Financial Consolidation & Reporting Lead

When you join Bedford, you join a team that consistently delivers Beyond the Expected for each other, for our customers, and for our partners.

We are one of Anaplan’s largest and longest-running Gold partners, recognised year after year for excellence and innovation. Our culture is built on partnership, quality, innovation, customer focus, humility, and curiosity. These values define how we think, act, and collaborate.

We’re growing fast across EMEA, and we’re looking for people who raise the bar. People who think ahead, act early, communicate clearly, and take pride in creating outcomes others don’t anticipate.

If that sounds like you, Bedford will feel like home.

Beyond the Expected is the behavioural standard for everyone  shows up in three ways:

• Curiosity to understand more than what’s on the surface
• Humility to learn, improve, and collaborate
• A drive to produce work that is genuinely excellent

• Proactively identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities
• Communicating early - no surprises
• Providing clarity in complexity
• Preparing others for success
• Anticipating needs and solving problems before they land

• High-quality, accurate, well-thought-through outputs
• Consistency under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• Ownership of tasks through to completion

These behaviours will be assessed throughout our recruitment process and are expected in every role.

An exciting opportunity has opened within our FCR Delivery Team for a FCR Lead role. This is a full-time position.

You will play a central role in supporting our fast-growing organisation, ensuring operational excellence, strengthening our internal capabilities, and contributing to Bedford’s wider strategic goals.

This role is designed for someone who brings both dependability and initiative - someone who goes beyond the expected in accuracy, communication, collaboration, and problem solving.

Reports to: Chief Revenue Officer

Location: UKI / Remote

Direct Reports: n/a

• Build and lead a dedicated FCR Delivery Team
• Define and implement FCR Delivery Methodology
• Establish FCR quality and governance framework in collaboration with PMO

• Train and develop consultants through structured pathways
• Drive internal development: mentor consultants, identify capability gaps, and support escalations

• Provide quality assurance across all FCR projects
• Ensure delivery excellence: uphold standards, design principles, and conduct design reviews
• Collaborate with regional leads to manage resource capacity
• Act as Anaplan Product Liaison: enable internal teams and maintain feedback loop with Anaplan
• Support GTM and pre‑sales activities: storytelling, value cases, and workshops
• Contribute to marketing through domain content and thought leadership
• Advise customers throughout lifecycle: adoption support and PEA guidance

• High-quality delivery of core responsibilities
• Timely and accurate execution of processes
• Demonstrated alignment with Bedford values
• Continuous improvement contributions

You are someone who naturally operates Beyond the Expected
. You bring:

• A 4-year degree in Finance / Accounting and / or have CPA designation or equivalent
• Experience in consulting / implementing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions like Hyperion, One Stream, SAP BPC, Orace Financial Consolidation and Tagetik
• Subject matter expertise in Financial Consolidations and Group Reporting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel / financial modelling skills
• Knowledge of a formal system implementation methodology – requirements gathering, design, build/test and deploy
• Passion for business analytics, and financial consolidation and close
• Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Commitment to Bedford’s values and cultural expectations
• Experience with Anaplan or / and Fluence
• Experience in a professional services or…