Controller

CBRE Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is looking for a Controller in New York, NY to oversee real estate accounting teams and ensure timely reporting for clients. Key responsibilities include managing client relationships for strategic accounts, creating pricing estimates, and troubleshooting issues to enhance customer service. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience in developing strategic solutions. This role requires effective communication and management skills to lead multiple teams successfully.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Experience in developing strategic solutions.
• Ability to create pricing estimates and analyze service changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead real estate accounting teams for client reporting.
• Manage client relationships for strategic accounts.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial package releases.

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Controller, you will lead multiple real estate accounting teams to provide accurate and timely client reporting for assigned portfolios of CBRE clients and properties and manage client relationships for multiple strategic accounts.

What You’ll Do

• Analyzes and prices scope of service changes from team managers, and prices additional services based on the knowledge of the department’s pricing platform. Identifies and recommends consulting opportunities to managers, market leaders, and/or clients.
• Creates pricing estimates for new business opportunities. Ensures monthly pricing allocations are accurately entered into PeopleSoft.
• Functions as a single point of contact for a market and/or strategic account client.
• Assists senior management with implementation of strategic department and corporate initiatives.
• Troubleshoots called out issues and ensures all customer requests are handled timely, accurately and with a focus on customer service. Creates a positive customer experience by opening and maintaining constructive and reliable lines of communication.
• Participates and/or leads all aspects of internal and external property and client transitions. Works with other internal teams in handling special requirements as defined in the Management Agreement and scope of services in the Financial Services Agreement.
• Verifies and ensures accounting team’s debt, real estate tax, sales tax and owner distribution payments are made timely and internal databases are updated and maintained accordingly.
• Reviews staff work product, including financial packages, to ensure its complete, accurate and timely release to internal departments and external clients.
• Provides formal supervision to individual employees within a single functional or operational area. Approves subordinate’s recommendations for staff recruitment. Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime.
• Solves sophisticated problems and looks after a variety of options in sophisticated situations. Requires authority-level analytical and quantitative skills with shown experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment.
• Makes decisions with in-depth understanding and interpretation of procedures, company policies and business practices to achieve general results. Responsible for setting department goals. Errors in judgment may cause long-term impact to co‑workers, supervisor, department and/or line of business.
• Comprehends and analyzes and interprets the most complex business documents. Ability to respond effectively to critical issues. Ability to write reports, manuals, speeches and articles using distinctive style. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on sophisticated topics to employees, clients, top management and/or public groups. Ability to empower and negotiate effectively with key employees, top management, and client groups to take desired action.