Finance Analyst in London, United Kingdom

Finance Analyst

Job ID

177034

Posted

23-Jul-2024

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting/Finance

Location(s)

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

Finance analyst for one of CBRE’s TMT accounts, responsible for key deliverables including client reporting, forecasting, stakeholder management (client and internal), CBRE month-end processes and supporting the Finance Manager.

Client Finance

• Develop strong relationships with both the Client operational and Client finance teams

• Assist with request including client reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner through effective communication and personal accessibility/credibility.

• Capture, report, and drive account KPI’s in the required framework.

CBRE Finance

• Provide direct financial support and expertise to the account

• Perform month end processes for multiple countries within the dell portfolio.

• Provide added value financial commentary to support regular, standard financial reports

• Balance sheet preparation and reviews

• Adhering to SOX requirements.

• 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

• Policy and procedure compliance

• Understanding/familiarity with Dynamics AX, Peoplesoft, iScala, PowerBI systems.

• 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 stakeholders across the account.

• Liaise with Contract Support teams around the business

• Involve people and influence decisions

• Culture and behavior carrier

Education

Essential

• Higher educational qualifications to ‘A’ level or degree (or equivalent)

Desirable

• AAT Studier, or CCAB accounting qualification studier (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Skills

Essential

• 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.

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

Desirable

• Presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas and results to senior stakeholders.

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

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

ABOUT CBRE

CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. CBRE currently employs roughly 80,000 people worldwide, with 2,500 working in the UK. The Company’s core services include property sales, leasing and management, facilities and project management, investment management and, research and consulting. In central London, CBRE advises on more commercial property than any other adviser and across the United Kingdom with offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Southampton

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)