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CBRE Finance Analyst in Warsaw, Poland
Finance Analyst
Job ID
160717
Posted
27-Mar-2024
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Accounting/Finance
Location(s)
Belfast - Northern Ireland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Birmingham - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Brighton - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bristol - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Budapest - Budapest - Hungary, Cardiff - Wales - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dover - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dublin - Dublin - Ireland, Edinburgh - Scotland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Glasgow - Scotland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Krakow - Malopolskie - Poland, Leeds - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Liverpool - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Manchester - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Newcastle upon Tyne - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Warsaw - Mazowieckie - Poland
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
To provide insight and influence to impact performance and produce excellent Client Reporting through added value financial analysis and valued input to the operational team alongside financial and contract support engagement and direction in the contract. This role will provide the backbone of CBRE reporting within the account by managing the UK which is has multiple transactions flowing through the entity. This role is suited to someone who is naturally curious, driven, ambitious and relentless in looking for continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
CBRE Reporting:
Management of UK&I month-end process:
Posting of accruals & invoices
Dealing with intercompany transactions within account & across other clients
UBR and UER recognition
Managing budgetary adherence, and clearly communicating variances in a succinct and comprehensive manner
Working in a SOx environment
Using PeopleSoft ERP system to actively manage the monthly GL, understanding costs & revenues, and those which have been centrally allocated
Support compilation of CBRE annual budgets & quarterly forecasts
Balance sheet preparation and reviews
Provide added value financial variance insight to support financial reporting
Client Reporting:
Management of UK&I client month-end process:
Posting of client accruals & invoices
Close engagement with the client business partners in communicating month-end performance, and budget accuracy
Strong collaboration with the Operational teams to ensure awareness of month-end performance & the future financial outlook
Managing budgetary adherence, and clearly communicating variances in a succinct and comprehensive manner
Working with internal client month-end processes, pro-actively chasing invoicing of supplier payments & management of consumable spend
Produce client reports and provide value add financial commentary in their portfolio
Work with the client to compile annual budgets & quarterly forecasts
Support collation of monthly accruals to Client finance teams
Provide added value financial variance insight to support financial reporting
General:
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
Working closely with operations and commercial team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved
Achieve results within quality and time restraints across multiple locations and countries
Provide direct financial support and drive best-in-class across the broader account
Working closely with Europe finance team to implement baseline and savings tracking reporting and analysis
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, mainly within the Senior FM & Global FD
Policy and procedure compliance from both a CBRE & client perspective
Support seamless management of the contract across UK&I
Share best practice and innovation, namely around contract terms, with both finance & operations
Deliver on customer expectations professionally and with high levels of commercial acumen
Involve people within decision making, and be a key influence
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Accountable to the Finance Manager overseeing the countries within the Europe region
Month-end deliverables for both CBRE and client reporting
Driving best practice on-account, looking at way to improve and drive efficiencies
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION:
Hold a Chartered Accountant qualification (or equivalent), or part-qualified
Highly computer literate with IT Skills and demonstrable experience working with complex financial and operational information systems and controls in a large business that provides consistent and reliable information
Ability to combine vision with hands-on, pragmatic delivery within tight timescales
Understands the requirements of operating in a cross border multiservice line environment
Worked in a complex multinational with hands on experience of working with teams in continental Europe
Proven commercial acumen and ability to contribute to decision-making
Management skills to maximise the performance of staff working directly for them and others
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
DESIREABLE EXPERIENCE:
Complex commercial models and Cost-Plus experience
Presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas and results to Senior Stakeholders, both within CBRE & the client
Working with ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, TM1 & PowerBI
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