Lead Contract Support

CBRE Group, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Lead Contract Support in London to provide leadership to the Business Unit Contract Support team and financial and administrative support to the Finance & Contract Support Manager.

The role covers financial control of contracts, reporting, invoicing, timesheets and maintenance orders, with training of staff and ensuring auditable trails throughout.

Qualifications

• A degree/qualification in Finance or experience within a Finance role preferred.
• Understanding of processes, procedures, systems and concepts within own job function.
• Advanced math skills: percentages, discounts, markups.
• Strong customer focus and clear written/verbal communication.
• Proficient with MS Office; particularly Excel and Word.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist with financial and commercial aspects of contracts.
• Prepare and issue predefined reports for contract requirements.
• Liaise with site team and head office for accurate processing of invoices, POs and timesheets.
• Train staff and run training gap reports from the tracker.
• Maintain auditable trails for invoices, timesheets and orders.
• Provide commercial support on contract through to final account.
• Run weekly aged debt reports and coordinate with client on issues.
• Complete month-end reports for the finance manager.
• Collate monthly forecasting and client reports.
• Raise Annual Maintenance POs.

Skills

Finance

Advanced math

Microsoft Office

Customer focus

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Finance degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Company Profile

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Job Title: Lead Contract Support

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Lead Contract Support to join the team located in London.

Role Summary:

The main responsibility of this role is to provide leadership to the Business Unit Contract Support team and financial and administrative support to the Finance & Contract Support Manager.

• Assist with the control of all financial and commercial aspects of contracts
• Prepare and issue predefined reports, which form part of the contract and customer requirement
• Liaise closely with the site team and head office, ensuring accurate processing of quotations, purchase orders, invoices, time sheets and holiday records.
• Undertake the training of staff as and when required. Run regular training gap reports from training tracker.
• Enable full auditable trails with, for example but not limited, to invoices, timesheets, material orders and goods received notes.
• Be responsible for the commercial support on the contract through to final account.
• Run weekly aged debt report’s and liaise with the client to resolve any issues.
• Complete month end reports for the finance manager.
• Collating the monthly forecasting and client reports.
• Raise Annual Maintenance PO’s.
• Full JD can be provided upon application

Experience Required:

• A degree/qualification in Finance or experience within a Finance role preferred.
• A comprehensive understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function is required.
• Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate advanced figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.
• Must demonstrate a strong sense of customer focus.
• Excellent verbal and good basic standard of written communication skills.
• Ability to evaluate and communicate unusual and/or complex content in a concise and logical way.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Organisational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.