Senior Finance Analyst - #1700315

Birmingham - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Brighton - 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

Purpose

• To lead sustainable financial growth by taking ownership of the financial operations, controls and management information for the Contract within the UK&I Region.
• Provide insight and influence to impact performance and maintain competitive advantage alongside financial and contract support leadership and direction in the Contract. Act as a point of liaison for Finance and Commercial issues for the UK&I Finance and Ops team.
• This will involve personal attitude, use of skills and dissemination of knowledge. Use specialist skills and experience to provide insight and influence in order to impact performance standards. Implement improvements, drive change, raise standards through the management of the team. Act as a business partner to the UK&I Operations Lead, as well as Head of Small Works and Project Managers to both advise and challenge senior management on contract performance.
  
  

Client

• Build good working relationship with CBRE account management and relevant DXC Regional leads and be a business partner for both.
• Tightly manage contract governance, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the terms and conditions of the contract to ensure that all cost elements are appropriately accounted for.
• Assist with client team requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Positively respond to both our internal and external customers (often in a matrix environment) through effective communication and personal accessibility/credibility.
  
  

Financial Reporting

• Prepare accurate Contract reports in line with monthly company timetable including full Profit & Loss account with analysis and commentary, Balance Sheet extracts and reconciliations, detailed Project Profitability reporting, Profit & Loss forecasts and annual plans. Supported by the Global Reporting, Planning and Analysis team.
• Support any GWS transformation and client initiatives, working closely with other functions to ensure full alignment of deliverables and results.
• Liaising with the CBRE BSO and GWS EMEA Financial Planning & Analysis team to fulfill regular reporting as above, as well as ad-hoc information requests e.g. Audit queries.
• Provide ad-hoc support and financial analysis as required.
  
  

Contract and Finance Management

• Continually review, maintain and improve cash-flow, margins and reporting.
• Drive high quality financial / commercial performance through understanding the contractual commitments and ensure UK&I region is aligned and consistent with the client commercial model.
• Review Client results and challenge Operations team.
• Carry out regular Country reviews and Project reviews
• Build and develop high level relationships with business and account leaders, central teams, global account teams, customers and external agencies (e.g. auditors).
• Constantly improve quality, service and efficiency.
• Communicate regularly with staff to ensure they are fully informed of operational objectives and achievements.
• Identify, analyse and resolve potential business risks, as well as opportunities and solutions to enhance business performance.
• Support in any client related audits.
  
  

Finance Processes, Procedures and Reporting

• Ensure company policies and procedures are adhered to consistently throughout the Contract.
• Ensure full substantiation of all accruals, un-billed/earned (UBR/UER) revenue are in line with GWS policy and SOX requirements.
• Manage the integrity of data in Client reporting and GWS systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of accounting records and financial systems, identify opportunities to enhance system efficiencies
• Have thorough knowledge of procedures and processes and lead the delivery of these to the required standard.
• Manage compliance through the required procedures and processes.
  
  

Finance Planning

• Assist in delivering best in class GWS and Client management information including annual budgets, monthly management accounts and forecasts including Profit and Loss variance and Balance Sheet commentaries.
• Ensure that the consistent global practice is applied to building all plans and forecasts.
  
  

Financial Governance

• Ensure CBRE and statutory obligations are met for reporting and governance purposes.
• Responsibility for ensuring the integrity of the Balance Sheet and Balance Sheet Commentary.
• Ensure monthly balance sheet reconciliations are carried out, reviewed and maintained in ART or equivalent tool.
• Ensure Account is complying with any Global Account Standards and SOX requirements.
  
  

People Management

• Recruit, induct, manage, motivate and develop the team.
• Review and advise on resourcing gaps.
• Carry out structured appraisals and ensure personal development plans are in place and include succession plans.
• Empower team members to take responsibility and accountability.
• Supervise and review performance of individuals in the team.
  
  

CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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Service line: GWS Segment