International SOS is in the business of protecting and saving lives, when involved in medical or security situations. Founded in 1985, the International SOS Group of Companies is trusted by over 11,000 global clients, including governments, multi-national corporate clients, such as two-thirds of the Fortune Global 500, mid-size enterprises, educational institutions and NGOs. 

More than 11,000 multi-cultural medical, security and logistics full-time experts stand by to provide support and assistance from over 1,000 locations in 90 countries, in more than 95 languages, giving you and your workforce peace of mind 24/7, every day of the year, be it online, on call or on-site.

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis is a key member of the Assistance Business Line Finance leadership team. This role assumes overall responsibility for providing high-quality and insightful reports on the financial performance of the business line.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of ABL
• Deliver timely, accurate and insightful consolidated monthly and quarterly management reporting for ABL including profitability analyses per product lines, market segments and customers, as well as a rolling forecast and G&A review
• Communicate consolidated financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics
• Analyze the financial performance and outlook with the Group CFO, identifying trends and driving the formulation of actions
• Ensure all revenue and costs are recognized completely, accurately and correctly classified by working and partnering with the relevant regional finance, operations, billing and sales teams
• Functional line management responsibility for all regional FP&A managers
• Create a cohesive, co-ordinated and high-performing FP&A global team through conducting regular team meetings and setting common goals for the regional FP&A managers  
• Support the Group CFO and Global ABL leadership team in developing the Medical Services budget guidelines 
• Drive the annual budget process for ABL including the submission and the preparation of the budget presentation 
• Analyse the regional budget submissions and ensure they are aligned to the guidelines issued
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and projects upon request from Group CFO including business planning for future acquisitions and direct support to sub-locations as required
• Participate as a key thought leader within the HQ ABL finance team, influencing decision making, identifying finance priorities and focussing on continuous improvement
   

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Extensive experience of financial analysis and management reporting within a complex, detail-focused environment
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills to provide detailed and valuable business analysis to management
• Hands-on with day-to-day operations, able to work under pressure, deliver results and observe deadlines
• Demonstrated relationship building skills across large/diverse people business
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to operate at both a strategic and tactical level in a highly complex environment
• Exposure to different styles and personalities of business unit leaders
• Operated in a customer orientated environment, with experience in professional services industry desirable
• Strong influencing skills and ability to deliver results in a matrix reporting environment
• Good interpersonal skills and driver of change
• Highly advanced Excel and Access knowledge – knowledge of Cognos an advantage

Diversity & Collaboration

Our company brings together remarkable people and enables them to be themselves. 

At International SOS, we offer a great working environment, thanks to our commitment to flexible working environment, diversity and development. 

We celebrate diversity on a global scale. We encourage every colleague to bring their personal best by creating an environment of inclusion and equal support. 

Our success is the result of diverse ideas, skills and cross cultural understanding.

International SOS has been recognised as a Top Employer in the UK by the Top Employer’s Institute (TEI) for 2019