Finance Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great employee discounts off fitness,

18 weeks paid maternity leave

Private Health Insurance Discounts

Active Social Club

Employee assistant program

Novated Lease for EV cars

Paid time off for volunteer work

Career opportunities with Australia’s

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is seeking a Finance Manager to drive financial governance, commercial performance, and operational control across designated client accounts. You will partner with Account Directors and client finance teams to maximize value while ensuring compliance.

You will lead month-end close, budgeting and forecasting, and vendor/contract pricing processes, while maintaining data integrity across JD Edwards and related systems.

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience in Finance.
• CPA/CA qualification is highly regarded.
• Strong governance and financial controls experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with management and administration of the Service Provider Agreement between Client and JLL.
• Ensure client interfaces and reporting are accurate and provided on a timely basis.
• Assist in ensuring account-wide operations are efficient and effective.
• Assist in preparing contract price variations and pricing adjustments.
• Manage Month End, forecasting and budgeting processes and reporting to the Account Director and Senior Finance Manager.
• Oversee data integrity between finance (JD Edwards) and other key systems.

Skills

Finance governance

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

CPA/CA qualification

Tools

JD Edwards

Microsoft Office

Helpdesk system

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. Shaping the future of real estate for a better world! At JLL, we see a Brighter Way forward for our clients, our people, our planet, and our communities. With over 200 years of real estate experience, we are, and always have been, in continual pursuit of brighter ways of working. We bring to life see a Brighter Way in all that we do by seeking better, smarter, more innovative ways of working. We approach our work in a warmer, more optimistic, and inclusive way. JLL is a global leader in helping clients envision where people live, work, play, shop, and eat.

What this opportunity involves

The Finance Manager is responsible for the financial stewardship, commercial performance, and operational governance of designated client accounts. This role acts as the primary financial business partner to the Account Director, the client's finance representatives, and JLL Corporate, ensuring that commercial value is maximized while maintaining rigorous compliance and control.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with management and administration of the Service Provider Agreement between Client and JLL
• Ensure client interfaces and reporting is accurate and provided on a timely basis.
• Assist in contributing to ensure account wide operations are efficient and as effective as possible.
• Assist Finance Director and Senior Finance Manager in preparation of contract price variations and contractual pricing adjustments
• Management of contract variations process including pricing, documentation and approval.
• Manage Corporate Month End, forecasting and budgeting processes and associated reporting to the Account Director, Corporate Business Finance Director and Senior Finance Manager.
• Ownership of finance related contract KPIs ensuring minimal commercial impact on the account
• Management of vendor payments and service levels of JLL internal and external suppliers
• Drive all critical projects including Benchmarking and Online Dashboards
• Manage the client Finance relationship to encourage partnering approach to work environment.
• Shared Services team oversight ensuring processes and responsibilities are efficient and accurate.
• Support systems implementation and ongoing operations to ensure benefits are maximised for the account.
• Ensure the integrity of critical data between finance (JD Edwards) and other key systems (Portfolio, Helpdesk, Corrigo etc).
• Ensure that the team meets all audit requirements.
• Assist with all ad-hoc reporting and project requirements.
• Support other JLL and client initiatives as required.

Sound like you? This is what we’re looking for:

• Strong proven financial / commercial governance experience
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage diverse range of client representatives
• A team player and actively contributes to team discussions and problem solving / brainstorming sessions.
• Sound written and oral communication skills, and the capacity to deal with ambiguity & complex problems.
• Demonstrated ability to own / manage multiple and complex deliverables on a daily and project basis.
• Able to think strategically, innovatively and solve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise work within tight deadlines.
• Experience in managing and leading finance teams.
• Sound computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• 10 years’ experience in Finance.
• CPA/CA qualification will be highly regarded.

Benefits:

• Great employee discounts off fitness, wellbeing & other renowned brands
• 18 weeks paid maternity leave
• Private Health Insurance Discounts
• Active Social Club
• Employee assistant program
• Novated Lease for EV cars
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Career Opportunities with Australia's #1 Commercial Real Estate firm
• Premium offices

What you can expect from us:

As an organization, we don’t just accept that we are a place of many different people, but we embrace it, we celebrate it, and we proactively support the needs that difference brings.

JLL is committed to equal opportunity and building an inclusive workplace. This is why, for more than a decade, we continue to rank among the World’s Most Ethical Companies.

We support applications from all underrepresented groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBT+, people with disability and people of all age, religions and race.

We are dedicated to offering veterans from all ranks and services a successful civilian career as they transition out of the military.

We recognise and appreciate the skills acquired in their service careers as vital and transferable to our workforce.

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

Location: On-site –Melbourne, VIC, Sydney, NSW

For further information, visit jll.com.

JLL is a global leader in helping clients envision where people live, work, play, shop, and eat. For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with operations in over 80 countries around the world, our employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.