Cushman & Wakefield UK | Global Finance Manager - Remote

Core responsibilities

• The role offers flexibility in location across whole UK/Europe, with predominantly remote working and occasional attendance at the client office.
• Support and work closely with Account Director, Client Accounting Director and other CWFM personnel to ensure delivery of contract obligations.
• Management of client accounting team including 121s, goal setting, performance review and planned development, ensuring that all appropriate tasks are delegated and well managed.
• Deliver all of primary client key deliverables via preparation of monthly deliverables calendar and work with account management and client to define scope of global accounting services needed.
• Ensure compliance with all client, internal and statutory processes and procedures and requirements (VAT, Audit etc.).
• Builds the brand by seeking opportunities to promote the CW brand through everyday interactions that contribute to the brand image.
• Identifies and improves processes, systems, and work products to continually exceed internal and external client expectations.
• Delivers innovation by looking for and suggesting new ways to differentiate CW services from the competition.
• Supports new business generation with knowledge and experience advice where required.
• Owns own development by building own skills by consistently pursing growth opportunities; seeks a mentor and is willing to coach colleagues.
• Supports and develops early talent.
• Supports colleagues in meeting client needs.
• Establishes credibility by staying current in own field and pursues opportunities to demonstrate expertise and share knowledge.
• Communicates proactively with all relevant levels of the organisation to obtain and share information.
• Manage production of detailed EMEA Regional contract monthly accounts with variance analysis which will form part of client reporting, provide timely Budget Vs Actual Reporting and participate in client meetings to provide accurate financial data and reviews.
• Produce contract management accounts with variance analysis monthly for internal corporate reporting purposes to Global Occupier Services Finance Function (WorkDay is the CWFM corporate management information application).
• Uses knowledge of the business, along with relevant systems and procedures to support others and contribute to company and client objectives in achieving their financial, business and client goals.
• Enables performance by encouraging and supporting peers, colleagues and team through constructive feedback, workload management and transfer of knowledge.
• Acts as the client and vendor relationship manager and develops client and vendor engagement.
• Makes informed decisions and takes responsibility for outcomes.

Skills & behaviours

• Knowledge required of local reporting and tax requirements for each of the countries within the scope of our client portfolio.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Track record of producing timely management information to both client and company deadlines.
• Knowledge of wider accounting practices e.
• Knowledge and experience of major accounting applications, financial processes and control systems in the property services sector would be desirable but not essential, together with prime MS Office products.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interface at all levels with a wide range of stakeholders including Client, Account team and C&W management.
• Ability to travel to Client sites and CW Corporate offices occasionally.
• Proactive self-motivator with ability to work on own initiative, but also as a strong team player.
• Depth of experience to draw on and proactively contributes to both the account success, but also to CW FM.
• Proven team management skills.
• Fluent business English essential.

Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.

Cushman & Wakefield was incorporated in New York in 1917 by J. Clydesdale Cushman and his brother-in-law Bernard Wakefield. In 2015 it merged with DTZ, a property services group then owned by a private equity consortium, and the combined firm kept the Cushman & Wakefield name. It listed on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2018 under the symbol CWK. Its main service lines are leasing, capital markets (property sales and investment), valuation, and property, facility and project management services. In November 2025 the parent company moved its place of incorporation from England and Wales to Bermuda and became Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.; its global headquarters is in Chicago.

• Industry: Commercial real estate services: leasing, capital markets, valuation, and property, facility and project management
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (incorporated in Bermuda; listed on the NYSE as CWK)