Finance Director in London, United Kingdom

Finance Director

Job ID

197395

Posted

10-Dec-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

About the Role:

As a CBRE Finance Director, you will assist with developing and managing of all departmental finance functions.

This job is part of the Financial Strategy and Operations job function. They are responsible for maintaining accounting, financial, and reporting policies and controls.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Track the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.

• Plan and execute budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning processes, and standard management reporting.

• Review input from staff and business partners to assist with the strategic planning process.

• Work with management to establish departmental priorities to meet deadlines. Develop financial policies and procedures.

• Oversee the preparation of reporting results.

• Work with the Operations team to support initiatives within the business.

• Execute capex projects under company approval guidelines.

• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance.

• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization’s functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.

• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.

• Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.

• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.

• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function.

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

• Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

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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