Sr. Manager Global Workplace Finance

Job Description Summary

Role summary :
Provide end-to-end financial analysis, operational control support, and portfolio reporting for the global GRW portfolio. Own analytical deliverables that inform portfolio decisions (deal economics, site/space scenarios, OU chargebacks), manage PO/vendor oversight activities executed by CBRE, and partner with Genpact/ Finhub for monthly close reconciliation and variance commentary. This is a global role with accountability for both CAPEX and OPEX analytics and will serve as a trusted advisor to Portfolio Planning team and GRW leadership.

• CAPEX Leadership
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  Establish and oversee global CAPEX governance, enhancing process effectiveness and aligning with strategic priorities. Including management of WBS, funding, cost centers, monthly reporting and asset capitalization process.
• Strategic Financial Analysis
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  Provide comprehensive financial analyses for major portfolio initiatives; offer executive insights to inform high-level decisions, including ability to provide heavy analytical modeling support for global OPEX budget of $236M+.
• Executive Reporting
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  Develop executive‑ready reporting for both CAPEX and OPEX, ensuring insights drive strategic alignment. Track actuals, trends and forecasts.
• PO Oversight
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  Supervise PO management processes across regions, liaising with CBRE, Genpact and Finance teams for seamless execution and accuracy.
• Global Focus
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  Provide regional OPEX insights and maintain connections with the global OU finance teams to ensure aligned financial strategy.
• Process Innovation
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  Lead efforts to innovate, automate, and standardize financial processes, driving efficiencies across the portfolio.

• Partner with CBRE on global run‑rates, seasonality, service and vendor rates; track and report realized savings and recurring OPEX forecasts, including building annual bottoms‑up budgets with support from CBRE, Genpact, and GRW Finance leaders.
• Request and validate global cost centers/WBS; monitor spend vs. budget; coordinate asset capitalization and support asset accounting close activities.
• Coordinate monthly close data with Genpact and CBRE; perform detailed variance analysis and root‑cause commentary.
  
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  this role analyzes and reports findings; booking of actuals is performed by Genpact / Fin Hub.
• Act as escalation and control point for PO/invoice/vendor maintenance activities executed by CBRE; manage CBRE POs end‑to‑end (approx. 100‑200 POs/year), ensure timely creation/closure and run periodic right‑sizing checks.
• Prepare OU chargeback files, maintain allocation drivers and reconcile to GLs provided by CBRE and Genpact.
• Build robust, auditable models for lease/buy/build/sale‑leaseback decisions; perform NPV/IRR, sensitivity, and scenario analysis; quantify P&L/CF/BS impacts.
• Run multi‑region portfolio scenarios (consolidations, expansions, exits) and quantify financial/site impacts to inform strategy and space planning.
• Support CAPEX forecasting; reconcile SAP actuals to AFE/budget; validate capital spend coding and project closeout inputs.
• Provide inputs for ASC 842 disclosures and support impairment screening and analysis with Lease Admin/ Fin Hub / Acc ountin g R es earch.
• Build and maintain dashboards (cost per sq ft/FTE, utilities, FM cost, OU views) leveraging CBRE and Genpact data feeds.
• Maintain SOX evidence and audit‑ready documentation; support internal and external audits.
• Identify and drive automation, standardization and process efficiency opportunities (tools, templates, dashboards).
• Advise Portfolio Planning organization and OU finance leads on financial impacts, budget alignment to OUs, and decision tradeoffs.

• OPEX/CAPEX forecast accuracy and timeliness.
• Reconciliation timeliness of SAP actuals to AFE/budget.
• Quality and timeliness of variance commentary delivered to stakeholders.
• Integrity of OU chargebacks and reduction in reconciliation exceptions.
• PO lifecycle KPIs (timely creation/close rates) and reduction in escalations.
• SOX control effectiveness and audit outcomes.
• Measurable efficiency gains from automation and process improvements.

• 5-10 years of related work experience conducting or leading commercial finance, FP&A, or similar.
• Experience in business planning, financial planning & reporting plus development of business cases which involve influencing, communicating effectively, and managing the business needs across a varied group of business stakeholders.
• Ability to build complex financial models.
• Comfortable analysing large amounts of complex financial data out of ERP systems such as SAP.
• Highly self‑motivated with strategic thinking and analytical skills.
• Experience in virtual collaboration across cultures and time zones is a plus.
• Experience in a multinational company with a global footprint.
• Strong demonstration of business acumen, financial competency, global mindset, effective communication.