Finance Manager - In Office

CBRE Group, Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Finance Manager to lead a team responsible for budgeting, monthly forecasts, and managerial reporting. You will oversee policy compliance, balance sheet analysis, and pro forma analyses for senior leadership.

The role sits within the Financial Strategy and Operations function, requiring strong leadership and advanced Excel skills. On-site collaboration in New York is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience considered.
• Experience leading staff, training, coaching and performance reviews.
• Ability to guide sensitive information and manage expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision and conduct performance evaluations.
• Coordinate daily team activities and scheduling.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Review financial statements and journal entries for accuracy.
• Produce routine and ad hoc reports for senior management.

Skills

Staff supervision

Performance coaching

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Policy knowledge

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Outlook

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Finance Manager, you will manage the team responsible for producing limited output associated with Finance Strategy and Operations, including but not limited to the annual budget preparation, monthly forecasts, strategic planning, and management reporting.

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. Monitor 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.
• Oversee the budgeting process, forecasting process, strategic planning process, and standard management reporting.
• Review balance sheet account analysis, statement of cash flows and supporting schedules, and standard consolidated reporting packs for accuracy.
• Review and approve basic monthly journal entries.
• Produce a variety of routine and ad hoc financial reports, packages, and pro forma analyses for senior management and planning unit.
• Coordinate research, development, and preparation of accounting policy and procedures.
• Exchange and explain difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle sensitive issues.
• Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 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 preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
• Intermediate math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.