Finance Analyst

CBRE; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Analyst to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll leverage your accounting knowledge to prepare and evaluate financial reports for a diverse portfolio of clients. You'll be responsible for ensuring accuracy in financial transactions, creating comprehensive reports, and addressing inquiries from management and vendors. This position offers the opportunity to work within a structured environment while contributing to the financial strategies that drive organizational success. If you're eager to apply your analytical skills and make a meaningful impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Up to 3 years of relevant experience preferred, or equivalent education and experience.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver accurate financial reports for clients and properties.
• Generate financial packages and analyze trends in business conditions.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Intermediate Math Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role:
As a CBRE Finance Analyst, you will apply basic cash and accrual accounting fundamentals to prepare, evaluate, maintain, and deliver complete and accurate financial reports for a portfolio of clients and properties.

This job is part of the Financial Strategy and Operations job function, responsible for maintaining accounting, financial, and reporting policies and controls.
What You'll Do:

1. Complete accounting transactions in preparation of client financial statement packages.
2. Create and post journal entries and ensure that all expenses, receipts, owner's distributions, funding requests, and other transactions for the accounting period have been accurately posted.
3. Use aggregate data from multiple sources to generate reports.
4. Generate financial packages for accuracy and comprehensive reporting.
5. Review the accuracy of information provided and respond to requests from management and vendors.
6. Understand and work with scenario planning (exit/maintain/grow) tools/models, while analyzing trends in general business conditions.
7. Respond to and resolve issues and requests from management teams and clients regarding various accounting issues and reports.
8. Research open accounting issues and recognize potential issues and conflicts so corrective action can intercept and minimize issues.
9. Use existing procedures to solve standard problems.
10. Have some knowledge of standard principles with limited practice experience in applying them.
11. Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values.
12. Impact the quality of own work.
13. Work within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
14. Exchange straightforward information, ask questions, and check for understanding.

What You'll Need:

1. Bachelor's Degree preferred with up to 3 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
2. Ability to use existing procedures to solve standard problems.
3. Experience with analyzing information and standard practices to make judgments.
4. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
5. Organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
6. Intermediate math skills, with the ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

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.