Finance Manager

About the role

Financial delivery and reporting

• Own the accuracy, timeliness, and quality of end-to-end financial deliverables.
• Lead monthly purchase order and vendor invoice reconciliation for Core FM, Small Works, Assignments, out-of-scope works, optional services, and capital projects.
• Own subcontractor and payroll-based labour invoicing and prevent revenue leakage.
• Lead month-end close, including journals, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations with robust evidence.
• Lead budgets and forecasts, challenge assumptions, and explain Net Revenue, COP, and margin movements.
• Own client monthly reporting and review packs and present results and insight to senior stakeholders.
• Track, validate, and report savings commitments; identify initiatives, build business cases, and follow delivery through to the P&L.

Commercial partnership and improvement

• Partner with country Operations leads and the client finance team to turn financial information into commercial decisions.
• Support contract governance, scope changes, and commercial negotiations while protecting CBRE's financial interests.
• Challenge processes and assumptions and bring forward credible alternatives.
• Simplify, automate, and standardise finance processes using tools such as Excel, Power BI, TM1, or Oracle; AI use is encouraged.

Team and governance

• Review analyst work and provide coaching, guidance, and quality assurance.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, codes, regulations, and standards.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation.

Qualifications and experience

• Professional finance qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent; qualified or in the final stages of qualification.
• Exceptional Excel skills and proficiency in Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Oracle, TM1, PeopleSoft, iScala, or Power BI is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in a Senior Finance Analyst, Finance Business Partner, or Finance Manager role; facilities management, outsourcing, or client-account background is preferred.
• Track record owning month-end, forecasting, and client reporting end to end.

Skills and approach

• Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, commercial acumen, and ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Understands customer needs and can present financial insight to clients.
• High accuracy and attention to detail, with rigorous review of own and others' work.
• Takes ownership, challenges established ways of working, and delivers measurable improvements.
• Shows ambition and capability to progress into a Senior Finance Manager role.

Why CBRE