Finance Business Partner

Job Description Summary

Job Title Finance Business Partner

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: 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 coordination 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 ensuring the transition of tasks operates smoothly; 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 review: e.g. asset disposals & acquisitions.
• Co-Investment France: co-ordination of cash flow / finance management of drawdowns / funding requests with DTZI Co-Investment Holdings.

Company Culture & Diversity

We foster a culture of inclusion that embraces the unique strengths, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We firmly believe that our diversity enhances our team's capabilities, leading to improved decision-making, innovation, and business outcomes.

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Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital stat