Finance Business Partner - Part-Time

CBRE; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

CBRE Local is seeking a Part-Time Finance Sr. Consultant to apply advanced cash and accrual accounting for investments and tax strategies, supporting clients in financial planning and asset management.

The role sits within Financial Strategy and Operations, handling accounting policies, controls, and reporting. Approximately 30 hours/week now, with potential transition to full-time later.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-10 years of relevant experience.
• Able to develop methods beyond existing solutions.
• Strong problem-solving with broad business impact.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the business and act as SME to leaders.
• Create and manage a complex business and financial strategy.
• Research and interpret financial results, including capex and depreciation.
• Prepare revenue balance statements and historical comparisons.
• Project future revenue and expenses from multiple data sources.
• Develop presentations of findings for senior management.
• Discuss budgets with senior management and forecast implications.
• Maintain benchmarks and metrics; suggest efficiency improvements.
• Coach others and model CBRE values in daily work.
• Lead cross-discipline collaboration to achieve objectives.

Skills

Cash accounting

Financial modelling

Budget management

Excel expertise

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience .

About the Role:

As a CBRE Finance Sr. Consultant, you will apply advanced cash and accrual accounting fundamentals to work with clients on a wide range of small to medium sized investments and tax strategies to better understand and understand the future of their assets.

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

Hours: Please note, this role is a Part-Time role with flexible scheduling. The selected candidate is expected to work approximately 30 hours per week, with the potential to transition into a fulltime role in the future, if desired.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the business and act as a subject matter expert to the business leaders. Review the portfolio’s financial life to help clients identify what future goals should be.

• Create and manage a complex business and financial strategy.

• Research and interpret a variety of complicated financial results and indicators. This includes capital expenditures, depreciation, proposals, investment opportunities, rate of return, profit plans, operating records, and financial statements.

• Compile and review budgetary and fiscal data from a variety of sources to prepare revenue balance statements and historical comparisons.

• Complete a highly involved evaluation of records, both present and past, to project future revenue and expenses. This includes operations, trends, costs, estimated and realized revenues, administrative commitments, and obligations incurred.

• Conduct highly visible studies as assigned to support senior management. Develop presentations of findings and results.

• Discuss budgets with Sr. management and council on matters such as effective use of resources and the underlying forecasts.

• Maintain and report benchmarks and performance metrics. Recommend ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.

• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.

• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.

• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.

• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.

• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.

• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-10 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.

• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.

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

• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.

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

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affine Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)