Lead Contract Support - 9 month FTC Job ID 170599 Posted 05-Jun-2024 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Administrative Location(s) London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland **Job Purpose:** + Be an integral member of the EMEA central finance team + Manage the UK recharges and intercompany invoicing, working closely with the budget holders to ensure accurate reporting. Oversight and co-ordination of recharges and invoicing in EMEA + Support Functions with POs and supplier setups as required + Complete balance sheet reconciliations for the central GWS Overheads division + Ad-hoc projects as required **Key Tasks:** + Cost calculations and transfers/intercompany invoicing + Manage cost transfers/recharges company wide, including tracking to plan + Support Finance Manager in liaising with relevant stakeholders to help them understand functional budgets + Regular updates with Business contacts to support with timely cost transfers and accurate cost reporting + Raising POs, reviewing, approving and tracking associated invoices + Support colleagues with supplier setups and manual payments to suppliers + Support EMEA central finance team with month end adjustments including calculating accruals and accumulated costs, support for balance sheet reconciliations + Support with variance analysis on cost vs plan, with meaningful commentary and follow up actions + Support with annual planning and quarterly forecasting cycles from data entry to variance analysis + Cost consolidation EMEA wide by functional area/cost type + Support ad-hoc requests from Leadership team **Person Specification:** **Education** + Higher educational qualifications to ‘A’ level or degree (or equivalent) + Part qualified in accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or QBE + Skills + Excellent PC based skills, with experience in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook – intermediate to advanced level skills are essential (lookups and pivots essential) + Highly numerate + Organised and open to new ways of working to challenge inefficiencies + Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and able to communicate with people at all levels across the business and develop effective relationships at all levels **Experience** + Working in an environment where delivering financial information within tight timescales is a pre-requisite + Demonstrable experience working with complex financial and operational information systems and controls in a large business that provides consistent and reliable information + Previous experience of Dynamics AX would be an advantage + Previous experience of working in a central function in a large corporation + Aptitude + The successful candidate will be able to exercise an attention to detail which will be paramount to delivering the required job performance levels + Self motivated, reliable & flexible team player, who is able to work on own initiative + Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently + Calm manner, able to work under pressure and with changing demands and priorities + Excellent organisational skills and is results/ task orientated CBRE GWS CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies. Find out more (https://www.cbre.com/real-estate-services/directory/global-workplace-solutions) CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)