakeholders to deliver enhancements, improve data integration, support users, and drive agile product development initiatives. In addition, the position contributes to training, process design, system optimisation, and ongoing improvement of Anaplan capabilities, while applying strong expertise in FP&A concepts, Excel, Power BI, SAP integrations, and enterprise planning systems.

Role specific skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Interest in financial modelling and data-driven decision-making.
• Basic knowledge of financial planning concepts; willingness to learn advanced modelling techniques.
• Proficiency in Excel; exposure to BI tools and FP&A systems is an advantage.

Role specific knowledge and experience

Minimum/essential

• 3-5 years hands-on Anaplan experience
• Level 2 Anaplan Model Builder or above.
• Proficiency in Anaplan modules, lists, dashboards
• Strong understanding of financial concepts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, driver-based forecasting).
• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Advanced Anaplan architecture, integration with ERP/CRM/data lakes, API usage, performance tuning
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Level 3 Model Builder
• Finance qualifications – ACCA / CIMA etc
• Experience working with SAP products, especially SAP ECC
• Background in financial services, fintech, or consulting.
• Familiarity with other EPM tools (Oracle, OneStream, IBM TM1, SAP BPC).
• Master Anaplanner certification is a plus.

Language Requirements

The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.

Education

• Higher - Degree qualified

Professional Qualification and Certification

• Level 3 Model Builder Anaplan certification

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

Safeguarding Statement

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with. We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you experience any difficulties with submitting your application, please email askhr@britishcouncil.org