Anaplan Specialist

About Us

Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments. 

Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are. 

Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries.

Renaissance Global are recruiting for a Commissions Specialist to join our growing revenue operations team.  

This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining Anaplan models to support business planning, forecasting, and performance management. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable and efficient Anaplan solutions. 

Commissions Specialist Job Responsibilities:   

• Lead the development and rollout, including proof of concepts, of new Anaplan models to support business expansion 
• Design, develop, and maintain Anaplan models that support business processes 
• Continuously enhance and optimise existing models to improve performance and scalability 
• Understand business needs, goals, and objectives by working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to translate planning needs into Anaplan formulas and modules 
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency by integrating Anaplan with core systems 
• Drive best practices, offer user support and training, and champion adoption across the business 
• Own platform governance, documentation, and ongoing model maintenance 
• Collaborate with team members to design and implement technology that aligns with business objectives. 
• Identify issues and structural problems and generate actionable recommendations using Anaplan implementation methodologies. 

Experience we need: 

• Must have experience working with Anaplan ideally working within a commercial team. 
• A proven track record of operating in highly cross-functional initiatives and succeeding in a complex and fast-moving environment
• Experience in B2B and enterprise/ SaaS or subscription-based product with high growth environment 
• Experience in sales incentive design, sale budget modelling and compensation methodology
• Excellent organisational, planning, time management and project management skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively, present and negotiate at all levels 
• Focused and disciplined approach, logical and has meticulous attention to detail 
• Ability to build strong internal working relationships 
• Flexible approach; ability to adapt to different situations and requirements 
• A positive outlook with desire to learn and embrace new concepts and ways of working 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 

Additional information:  

This is a UK, London based role, all candidates must reside and hold the right to work in the United Kingdom. (Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this position). 

This role will be based out of our London Head Office currently in Brentford (TW8 9AG) on a Hybrid Basis (3 Days a week, in office and 2 Days working from home) Please note the London office is due to move in early 2026 to a South West London location.  

Benefits: 

Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will contribute 8% of your annual salary if you contribute just 3% to your pension. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance  

Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 days annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our Christmas shutdown (usually between Christmas & New Year, plus UK statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every UK based employee up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.    

 Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning with great leaders looking to grow your career and allow you to flourish.       

Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions, restaurants, and more through our portal provided by Reward Gateway. You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards via our employee recognition Platform, these points can be used to purchase items including vouchers on Renaissance Rewards platform. 

Wellbeing & Health – We have a generous maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice, including Family Support Services – a specialist bereavement support to help through the most difficult times via our Help@Hand app. This app includes access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support, medical appointments, and so much more.     

Renaissance UK Office benefits – All Hybrid working employees are entitled to apply for a season ticket loan, use the amazing cycle to work scheme where you can get on your bike for less, save money, and get fit - that’s a win-win for us! All UK Offices have fruit baskets delivered for all to enjoy a healthy snack each week.  

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation. 

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit. 

This role is subject to DBS and background checks.