Business Unit Finance Manager

**Business Unit Finance Manager - Rome**

**Job ID**
- 197272

**Posted**
- 13-Jan-2025

**Service line**
- GWS Segment

**Role type**
- Full-time

**Areas of Interest**

Accounting/Finance

**Location(s)**

Rome '- Lazio - Italy

**Business Unit Finance Manager**
- REPORTS TO**:Finance Director**

**JOB SUMMARY**:

- To provide support to key business group directors (MD and FD) including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and delivering of month end reports which show performance for the Business Group v Plan / Forecast and PY results incorporating both Profit and Loss performance and Working capital metrics.
- Also, to provide ad-hoc financial analysis as and when required.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Supporting the Business Group FD in providing monthly P&L and balance sheet reporting across the Business Group from pre-close flash through to delivery of final month end reporting including completion of insightful commentary in respect of actual financial analysis and reporting v budget / forecast and PY results to include variance on Gross Revenue / Fee Revenue / Gross Margin / OpEx and EB4 Allocations and Working Capital metrics.
- Produce and make available clear management information to the divisions in the Business group showing MTD / YTD P&L and working capital metrics as well as comparisons to current year Plan and Prior Year performance.
- Work with the Business Group FD to understand results and consolidate understanding of Business Group performance. Reconcile and validate results - ensuring that final results Reconcile back to Corporate Reporting System and that summary of local ERP results is aligned. Reviewing actual results produced from the Reporting Hub and validating that these results Reconcile to the underlying ERP / data set
- Management of the Business Group annual planning process including budgeting, forecasting and associated analysis including
- Work with Business Group FD to agree budget / forecast timelines, defining clearly what needs to be delivered by who and by when ensuring that this timetable is aligned to the Group timetable.
- Support to the Head of Reporting Solutions in developing and maintaining the Group forecast and budget models and Reporting Hub
- Co-ordinating and deliver training on TM1and other FP&A tools.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
- EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATES
- Degree in Finance & Business Administration
- Minimum 5 years experience in the role
- Strong Excel skills required (“VLOOKUP’s”, “sumifs”, pivot tables, macros)

**COMMUNICATION SKILLS**:

- Well developed, strong communication skills enabling the individual to work with senior leadership (EMEA and Business Group / Divisional Finance Directors, Controllers, General Managers and Functional Leads).

**FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE**:

- Proven experience of analysing large data sets, identifying key trends and communicating findings to senior management in a concise and understandable manner.

**AUTONOMY / IMPACT**:

- Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role in a complex multi-national.
- Proven track record of reporting with and developing TM1 / HFM / Peoplesoft / Anaplan or similar software

**CBRE GWS**
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