Senior Finance Analyst
מזהה משרה
271009
פורסם
13-Apr-2026
קו שירות
PJM Segment
סוג עבודה
משרה מלאה
תחומי התעניינות
הנהלת חשבונות/פינאקנה
מיקומים
London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Job Purpose
The Finance Analyst focuses on client support, managing invoicing, purchase orders, cost allocations, and period-end close activities to ensure accurate contract delivery and compliance with client-specific requirements and internal policies. Working closely with the Financial Control and FBP teams they support the delivery of ad hoc analysis and management reporting. Analysts deliver financial planning, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis Many current CBRE employees are expected to continue in these roles, subject to decisions made on an account-by-account basis.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will comprise of supporting across multiple areas, including but not limited to:
Client Support
- Perform financial transaction processing, cost allocations within client systems as required by client contract.
- Provide financial and contract reporting inputs as required by client contract.
- Raise new prospect, client, project and vendor requests as required.
- Raise project closure requests as required.
Financial Transactions
- Fill out SSC forms for customer invoices and credit notes to be raised for onward approval and processing.
- Fill out SSC forms for to raise vendor purchase orders for onward approval and processing.
- Support operations with filling out intercompany agreement requests and financial transactions.
- When necessary, review & approve client invoicing, supplier purchase and account hiring approvals for accounts managed as per the DoA.
General Ledger Management
- Perform cost allocations as required based on guidance provided by Finance Business Partnerss and/or contract accountants.
Closing Activities
- Complete allocated period-end activities in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
Financial Planning, FBudgeting & Forecasting
- Prepare, iterate and present back annual budget and periodic re-forecasts for portfolio of accounts
Reporting & Analysis
- Maintain standardised financial and operational KPI reporting to monitor delivery and ROI for accounts
- Provide clear variance analysis, identifying risks, opportunities, and drivers of performance.
- Support on ad hoc information and analysis requests
Governance & Process
- Ensure consistency and transparency in account financial reporting.
- Ensure accounting standards and financial controls are applied consistently with the support of the financial control team and Finance Business Partner
Stakeholder Management
- Provide visibility and insights to Regional leadership and T&T stakeholders.
- Review, challenge, and validate assumptions for account regarding business activities.
Sub-region/sector reporting and management information
- Review and consolidate contract-level performance to present a clear financial picture at sub-regional or sector level.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of revenues, costs, margins, and cash flow across the portfolio.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3+ years of relevant experience or working towards ACA, ACCA, CA or CIMA qualified qualification with only final stage to complete
- Problem solving mindset and comfortable working in complex environments where there are challenges you can help resolve
- Good knowledge of accounting principles and revenue recognition.
- Strong work ethic, with attention to detail.
- Have used AI with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft products to speed up processes
- Good communication and inter-personal skills to interface with customers.
- Ability to work to deadlines within the monthly accounting cycle.
- Proactive approach to identifying risks, errors, or opportunities for improvement.
- Strong financial planning and analysis skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling.
- Skilled in consolidating and presenting financial results clearly.
- Strong analytical capability to deliver insightful variance analysis and highlight risks and opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to act as a bridge between group, regional, and sector teams.
- Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
- Experience with D365, Peoplesoft, Ariba or other related programs is a plus.
- Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
- Strong math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
- Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights for senior leadership.
- High level of organisation to meet strict group planning and reporting timelines.
- Experienced in balance sheet analysis and SOX controls and governance
- Exchange and explain difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle sensitive issues
Disclaimer:
Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner &Townsend were consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with CBRE GWS, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner & Townsend at a date to be determined.