Job Title: Finance Manager

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Finance Manager to join the team located in London.

Role Summary

• Assist in driving Financial and Contract Governance across the Account to ensure accurate, timely and consistent reporting

• Ensure appropriate Financial Control is in place on the account and managed on a monthly basis including, overseeing balance sheet reconciliations for the Account and ensuring timeliness / accuracy

• Participate in monthly account business reviews and manage agreed Finance actions

• Understand, anticipate and deliver customer (internal and external) needs while building effective relationships

• Build and develop relationships with Client teams and key leaders

• Positively respond to both our internal and external customers through effective communication and personal accessibility

• Have thorough knowledge of procedures and processes, and operate them to the required standard

• Manual accrual ownership – review, validate and challenge operations team to manage efficient processing of payments

• Monthly payroll review – ensure that correct costs are allocated to the account corporate P&L and any recharges processed

• Debt report - ownership of debt management

• Business Review - production of pack

• Monthly prefund reconciliation - ensure all costs charged to TR

• Drive Corporate profitability

Experience Required:

Essential 

• Hold a Chartered Accountant qualification (or equivalent)

• Highly computer literate

Desirable 

• Evidence of formal management training

• Previous experience of a service industry role using operating systems (Peoplesoft, JDE and Dynamics AX)

• Proven commercial acumen and ability to contribute to decision-making

• Strong communication skills

• Self-motivated and ambitious

• Strong focus on customer service

• Capable of critical thinking / decision making

• Results / task orientated, with attention to detail and accuracy

• Excellent time management / organisational skills                                                                   

• Commitment to continuous improvement

• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently

• Committed to customer service delivery

• Able to work under pressure

• Confidential and discrete approach