Global Finance Manager - Remote

cw; Manchester; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Global Finance Manager to oversee client accounting activities and financial management for multiple locations. The role emphasises remote work with occasional attendance at client offices across the UK/Europe.

You will lead the client finance team, enforce CW and client policies, and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, including monthly accounts, variance analysis, and budgeting activities.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering financial management for client budgets and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the client accounting team to ensure accurate processing and reporting.
• Produce monthly accounts with variance analysis and Budget vs Actual reporting.
• Ensure compliance with VAT, audit and statutory requirements.

Skills

Financial management

Team leadership

Budgeting

Client accounting

Tools

E1 360

Yardi 7

WorkDay

Job description

Global Finance Manager - Remote

The role offers flexibility in location across whole UK/Europe, with predominantly remote working and occasional attendance at the client office.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately 52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2024, the firm reported revenue of $9.4 billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.

To deliver financial management and accounting for client managed spend budgets, incorporating the needs of the client, C&W and their affiliates, whilst maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders. There is a joint responsibility to deliver financial management and accounting for C&W corporate reporting for respective client accounts.

To manage and develop existing client finance team, whilst supporting the wider client finance leadership team and initiatives.

To ensure control of both C&W's and client's assets by implementing and enforcing C&W and client policies. To provide direction and ensure a smooth transition when taking over new accounts/locations.

Core Responsibilities

• Support and work closely with Account Director, Client Accounting Director and other CWFM personnel to ensure delivery of contract obligations.
• Support and work closely with Account Director, Client Accounting Director and other Global CWFM personnel to ensure timely and accurate mobilisation of new locations and/or suppliers.
• Management of client accounting team to perform transactional processing activity and control of purchase order and invoice processing together with vendor payment utilising property and asset management and accounting applications - (E1 360, Yardi 7 and WorkDay and Client internal systems).
• Management of client accounting team including 121s, goal setting, performance review and planned development, ensuring that all appropriate tasks are delegated and well managed.
• Deliver all of primary client key deliverables via preparation of monthly deliverables calendar and work with account management and client to define scope of global accounting services needed.
• Manage production of detailed EMEA Regional contract monthly accounts with variance analysis which will form part of client reporting, provide timely Budget Vs Actual Reporting and participate in client meetings to provide accurate financial data and reviews.
• Produce contract management accounts with variance analysis monthly for internal corporate reporting purposes to Global Occupier Services Finance Function (WorkDay is the CWFM corporate management information application).
• Knowledge required of local reporting and tax requirements for each of the countries within the scope of our client portfolio.
• Ensure compliance with all client, internal and statutory processes and procedures and requirements (VAT, Audit etc.).
• Ad hoc projects, e.g. financial modelling and undertake a key role in the annual budgeting process

Qualities and Personal Attributes

Business Generation, Execution and/or enablement

Uses knowledge of the business, along with relevant systems and procedures to support others and contribute to company and client objectives in achieving their financial, business and client goals.

Pursues opportunities to learn more about CW commercial environment.

Builds the brand by seeking opportunities to promote the CW brand through everyday interactions that contribute to the brand image.

Identifies and improves processes, systems, and work products to continually exceed internal and external client expectations.

Seeks assignments and welcomes challenging activities.

Delivers innovation by looking for and suggesting new ways to differentiate CW services from the competition.

Demonstrates a spirit to win by showing initiative in identifying, recommending, and pursuing new opportunities.

Supports new business generation with knowledge and experience advice where required.

Leadership and Management

• Appreciates diversity, recognising the needs and welcomes the unique contribution of all colleagues and clients.
• Understands the client's needs by actively listens to requests from internal and external clients and provides timely assistance with careful attention to detail and effective solutions.
• Enables performance by encouraging and supporting peers, colleagues and team through constructive feedback, workload management and transfer of knowledge.
• Owns own development by building own skills by consistently pursing growth opportunities; seeks a mentor and is willing to coach colleagues.
• Acts as the client and vendor relationship manager and develops client and vendor engagement.
• Courage