Financial Assurance Manager in London

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Financial Assurance Manager Job ID 118719 Posted 28-Jun-2023 Service line GWS Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Accounting/Finance Location(s) London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally we employ over 105,000 employees and operate in over 100 countries. Financial Assurance Manager We are recruiting a Finance Assurance Manager within the SOX and Assurance team in Controllership. This role delivers for our business by providing expertise and capability to help GWS manage our risks effectively and meet our financial control and compliance obligations. This role sits within the Global Workplace Solutions segment of CBRE in the central Controllership finance team looking after the UK & Ireland business, which has an annual turnover of c. $2.4bn. We offer a hybrid, flexible work environment, based out of our London office. Responsibilities - Assist in the process documentation of GWS UK&I financial controls at all levels to build out a comprehensive and consistent Accounting Control Framework - Ensure that processes which result in a financial statement impact are in line with the relevant local accounting policies for statutory reporting, and US GAAP for Group reporting - Ensure the control environment is sufficient in design and operation to manage identified risks within agreed appetite levels, with plans and associated accountabilities and milestones developed to address unacceptable exposures. - Undertake first line assurance work for the ACF including testing of controls for both design and effectiveness. - Work with management across the business units and finance teams to agree remediations for control deficiencies identified and ensure these are actioned in a timely manner - Provide advice, oversight and challenge to the GWS business units and client teams - Support the successful delivery of the GWS external audit process - Support the successful delivery of internal audit and compliance reviews - Review submissions to the Out of Period Adjustment tracker in consultation with the business and Controllership - Assist with leading the client teams in remediation activity for any SOX controls as flagged by the Global SOX team or through external audit Person Specification - ACA or ACCA qualified accountant or equivalent - Experience of working with internal controls, which is likely to include experience in working in external / internal audit - Demonstrable aptitude for business process improvement - Experience of preparing reports for key stakeholders - Internal control design experience - Experience of working with SOX controls is desirable Equal Opportunities We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. #J-18808-Ljbffr