Global Business Operations Lead

Cushman & Wakefield; United States; Remote; USD 127,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Global Business Operations Lead to provide financial and operational leadership. The role involves strategic planning, people management, and financial oversight to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in business operations.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Retirement Savings Plans

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience or training.
• Strong knowledge of financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial and operational leadership support.
• Collaborate with workstream counterparts for operational practices.
• Support leadership team to achieve budgeted financial targets.

Skills

Analytical

Organized

Detail Oriented

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

Word Processing

Job description

Job Title

Global Business Operations Lead

Job Description Summary

This individual is responsible for working with the respective workstream Director and/or Managing Principal (MP) to provide financial and operational leadership support to all aspects of the business. This role will ensure that administrative and operational functions are provided to the respective teams in an efficient and effective manner. In addition, he / she will be responsible for service delivery through management, provide oversight for operations functions and staff throughout the sub-region, and will work closely with the Director in supporting functions to implement strategic initiatives. As a business operations manager, this individual will ensure there is sufficient front office support and act as a steward for operational excellence initiatives.

Job Description

Responsible for one or more of the following:

Strategic Planning:

• Creatively solve problems to ensure appropriate accountability is maintained with respective workstreams and are operating in an efficient and effective manner

• Ability to monitor and improve daily functions where there are known gaps or potential risks

• Collaborate with counterparts in other workstreams in order to learn and utilize best operational practices/programs and offer innovation to the market

• Ability to measure and establish programs to optimize efficiency of systems and procedures to enable the business to make data driven decisions

People Management & Operational:

• Provide leadership, mentoring and supervision to the staff

• Organize, assist, oversee and lead internal meetings and events, including the development of the agenda and schedules

• Foster coordination and communication with the leadership team to develop and implement an annual plan for developing a high quality, collaborative work environment

• Ensuring consistent delivery of services by maintaining playbooks and communicating new process clearly

Financial:

• Support leadership team to achieve overall budgeted financial targets and other standards set forth in approved business plans for the combined businesses/accounts

• Review monthly and annually operating reports; which includes preparing monthly reports, assessing variances and performance to plan for the region and individual business lines

JOB REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor Degree

• 5+ years of related experience or training

• Or any similar combination of education and experience

Minimum Requirements:

• Highly analytical, organized and detail oriented with strong math and communication skills

• Strong knowledge of word processing, strong writing skills, research experience and financial analysis

• Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational savvy, emotional intelligence, keen judgment and problem solving
  ability

• Proven record of providing excellent internal and external customer service

• Demonstrated adherence to the highest ethical standards and professionalism

Physical Requirements:

• Involves work of a general office nature; typically includes extended periods of sitting and/or operation of a computer

• Regularly required to talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to write and type

• Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you

• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented orally and in writing

• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing and orally so others will understand

• Regularly required to utilize vision abilities, allowing reading of printed material, graphics, and computer displays

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $127,500.00 - $150,000.00Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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