Senior Finance Manager - NYC On-Site

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery. In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role

This role is part of the Financial Strategy and Operations job function and involves managing a team responsible for Finance Strategy and Operations, including annual budget preparation, monthly forecasts, strategic planning, and management reporting. The position is responsible for maintaining accounting, financial, and reporting policies and controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees, including monitoring training and development, conducting performance evaluations, and coaching.
• Oversee recruiting, hiring, and onboarding of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities, including setting work schedules, assigning tasks, and cross-training staff.
• Set and track staff and department deadlines; mentor and coach as needed.
• Oversee the budgeting process, forecasting process, strategic planning process, and standard management reporting.
• Review balance sheet account analysis, statement of cash flows, supporting schedules, and standard consolidated reporting packs for accuracy.
• Review and approve basic monthly journal entries.
• Produce a variety of routine and ad hoc financial reports, packages, and pro forma analyses for senior management and planning units.
• Coordinate research, development, and preparation of accounting policy and procedures.
• Exchange and explain difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle sensitive issues.
• Influence parties of shared interests to reach agreements.
• Lead by example and model behaviors consistent with CBRE RISE values.
• Apply knowledge of your discipline and how it integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
• Intermediate math skills with the ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

Successful candidates will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program.

Pay

The minimum salary for the Finance Manager position is $120,500 annually (or $57.93 per hour) and the maximum salary is $170,000 annually (or $81.73 per hour). The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on skills, qualifications, and experience.