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EMEA Finance Director

Job ID

195772

Posted

29-Nov-2024

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting/Finance

Location(s)

Budapest - Budapest - Hungary, Budapest XIII. keruelet - Budapest - Hungary

About the Role:

The role is to provide financial leadership to the Account. Ensuring all regions have appropriate and adequate financial management, control and reporting to meet all Client and CBRE requirements.

As a key member of the Account leadership team you will actively drive the Account to ensure it meets the targets set and our sustainable growth through exceptional Client service agenda. 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:

• Drive high quality financial / commercial performance through understanding the contractual commitments on service lines and ensure alignment with corporate policies.

• Assists Account Leadership team with setting direction for the account; seeks out and communicates actionable steps that can be taken in the future to help meet the financial goals of the business.

• Identify and help drive implementation of savings opportunities to ensure Client and GWS financial savings targets are maximized.

• Works closely with Operations to support other initiatives in the business which could include but is not limited to: pricing, global reporting, strategic analytics with a focus on improving margins and identifying opportunities in the business for growth

• Ensure your Account geographic Finance leads take responsibility for Balance Sheet governance and reconciliations together with full compliance with SOX control requirements (and SOC1 where applicable).

• Active management of Account overheads seeking areas of efficiency

• Identify, analyse and resolve potential business risks, as well as opportunities and solutions to enhance business performance.

• Implement improvements, drive change, raise standards through the direct and indirect management of staff.

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

• Deliver best in class GWS and Client management information including annual budgets (balance sheet and cash flow plans), monthly management accounts and forecasts including Profit and Loss variance and Balance Sheet commentaries.

• Provide strategic ad-hoc support, influence and manage any financial analysis as required.

• 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.

• 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.

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 facility management sector is an advantage)

• Excellent language proficiency in English and German.

• 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 and team management skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function while the team is located internationally.

• 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.

Find out more (https://www.cbre.com/real-estate-services/directory/global-workplace-solutions)

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