CBRE Jobs

Project Accountant - Governance & Support

Job ID

161765

Posted

26-Apr-2024

Service line

Corporate Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting/Finance

Location(s)

Warsaw - Mazowieckie - Poland

CBRE Business Services Organisation is a part of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2022 revenue). The company has approximately 115,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. With broader and deeper capabilities than any other company, CBRE is the leading full-service real estate services and investment organization in the world.

Senior Project Accountant

Governance & Support

About the Role:

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious accountant to be a valuable contributor in a team on a strategic program. This role is to support on the Global Balance Sheet Program which aims to transform the balance sheet reconciliation process across all segments and regions of CBRE, with specific focuses on Governance and providing support to drive adoption and compliance. This is a new function within CBRE, so it is a good opportunity to help develop this function to support a key Finance process.

What You’ll Do:

• Complete Quality Control checks on Balance sheet reconciliations and provide feedback to users in order to improve future quality

• Produce & analyse with recommendations defined KPI reports and distribute to key stakeholders with commentary.

• Support Finance teams to ensure that key design principles are understood and followed.

• Liase with Cadency D&T teams to ensure design principles are maintained in Cadency

• Support Finance users with any deployed templates or relevant technology that are deployed.

• Provide & support the program team with relevant data and reports as required.

• Perform & support certain centralised automated reconciliations in Cadency.

• Responsible for managing tickets raised in ServiceNow relating to Balance sheet reconciliations

• Work with team in meeting project timelines and milestones, including identification/escalation of risks and issues

• Partner with technology team to support design and implementation of system enhancements

• Detailed quality review of balance sheet reconciliations as part of account sign-off process

• Delivery of training for various groups, and preparation of training material content including practical examples

• Hypercare support for local teams after go-live

What You’ll Need:

• Qualified, experienced accountant.

• Experience of working in RTR in a large multi-national company.

• Audit experience required. Big 4 experience preferred.

• US GAAP and SOX experience preferred.

• Experience with balance sheet reconciliation reviews required.

• Experience with using balance sheet reconciliation tool preferred.

• Experience in implementing and working on process improvements.

• Accurate and exceptional attention to detail. Methodical in approach.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to liaise with a range of stakeholders across all levels of seniority, and accurately explain and report activity

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and effectively manage and prioritise critical deadlines.

• Ability to interpret accounting policies and standards and effectively communicate this to key stakeholders.

• Experience in ensuring compliance with accounting policies.

• Ability to analyse large financial datasets and work with ambiguity

• Proactive and able to work autonomously and pitch in with other teams when required.

• Ability to provide timely and accurate financial information.

• Self-motivated with strong work ethic.

Company benefits and perks:

• Stable employment conditions

Work based on employment contract in the international company with stable position on the labour market

• Career advancement program

A chance to learn from the Best by attending internal courses and taking part in international programs that will enable you to travel as well as experience how we work in different places in the world. Additionally, we offer a career coach advisory.

• Workplace Culture

Support from our side in terms of working from home as well as comfortable office with chillout room, entertainment room, creative labs and beautiful terrace are making our office a place you want to be. We are well located nearby Wilanowska metro station.

• Wellbeing actions

Environment where we care about your wellbeing by health and leisure initiatives (sport interest groups)

• Making a Change in the Word surrounding you

Occasion to make an impact by taking part in our initiatives (CSR, ECO friendly approach)

• Attractive package of benefits

Private medical healthcare, life insurance, multisport card and MORE

• International Environment

Experience growing in multilingual community where diversity is cherished

Please include the following statement in your application: " I agree to the processing of personal data provided in this document for realizing the recruitment process pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act of 10 May 2018 (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000) and in agreement with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)"

DISCLAIMER

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job .

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