Global Finance Manager - Remote

Job Title Global Finance Manager - Remote

Job Description Summary The role offers flexibility in location across whole UK/Europe, with predominantly remote working and occasional attendance at the client office.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately 52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2024, the firm reported revenue of $9.4 billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture.

For additional information, visit  deliver financial management and accounting for client managed spend budgets, incorporating the needs of the client, C&W and their affiliates, whilst maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders. There is a joint responsibility to deliver financial management and accounting for C&W corporate reporting for respective client accounts.

To manage and develop existing client finance team, whilst supporting the wider client finance leadership team and initiatives.

To ensure control of both C&W’s and client’s assets by implementing and enforcing C&W and client policies. To provide direction and ensure a smooth transition when taking over new accounts/locations.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

Support and work closely with Account Director, Client Accounting Director and other CWFM personnel to ensure delivery of contract obligations.

Support and work closely with Account Director, Client Accounting Director and other Global CWFM personnel to ensure timely and accurate mobilisation of new locations and/or suppliers.

Management of client accounting team to perform transactional processing activity and control of purchase order and invoice processing together with vendor payment utilising property and asset management and accounting applications – (E1 360, Yardi 7 and Work Day and Client internal systems).Management of client accounting team including 121s, goal setting, performance review and planned development, ensuring that all appropriate tasks are delegated and well managed.

Deliver all of primary client key deliverables via preparation of monthly deliverables calendar and work with account management and client to define scope of global accounting services needed.

Manage production of detailed EMEA Regional contract monthly accounts with variance analysis which will form part of client reporting, provide timely Budget Vs Actual Reporting and participate in client meetings to provide accurate financial data and reviews.

Produce contract management accounts with variance analysis monthly for internal corporate reporting purposes to Global Occupier Services Finance Function (Work Day is the CWFM corporate management information application).Knowledge required of local reporting and tax requirements for each of the countries within the scope of our client portfolio.

Ensure compliance with all client, internal and statutory processes and procedures and requirements (VAT, Audit etc.).Ad hoc projects, e.g. financial modelling and undertake a key role in the annual budgeting process

Qualities and Personal Attributes:

Business Generation, Execution and/or enablement

Uses knowledge of the business, along with relevant systems and procedures to support others and contribute to company and client objectives in achieving their financial, business and client goals.

Pursues opportunities to learn more about CW commercial environment.

Builds the brand by seeking opportunities to promote the CW brand through everyday interactions that contribute to the brand image.

Identifies and…