EMEA Finance Manager

London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting for an EMEA Finance Manager to join our team in London on a permanent basis.

As a CBRE EMEA Finance Manager, you will manage the team responsible for producing limited output associated with Finance Strategy and Operations, including the annual budget preparation, monthly forecasts, strategic planning, and management reporting. The role is part of the Financial Strategy and Operations function, responsible for maintaining accounting, financial, and reporting policies and controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees, monitoring training and development, conducting performance evaluations and coaching, and overseeing recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities, establishing work schedules, assigning tasks, cross training staff, setting and tracking staff and department deadlines, and mentoring as needed.
• Oversee the budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and standard management reporting processes.
• Review balance sheet account analysis, statement of cash flows and supporting schedules, and standard consolidated reporting packs for accuracy.
• Review and approve basic monthly journal entries.
• Produce a variety of routine and ad hoc financial reports, packages, and pro forma analyses for senior management and planning units.
• Coordinate research, development, and preparation of accounting policies and procedures.
• Exchange and explain difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle sensitive issues.
• Influence parties of shared interests to reach agreements.
• Lead by example and model behaviors consistent with CBRE RISE values.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and its integration with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day to day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 years of relevant experience; in lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team and impact quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.