Job Description

Commercial Finance Assistant Manager Job Summary A commercial finance professional is a finance business partner who provides insightful and influential analysis to assist management in making well-informed commercial decisions. They will challen Commercial Finance Assistant Manager Job Summary A commercial finance professional is a finance business partner who provides insightful and influential analysis to assist management in making well-informed commercial decisions. They will challenge the business to make improvements, such as streamlining expenditure, to maximize profit and improve financial performance. As a trusted business partner, the person will liaise with multiple functions across the client accounts with CBRE. Key Responsibilities Preparing insightful reporting and analysis on monthly financial performance to support management decision-making, and identify significant trends/issues, e.g. monitor performance against forecast and pipeline & provide sound variance commentary. Providing finance business partner support to the operations team and directors, with financial insights and understanding of key drivers and trends influencing the account. Analysis of sales/margins - volume, price, mix vs. forecast - identifying issues, recommending actions, measuring outcomes. Lead and improve the budgeting and forecasting processes including agreeing, reviewing, and challenging commercial targets with business/department leads. Managing ongoing forecasting and finance review to ensure commercial risks and opportunities are highlighted. Coordinating and leading the annual financial planning process. Providing baseline modeling and scenario testing for new business opportunities. Driving margin enhancement initiatives. Assisting with commercial proposals supporting the sales, pricing, and transition teams on RFP (tender) process. Develop and improve accounting & control processes to ensure that results are reported appropriately and on a timely basis. Driving the monthly business performance management process with senior management, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of information. Monitoring and partnering with clients to ensure a healthy AR position is maintained and resolving disputed invoices. Monitoring and partnering with the payables team to ensure all vendor payments are disbursed timely. Required Knowledge and Skills: Business Level English proficiency Good to have an Accounting / Finance educational background Good to have prior experience in Commercial Finance roles. Good to have prior experience working in large, matrix style multi-national companies Nice to have knowledge/experience in the Real Estate business. A high degree of familiarity with Excel especially on data massaging functions i.e. Pivots, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, SUMIF, Concatenation, etc. VBA knowledge is not required. Familiar with all Office applications including Word, Outlook & Teams. Good to have prior experience with financial data mining software (Eg. TM1) Able to work independently with minimal supervision. A team player, with a collaborative approach to working with various teams within the organization. Engaged and committed to continual process improvements. Strong communication skills with experience in presenting financial data to management. Ability to work in a flexible working environment, especially when needed to join calls with US leadership at night when needed.