Group Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Job Purpose

Leading the financial planning and analysis function across International Workplace Group (IWG), ensuring robust financial forecasting and strategic insights aligned with US GAAP reporting standards. This role will be critical in guiding the company’s financial strategy and supporting executive decision-making.
The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of financial management within a global context.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Providing analysis of and commentary on business performance including reporting to the Group Board.
• Partner with IWG business leaders to provide financial insights and recommendations that drive profitability and operational efficiency.
• Supporting CFO and Group Finance Director in strategic planning efforts, including mergers and acquisitions, capital investments, and business development initiatives.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic decision-making and performance analysis.
• Work with the global shared services centre to streamline financial processes, enhance reporting accuracy, and improve service delivery.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or MBA / relevant professional certification (ACA, ACCA, CA, CIMA).
• Ability to articulate financial concepts to a wide and diverse group of stakeholders such as internal management and investors
• 10+ years of experience in a group financial planning and analysis in a multinational environment, ideally for a listed corporate..
• Proven experience working with working in a shared service and distributed resource model environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication skills – both written and oral.
• Confidence to work with senior executives in a cooperative but challenging and independent manner. 
• A team player with a hands-on approach to work.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, uncertainty and to work in a dynamic environment.

About the company

IWG has been at the forefront of flexible working for more than 30 years. With over 3,500 locations around the globe, spanning brands including Regus, Spaces, Signature and HQ, we have made it possible for businesses of all sizes to make the transition to hybrid working, empowering employees to work wherever and whenever is most convenient.

We help more than 8 million people and their businesses to work more productively, supported by a choice of professional, inspiring and collaborative workspaces, communities and services.

As the world’s leading provider of hybrid work solutions, with four times the number of locations compared to its nearest competitor, IWG is already working with over 80% of the Fortune 500 and counts businesses including Amazon, Netflix, EY and Uber amongst its customers.

Companies of all sizes are shifting to flexible working to lower costs, improve employee retention and lower their carbon emissions. The flexible workspace is expected to grow by 600% by 2023, when 30% of all office space will be hybrid. We are growing our network faster than ever to keep up with demand from customers as we work towards our goal of reaching 30,000 centres.

Carbon Neutral Workplaces

IWG’s purpose of helping everyone have a great day at work, while protecting people and the planet is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to supply all of our customers worldwide with carbon neutral workplaces, and we have a strong climate action plan in place to help us achieve our objective of Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Leading Employer Award

IWG is proud to be the recipient of a Leading Employer Award in both 2022 and 2023. Awarded exclusively to the top 1% of employers, the accolade is testament to our diverse global workforce and the role everyone plays in bringing our purpose, culture and values to life, every single day.

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