Remote Global Finance Manager (EMEA)

Cushman & Wakefield; Manchester; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Global Finance Manager to oversee client accounting across the UK/Europe with predominantly remote work and occasional client-site attendance. You will lead a multi-location team, coordinate monthly closes, and ensure compliance with VAT, audits, and local regimes.

You will manage ERP platforms (E1 360, Yardi 7, WorkDay) and deliver timely management information for client reporting, contributing to budgeting and process improvements across the region.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant or relevant business degree with minimum 5 years post qualification experience.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Proven track record of producing timely management information to both client and company deadlines.
• Knowledge of major accounting applications, financial processes and control systems in the property services sector would be desirable but not essential.
• Fluent business English essential.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interface at all levels with a wide range of stakeholders including Client, Account team and C&W management.
• Ability to travel to Client sites and CW Corporate offices occasionally.
• Proactive self-motivator with ability to work on own initiative, but also as a strong team player.
• Depth of experience to draw on and proactively contributes to both the account success, but also to CW FM.
• Tenacious but amiable.
• An individual who strives for continuous improvement.

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 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

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Team management

MS Office

Education

Qualified Accountant or relevant business degree

Tools

E1 360

Yardi 7

WorkDay

Client internal systems

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Global Finance Manager to oversee client accounting across the UK/Europe with predominantly remote work and occasional client-site attendance. You will lead a multi-location team, coordinate monthly closes, and ensure compliance with VAT, audits, and local regimes.

You will manage ERP platforms (E1 360, Yardi 7, WorkDay) and deliver timely management information for client reporting, contributing to budgeting and process improvements across the region.