Finance Director APAC, (Data Center Solutions)

CBRE Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Pte Ltd is seeking a Finance Director to develop and manage all departmental finance functions, oversee budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning, and ensure robust financial policies and controls.

The role requires leading a team, coordinating daily activities, and partnering with Operations to drive initiatives and capex projects within approval guidelines. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 8–12 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and staff development skills.
• Advanced knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision and performance coaching to staff.
• Coordinate daily team activities; set schedules and deadlines.
• Plan and execute budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes.
• Review outputs from staff to support strategic planning.
• Develop departmental financial policies and procedures.
• Oversee preparation of financial reporting results.
• Collaborate with Operations to support business initiatives.
• Execute capex projects within approval guidelines.
• Apply cross-functional knowledge to improve performance.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Staff Development

Policy & Controls

Cross-functional Collaboration

Capex Management

Negotiation

Analytical Thinking

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Finance Director, you will assist with developing and managing of all departmental finance functions.

This job is part of the Financial Strategy and Operations job function. They are responsible for maintaining accounting, financial, and reporting policies and controls.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Track the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.


• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.


• Plan and execute budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning processes, and standard management reporting.


• Review input from staff and business partners to assist with the strategic planning process.


• Work with management to establish departmental priorities to meet deadlines. Develop financial policies and procedures.


• Oversee the preparation of reporting results.


• Work with the Operations team to support initiatives within the business.


• Execute capex projects under company approval guidelines.


• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance.


• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.


• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.


• Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.


• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.


• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.


• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function.


• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.


• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.


• Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.