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)