CBRE - Financial Analyst

Planning and Forecasting

- Support on the planning and forecast cycles both internal and external ensuring the accuracy of the YTD actual, PY, Client budget and Plan data held within the models for comparative purpose.

- Work closing with the rest of the business to ensure all reporting deadlines are known and monitored to ensure all are in met in a timely fashion.

- True-up of cost sheet at the end of every quarter.

System and Report Development

- Support on the development and delivery of standardized value add reporting to finance and operations in an accurate and time-efficient manner

- Support in ad-hoc financial analysis and projects as required.

- Seen as the deputy to the Global FP&A manager and able to stand in meetings where required.

- Testing and maintenance of the budgeting software tools from a Financial Planning and Analysis perspective.

- Preparation of MIS for stakeholders.

- Keeping a record of vendor bills not submitted with the AP team.

Monthly

- Support monthly data integrations across various ERPs into the global client results consolidation tool.

- Collate and consolidate detailed analytics and reporting for different levels of management both internal and external to include regional and country commentary and risk and opportunities as identified by key stakeholders.

- Work closing with Digital and Technology on the monthly release of the global dashboard results to the client.

- Publish monthly reporting and other financial KPIs.

- Passing journal entries in Peoplesoft for invoices generated during the period.

- Support on reconciling bridges between our internal and external results.

- Complete monthly data reconciliations and integrity testing.

- Provide ad-hoc support to Finance as required.

Business Partnering

- Build trusted relationships with the wider finance team

- Develop relationships with operations, digital and technology, IT and the wider business to ensure existing reporting is both refined and developed to ensure value is added to the finance and operational environment

- Encourage knowledge-sharing across business divisions challenge legacy silo mentality and build resilience in the EMEA team by sharing knowledge and best practice across business units

- Coordination with statutory and group Auditors.

- Interacting with IC associates for approval of journal entry in TM5.

Experience Required:

- Higher educational qualifications to A level or degree (or equivalent); highly numerate

- Excellent PC based skills, with experience in Word, Excel (including modeling), PowerPoint and Outlook intermediate to advance level skills are essential (lookups and pivots essential)

- Excellent organizational skills who is Results/ task orientated, with attention to detail and accuracy whilst 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

- Working in an environment where delivering financial information within tight timescales is a pre-requisite, dealing with Forex in a multi-currency environment

- 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, including Dynamics and controls in a large business that provides consistent and reliable information

- Self-motivated, reliable & flexible team player, with the ability to work on own initiative and independently

- Calm manner, able to work under pressure and with changing demands and priorities

- The individual must be willing to undertake travel as the role/business requires