Job Title
Finance Business Partner
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Position Title: Finance Business Partner
Department: DTZ
Location: Neuilly sur Seine
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 2023, the firm reported revenue of $9.5 billion across its core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. It also receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture and commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), sustainability and more. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.
Role Purpose
To be responsible for: (i) FP&A – covering AOP; consistent forecast updates; consistent updates from DTZI team; assessment of risks & opportunities; (ii) Business Partnering – collaboration with DTZI Team on matters that do not need to be led by CWFR FD (ii) Controllership Interface – collaboration with EMEA Controllership team to ensure accounting is accurate; risks are managed and efficiencies are progressed; (iii) Operations Oversight – ensuring that all identified tasks are executed accurately & timely; (iv) Client Finance – Review of reporting; preparation for and attendance at certain client meetings, with upstream pre-work & analysis of client requests.
Key Responsibilities
FP&A
A key responsibility is the implementation of procedures to obtain a detailed monthly oversight of client portfolios to enable an efficient FP&A process and to facilitate client finance oversight.
Month-end results oversight and analysis – covering Investors France; Investors REIM; Co-Investment France SAS, including maintenance of key analyses. Revenue & cost focus required.
Variance analysis in order to understand and articulate monthly results and impacts.
Forecast co-ordination through detailed pipeline tracking – AM initiatives (letting & technical) and new business; reviewing pipeline and projections updates with relevant members of DTZIF team.
AOP detailed preparation.
Business Partnering
Support DTZIF business lead on new business proposals / financial modelling / pricing models / business growth programs, under the supervision of the C&WFR FD.
Work with DTZI senior managers on business proposals / pricing models / growth initiatives.
Provide support to: (i) REIM business on corporate financial matters re regulatory compliance; (ii) REIM corporate reporting; (iii) Co-Investment France corporate reporting.
Expense analysis to identify savings & efficiencies – regular basis.
Controllership Interface
Key journal entries oversight – incl. payroll.
Stat accounts & audit status.
VAT; corporate tax & local tax process & submission oversight.
Balance sheet control & review.
FSC process efficiencies – through the Controllership transition period, drive increased outsource / allocation of tasks to FSC.
Operations Interface
Oversight of client invoicing process, ensuring timely and accurate billing & collection re client SPVs.
Oversight of accounting; billing; settlement in respect of sub-contracted costs.
Oversight of operations task that are within the ownership of C&W France teams.
Management of corporate requests that do not fall directly into the Controllership team.
Play a key role in (i) ensuring the transition of tasks operates smoothly; (ii) identifying synergies & efficiencies in tasks processing & management.
Client Finance Oversight
Peer review of client finance reports before they are submitted to clients.
Attendance at / help with preparation for various scheduled client meetings. Co-ordinate with C&WFR FD as to who attends which meetings.
Assist the client finance team on regular projects and requests (under the supervision of the C&WFR FD): additional information; treasury management.
Ad-hoc assistance on the finance management of client-led programs, incl. peer…