Financial Analyst (12 Months Fixed Term Contract)

Client

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

• Understand the commercial model and enforce governance and compliance to support effective execution

• Produce Client reports and provide value add financial commentary in their portfolio

• Ensure variances are kept to a minimum and finances align with CBRE corporate financials

• Work with the Client to compile annual budgets & quarterly forecasts

• Working closely with operations and commercial team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved

• Support collation of monthly accruals & outlook to Client finance teams

• Maintain records at detailed level for audit compliance and to support Client reporting

• Achieve results within quality and time restraints across multiple locations and countries

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

Financial Reporting

• Business partner with the Client operational teams to influence financial performance

• Provide direct financial support and expertise to the account

• 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.

• Provide added value financial commentary to support regular, standard financial reports & actions to improve or maintain variances

• Working closely with Finance & Contract Support Manager to implement baseline and savings tracking reporting and analysis

• Balance sheet preparation and reviews

• Invoicing timely to the client and maintaining low unbilled revenue and debt

• 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 country ERP systems

• Support seamless management of contract across multiple regions

• Share best practice and innovation especially around contract terms• Share best practice and innovation especially around contract terms

• Deliver on customers expectations

People

• Build trusted relationships with client finance team

• Liaise with Contract Support teams around the business

• Involve people and influence decisions

• Culture and behaviour carrier

Education

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

• Part qualified or newly qualified CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) 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

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

• 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

• 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