Job Title: Finance Lead Job Purpose: To produce excellent Client Reporting and provide excellent financial support to the Account/Portfolio (Finance Contract Manager and their operational teams), through added value financial analysis and valued input to the operational team. Help manage and report on the GMP. Job Responsibilities: Client Finance Develop strong relationships with both the Client operational and Client finance teams Understand the commercial model (GMP) and enforce governance and compliance to support effective execution Produce Client reports and provide value add financial commentary in their portfolio Work with the Client to compile annual budgets & quarterly forecasts Working closely with operations and commercial team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved Support collation of monthly accruals to Client finance teams Achieve results within quality and time restraints across multiple locations and countries CBRE Finance Provide direct financial support and expertise to the account Provide added value financial commentary to support regular, standard financial reports Working closely with Finance Contract Manager Account Manager to manage the GMP and all costs associated Report monthly on actual figures and support in the reconciliation of the GMP Provide ad-hoc support to Finance Manager as required Working closely with the team to identify all possible savings opportunities and ensure that financial targets are achieved Support compilation of CBRE annual budgets & quarterly forecasts Ensure finance procedures are adhered to by operations team, and take corrective action / escalate where required Support in ad-hoc financial analysis and projects as required Qualifications Higher educational qualifications to ‘A’ level or degree (or equivalent) Part qualified or newly qualified CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) (desirable) Experience Working in an environment where delivering financial information within tight timescales is a pre-requisite Having experience on a GMP contract is desirable Reporting in a complex multi-country, multi-divisional, service business (Industry experience) including financial planning and contracts management Dealing with Forex in a multi-currency environment Providing senior management with financial results and analysis Demonstrable experience working with complex financial and operational information systems and controls in a large business that provides consistent and reliable information Focus on strong focus on customer service Previous experience of a customer-facing role using operating systems such as Dynamics AX or Concept software along with financial / accounting experience would be an advantage (desirable) Presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas and results to senior stakeholders (desirable)