Finance Lead Job ID 217247 Posted 13-May-2025 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Accounting/Finance Location(s) Birmingham - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Milton Keynes - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Job Title: Finance Lead Reports to: Finance & Contract Support Manager Location: London/ Milton Keynes etc Job Purpose: To provide excellent financial support to the Account/Portfolio (Finance Contract Manager and their operational teams), through added value financial analysis and valued input to the operational team. Job Responsibilities: CBRE Finance - Provide direct financial support and expertise to the accounts - Compilation of CBRE annual budgets & quarterly forecasts - Undertake month end flash reporting and post any required journals to ensure P&L accuracy - Provide added value financial commentary to support regular, standard financial reports - Working closely with Finance Contract Manager to implement baseline and savings tracking reporting and analysis - Provide ad-hoc support to Finance Manager as required - Working closely with the team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved - 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 - Policy and procedure compliance - Understanding/familiarity with Excel, dashboards, Power BI and EDP - Support seamless management of contract across multiple regions - Share best practice and innovation especially around contract terms - Deliver on client expectations People - Liaise with Contract Support teams around the contract - Involve people and influence decisions - Culture and behaviour carrier Qualifications - Higher educational qualifications to 'A' level or degree (or equivalent) - Part qualified or qualified CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) (desirable) 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 (desirable) 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 - 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 Dynamics AX or Concept software along with financial / accounting experience would be an advantage (desirable) - Presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas and results to senior stakeholders (desirable) 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 CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)