[Remote] Client Finance Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm, and they are seeking a Client Finance Manager to provide leadership and supervision to their accounting team. This role involves managing client relationships, overseeing financial reporting, and improving departmental efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a group of clients or a strategic client
• Develop productive, supportive relationships with key stakeholders (financial leadership, client team, and operations partners)
• Review team members' financial reports to ensure quality, timeliness, audit compliance and assess competencies
• Track team compliance with department SOC 1 audit controls; approve banking or financial transactions, schedules, and reports in accordance with best practice policy and procedures
• Monitor account health and other metrics, managing remediation as needed
• Direct new scope onboarding by coordinating with account leadership and clients
• Assess team/department workflows and policies to recommend or implement improvements in operating efficiencies and effectiveness
• Manage team performance, available capacity, and training needs through conducting one-on-one meetings, team meetings and addressing deficiencies timely and professionally
• Develop direct reports (as applicable) through goal setting, conducting mid-year and year-end performance reviews and delivering timely and meaningful performance feedback, while maintaining quality results and performance
• Lead departmental projects and/or assume a leadership role on one of the Client Accounting Committees
• Manage corporate P/L accounting (including month-end, AOP, forecasting) activities related to client
• Perform other related duties as required or requested
• Leads/Assigns/Delegates tasks to Sr. Client Accountants, Client Accountants, and/or Interns
• May coordinate efforts of project team to complete work within project deadlines
• Provides solutions to routine/complex problems
• Direct reports may include Sr. Client Accountants, Client Accountants, and/or Interns

Skills

• Provide leadership and supervision to accounting team members and support operations and clients through sound judgement and discretion in applying accounting principles to day-to-day processes and functions
• Assess team and department efficiencies to make improvement recommendations where necessary
• Oversee a group of clients or a strategic client
• Develop productive, supportive relationships with key stakeholders (financial leadership, client team, and operations partners)
• Review team members' financial reports to ensure quality, timeliness, audit compliance and assess competencies
• Track team compliance with department SOC 1 audit controls; approve banking or financial transactions, schedules, and reports in accordance with best practice policy and procedures
• Monitor account health and other metrics, managing remediation as needed
• Direct new scope onboarding by coordinating with account leadership and clients
• Assess team/department workflows and policies to recommend or implement improvements in operating efficiencies and effectiveness
• Manage team performance, available capacity, and training needs through conducting one-on-one meetings, team meetings and addressing deficiencies timely and professionally
• Develop direct reports (as applicable) through goal setting, conducting mid-year and year-end performance reviews and delivering timely and meaningful performance feedback, while maintaining quality results and performance
• Lead departmental projects and/or assume a leadership role on one of the Client Accounting Committees
• Manage corporate P/L accounting (including month-end, AOP, forecasting) activities related to client
• Perform other related duties as required or requested
• Leads/Assigns/Delegates tasks to Sr. Client Accountants, Client Accountants, and/or Interns
• May coordinate efforts of project team to complete work within project deadlines
• Provides solutions to routine/complex problems
• Direct reports may include Sr. Client Accountants, Client Accountants, and/or Interns
• Requires five to seven years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong customer service, time management, and organizational skills
• Exceptional delegation skills with the ability to be a hands-on contributor and take initiative
• Ability to train, mentor and coach others effectively
• Results oriented with strong sense of urgency
• Ethical Conduct
• Goal Setting
• Independent Judgement
• Initiative
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Relationship Management
• Time Management
• College degree in Finance or Accounting preferred
• Strong knowledge of Yardi and Workday software preferred
• Strong MS Office Proficiency
• Financial reporting for multiple entities preferred

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life, and disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work
• Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements

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