Role overview

This role owns the Enterprise Performance Management platforms that support three critical finance processes across Aldar and its subsidiaries: financial consolidation, tax, and financial planning and analysis. You will act as the accountable platform specialist for the full EPM landscape, which includes Oracle EPM and Anaplan, partnering closely with Group Finance and Tax teams through every planning, close and filing cycle.

Key responsibilities

Own the configuration, health and evolution of the Enterprise Performance Management landscape, maintaining a coherent view of which processes run on which platforms, how they connect, and where the landscape should converge or evolve.
Partner with Group Finance on consolidation and close cycles, with Tax on provisioning and compliance, and with financial planning teams on budgeting and forecasting, translating their process requirements into platform solutions.
Manage the enhancement backlog across the landscape, specifying, testing and releasing changes through the outsourced Solutions Factory model while ensuring disciplined release management aligned to finance and tax calendar constraints.
Own integrations between EPM platforms, the Oracle ERP and other source systems, ensuring reliable data flows and safeguarding master data alignment and accuracy across consolidation, tax and planning processes.
Drive adoption and effective use of Enterprise Performance Management capabilities across Group and Subsidiary finance and tax teams.
Provide priority support during close, filing, budgeting and forecasting windows, managing incidents and service requests to resolution while protecting critical finance and tax deadlines.
Contribute roadmap input, including adoption of new capabilities and rationalization opportunities across the EPM landscape.

Requirements

Minimum 6–8+ years of hands-on experience across Enterprise Performance Management platforms with required knowledge of both Oracle EPM and Anaplan.
Demonstrated experience in consolidation, tax and financial planning processes, including financial close and consolidation, tax provisioning and compliance, and budgeting and forecasting.
Experience specifying and testing changes delivered through vendors or outsourced delivery models, with preferred experience in multi-entity or group environments.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
Process-first mindset anchored in consolidation, tax and financial planning outcomes, with ability to work fluently across multiple platforms.
Proven ability to work reliably under calendar pressure and demonstrate rigor in data accuracy and cross-platform reconciliation.
Oracle EPM and/or Anaplan certifications are an advantage.

What makes this role worth considering

This position offers ownership of a critical technology landscape that directly enables the Group’s core finance operations. The role operates across a sophisticated multi-platform environment serving real business cycles with immovable deadlines, requiring both technical expertise and strong business partnership skills with senior finance and tax leadership.