Finance Business Partner, Real Estate Advisory

Job Title Finance Business Partner, Real Estate Advisory

Job Description Summary The Finance Business Partner role sits within the Real Estate Advisory team and will work closely with Corporate Finance members, along with the executive and national operations Real Estate Advisory team.

Job Description

The Finance Business Partner role sits within the Real Estate Advisory team and will work closely with Corporate Finance members, along with the executive and national operations Real Estate Advisory team.

The scope and purpose of this role includes:

• Ensuring the service line operates in a strong internal control environment
• Ensuring corporate policies and procedures are communicated, managed and deviations are identified
• Timely delivery of accurate and insightful financial information for commercial decision making
• Developing operational and financial KPIs and key strategic/tactical levers
• Responsible for developing and finalising annual/long-range operating plan, forecasts, pipeline, productivity and profitability

About the role:

• Lead accurate and timely monthly/quarterly reporting by providing insights on performance, variance, key risks, and opportunities
• Understand and provide insightful analytics on business transactions including revenue recognition, unbilled revenue, cost accruals, client recoverables, marketing activities, and its impact to service margins
• Ensure the financial position of the business is correctly stated through monthly/quarterly reconciliations
• Support operational stakeholders with meaningful analysis and financial data enabling effective decision making to deliver margin across the business
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan working with the business leaders to ensure targets meet the requirements of the CRE growth strategy
• Support the business in developing business case/investment proposal and monitor related ROIs
• Ensuring correct business units are set up on reporting systems
• Developing job costing tools, time sheet trackers, team utilization and job profitability
• Accounting policies, principles and methodology
• Support Finance Manager in Systems data management and maintenance (JDE, Workday, Essbase, Blackline, Calidus)
• Create and maintain data modelling using Essbase, Adaptive, Excel and Power BI

About You:

• 5 – 7 years of work experience, preferably within a consultancy services industry
• Strong commercial background and finance background
• Must have budgeting and forecasting experience – Excel and Power BI
• Ability to collaborate with a range of senior internal and external stakeholders to achieve outstanding business outcomes; a trusted business partner
• Experience working in a large, listed organization with regional reporting relationships
• Must be CA or CPA qualified
• Knowledge in MS Office Suite of Products (i.e. MS Excel, MS Word, MS PPT, Power BI)
• Knowledge in Hyperion HFM & ESSBASE (Consolidation), JD Edwards (ERP), Workday (ERP) preferred but not essential

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

We’re committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That’s why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but everyday. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. As part of our ongoing commitment to RAP, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Islanders are highly encouraged to join us!

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community – it means we go way beyond than just talking about it – we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

As an equal opportunity employer, Cushman & Wakefield encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates to apply. Cushman & Wakefield promotes safety at all times.

Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need the job posting in an alternative format or any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, please email your request to . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.