Senior Finance Analyst

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Senior Finance Analyst to join the team located in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing excellent Client Reporting and provide excellent financial support to the Account/Portfolio (Senior Finance Manager and their operational teams), through added value financial analysis and valued input to the operational team.

Role Summary:

Client Finance

• Develop strong relationships with both the Client operational and Client finance teams
• Understand the commercial model and enforce governance and compliance to support effective execution
• Produce Client reports and provide value add financial commentary in their portfolio
• Work with the Client to compile annual budgets & quarterly forecasts
• Working closely with operations and commercial team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved
• Work with Contract Support to oversee and Control the P2P process and R2R process ensuring Vendors and CBRE are paid within terms
• Support collation of monthly accruals to Client finance teams
• Achieve results within quality and time restraints across multiple locations and countries
• Manage and report on the actuals v baseline with analysis and commentary
• Manage the monthly preparation of the Client
• Accruals with backup, in accordance with the Commercial Terms of the CBRE contract

CBRE Finance

• Prepare accurate Contract reports in line with monthly company timetable including full Profit & Loss account with analysis and commentary, Balance Sheet extracts and reconciliations, detailed Project Profitability reporting, Profit & Loss forecasts, and annual plans
• Ensure full substantiation of all Ireland accruals, un-billed revenue and WIP are in line with GWS policy
• Provide excellent financial support and expertise to the account
• Provide added value financial commentary to support regular, standard financial reports
• Working closely with Finance & Contract Support Manager to implement baseline and savings tracking reporting and analysis
• Balance sheet preparation and reviews
• Provide ad-hoc support to Finance & Contract Support Manager as required
• Support compilation of CBRE annual budgets & quarterly forecasts
• Ensure finance procedures are adhered to by operations team, and take corrective action / escalate where required
• Support in ad-hoc financial analysis and projects as required

Quality

• Engage with Sub-Regional Leads to drive effective cost management of GMP Budget
• Policy and procedure compliance
• Understanding/familiarity with Dynamics AX, PeoplsSoft, EDP and Cognos
• Support seamless management of contract across multiple regions

Experience Required:

• Newly qualified CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Excellent PC based skills, with experience in Word, Excel (including modelling), PowerPoint and Outlook - intermediate to advance level skills are essential (lookups and pivots essential)
• Highly numerate
• Organised and open to new ways of working to challenge inefficiencies
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and able to communicate with people at all levels across the account and develop effective relationships at all levels
• Working in an environment where delivering financial information within tight timescales is a pre-requisite
• Reporting in a complex multi-country, multi-divisional, service business (Industry experience) including financial planning and contracts management
• Dealing with Forex in a multi-currency environment
• Providing senior management with financial results and analysis
• Demonstrable experience working with complex financial and operational information systems and controls in a large business that provides consistent and reliable information
• Focus on strong focus on customer service
• The successful candidate will be able to exercise an attention to detail which will be paramount to delivering the required job performance levels
• Self-motivated, reliable & flexible team player, who can work on own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently
• Calm manner, able to work under pressure and with changing demands and priorities
• Excellent organisational skills who is Results/ task orientated, with attention to detail and accuracy
• The individual must be willing to undertake travel as the role/business requires

About CBRE Global Workplace Solutions:

As one of CBRE's core global businesses, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) provides end-to-end services to occupier clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. Our teams help companies improve their operations and reduce costs, through expert facilities management, project management, real estate and energy and sustainability services. Our dedicated teams work across all industries, and support clients ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to single, iconic buildings.

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry's top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CBRE."

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being short listed for the role.

Taking into consideration the costs of sponsorship, the nature of the role and the financial resources of the account in question, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

No agencies please.

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