Senior FP&A Analyst, Government Services International

About the role

International SOS Government Services International is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our team in Dubai.

The Senior FP&A Analyst will be responsible for reporting and analyzing financial performance of the GSI regions, focusing on profitability and ensuring accuracy and consistency of financial reports. The FP&A Analyst will provide in depth performance analysis allowing business owners to make sound management decisions. He/she will also assist the GSI Chief Financial Officer in managing budgeting and forecasting exercises for the different regions, including on-going assessment against these targets.

Key responsibilities

Business Plan, Budgeting and forecasting

• Support the ongoing updating and maintenance of the 3 Year Plan in line with EEMEA Region and Corporate requirements, ensuring engagement of other areas of the business
• Coordinate annual budget and periodic forecast processes for the Middle East business
• Coordinate collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of information
• Consolidate and access accuracy of data received from countries within the Middle East Region
• Maintain a detailed working knowledge of the budget

Reporting & Business Analysis

• Ensure all revenue and costs are recognized completely and accurately through direct client billing / supplier invoices or proper accruals and supervise analytical allocation of accounting entries
• Ensure G&A costs are properly reported in their month of occurrence with correct allocation
• Provide provisional analysis to Chief Financial Officer prior to Group Reporting, of monthly position vs. budget/forecast
• Control accuracy and completeness of information reported
• Supervise consolidation and check accuracy of Cognos load
• Analyze variances against budget, forecast, and previous year – develop tools to prepare this analysis accurately and on a timely basis
• Prepare monthly analysis for Regional and Sub-regional management, including product line profitability analysis (including ops billing) by contract, rolling forecast, and G&A review
• Prepare Quarterly Business Reviews, using Group ERP, consolidate variances against budget and PY to support management presentation to Group directors
• Provide actual vs budget G&A analysis to cost centre owners post month end reporting and discuss any issues around cost recognition/allocation

Financial Control and Accounting

• Management of General & Admin expenditure for both reporting and control purposes
• Management of headcount information reporting within region in liaison with HR department
• Oversight of working capital key performance indicators to activate remedial steps as and when necessary, including detailed working knowledge of CIT/WIP/TBT indicators with a view to explaining variances to target, and action needed to improve position in line with targets

Process improvements.

• Continuously review work processes to ensure efficient workflow to maximize staff efficiency and quality of information flow with other departments
• Optimization of existing tools and systems to ensure reliability and productivity of reporting

Required Work Experience

• Period of work experience in Business Analysis preferred.
• Preference to candidates with experience in Multinational Company with matrix reporting structures and a fast-paced service environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• CPA, CMA, or international accounting equivalen