Finance Analyst

Description:

Job Purpose:

To produce excellent Client Reporting and provide excellent financial support to the Account/Portfolio (Finance and Contract Support Manager and their operational teams), through added value financial analysis and valued input to the operational team.

Key Tasks:

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
Support collation of monthly accruals to Client finance teams
Achieve results within quality and time restraints across multiple locations and countries

CBRE Finance

Provide direct 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
Working closely with the team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved
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

Site visits and quality assurance
Policy and procedure compliance
Understanding/familiarity with PeopleSoft, Si7, MyBuy and TM1
Support seamless management of contract across multiple regions
Share best practice and innovation especially around contract terms
Deliver on customers expectations

People

Build trusted relationships with client finance team
Liaise with Contract Support teams around the business
Involve people and influence decisions
Culture and behaviour carrier

Education

Higher educational qualifications to 'A' level or degree (or equivalent)
Part qualified or newly qualified CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) (Essential)

Skills

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
Complex commercial models and GMP experience (Essential)

Experience

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
Previous experience of a customer-facing role using operating systems such as PeopleSoft or MyBuy software along with financial / accounting experience would be an advantage (Essential)
Presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas and results to senior stakeholders (Essential)

Aptitude

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 is able to 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

Circumstances

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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