Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 132,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to join the Global FP&A team. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for enterprise functional costs, partnering with regional leaders and business lines to deliver robust financial transparency and cost insights.

The role emphasizes building standardized processes, dynamic financial models, and collaboration with stakeholders across geographies to support strategic decisions and KPI tracking.

Qualifications

• Partner with functional leaders to provide analysis and financial guidance for strategic decisions.
• Lead the AOP and monthly forecast process for all function spend across regions.
• Deliver in-depth monthly reporting and variance analysis with risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional leaders to provide analysis and financial guidance driving strategic decision making
• Lead, with limited oversight, the AOP and monthly forecast process for all function spend using planning tools
• Provide in-depth monthly reporting and analysis, including risks and opportunities
• Monitor functional spend and assist leaders with insights and variance analysis for budgets and forecasts
• Collaborate with regional accounting teams to support month-end close
• Coordinate with Global Finance on monthly submissions and data validation
• Build dynamic financial models to connect drivers and results
• Identify opportunities for process improvements in recurring and strategic initiatives
• Prepare ad-hoc analyses for complex issues

Skills

Business partnering

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder comms

Tools

HFM Planning

Adaptive Planning

Essbase

Workday

Job description

Job Title

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description Summary

A key member of the Global FP&A Function Finance team, focused on delivering financial support for Cushman & Wakefield's Global Functions.

Job Description

This position will be a key member of the Global Financial Planning & Analysis team with a focus on maintaining robust financial transparency into our enterprise Functional costs (Shared Services). This role will be responsible for leading the FP&A activities (budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting) for specific Functional organization (i.e., Technology) within all geographic regions. In addition, the role is responsible for partnering with the function business leaders on project costing, business case development, and other ad-hoc analysis. Operating under minimal supervision the position has authority for decision making within their defined scope in collaboration with key stakeholders. The global nature of our Functional Business Units requires highly effective communication and collaboration skills. Relying on in-depth disciplinary knowledge this role will be critical in establishing standardization of work processes as well as establishing themselves as a trusted finance adviser for their Functional partners. Key activities for the role include:

• Business partner with functional leaders providing analysis and financial guidance driving strategic decision making
• Lead, with limited oversight, the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and monthly forecast process for all function spend, using various planning tools (HFM Planning, Adaptive Planning, Essbase, Workday, etc)
• Provide in-depth monthly reporting & analysis on a timely basis; including risks and opportunities associated with current operating activities
• Monitor functional spend and assist leaders with insights, cost tracking, issue resolutions and variance analysis for budgets and forecasts
• Work closely with various regional accounting teams to support the month end close process
• Partner with local and Global Finance teams on monthly financial submissions, system data validation, and issue resolution
• Design and build dynamic financial models to facilitate the understanding between drivers and results
• Identify opportunities for and implement process improvements for recurring processes as well as strategic initiatives
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses resolving issues that are complex and unclearly defined

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: $ 132,090.00 - $155,400.00Cushman & 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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