Overview

Job Title: Finance Director – Group FP&A
Location: Covent Garden, London (Hybrid)

We are hiring a Finance Director – Group FP&A to join our Finance team at BSI. This is a senior leadership role with strategic influence across BSI’s global finance function. You will lead the global FP&A team, driving insight, alignment, and clarity in how we plan, forecast, and analyse financial performance across the business. You will support the CFO and Group FP&A Director with long-term planning, monthly performance reporting, and transformation initiatives—including leading the new Finance Information Management (FIM) workstream within the ERP programme. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially astute, data-driven leader who thrives in complex, global environments and enjoys shaping process and system improvements at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage BSI’s Group-wide financial planning and analysis processes, covering £800m+ in revenue and £100m+ EBITDA.
• Lead the global performance reporting strategy, ensuring clear insights, KPIs, and timely outputs that support decision-making at Board and Leadership levels.
• Design and oversee BSI’s planning cycles, including long-range strategic planning, annual budget setting, and in-year reforecasts.
• Drive actionable insight by identifying risks and opportunities across business performance and investment activity.
• Build consistency between planning and actuals, overseeing P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow consolidation.
• Lead the new Financial Information Management (FIM) workstream within the ERP programme which will design standard future state performance driven reporting and KPIs for the Group.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Group FP&A team to deliver excellence, efficiency, and insight.

About You

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with extensive post-qualification experience.
• Proven track record in Group or divisional FP&A leadership within a complex, international business.
• Deep knowledge of integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow modelling.
• ERP and reporting system transformation experience required.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; SAP/HFM experience preferred.
• Able to distil complex information into meaningful insights and present to senior stakeholders with gravitas.
• A collaborative, pragmatic, and curious mindset—proactive in driving change and value.

BSI offers

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development with the inclusion of 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives. Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments. Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world. BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Diversity & Inclusion

BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization — all while having fun doing great work. If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.