Senior Financial Analyst

Cushman & Wakefield • St. Louis, MO

11d

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will assist with maintaining financial models, delivering ad hoc reporting, assisting with the monthly close process, and supporting the Finance COE.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree; Accounting or Finance; MBA preferred
• 2-5+ years of related FP&A work experience
• Ability to work with and apply mathematical concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in written or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Detail oriented and takes accountability for and pride in work product.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office software.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Strong ability to learn new software programs, in particular those specific to analyzing and tracking real estate deals.
• Knowledge of real estate service industry and terminology a plus
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial reports.
• Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from internal stakeholders or management in a client-service oriented and timely fashion.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information to managers or other internal stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• Knowledge of real estate service industry and terminology a plus

Responsibilities

• Examines and analyzes financial information such as budgets, forecasts, income and expense statements, and monthly/quarterly operating results from both market level and Global perspectives.
• Produces a variety of routine and ad hoc financial reports and packages for senior management and planning unit.
• Assists with streamlining planning processes globally.
• Researches and prepares reports, analyses and recommendations in areas such as budgets and forecasts.
• Performs sophisticated financial analysis, including scenario analyses.
• Demonstrates continual development of modeling skills and competencies. Deliverables will increase in complexity and scope over time in the role.
• Prepares clear concise summary documentation and spreadsheets that support and explain the basis of the analyses for use in client presentations, proposals and/or reports.
• Participation in meetings with Cushman & Wakefield professionals, to present and discuss their analyses.
• Interaction with other Cushman & Wakefield service lines.
• May liaise with Commission Accounting on behalf of the broker team in regard to broker commissions, outside broker payments, and broker pay discrepancies
• Participates in Real Estate team calls and meetings as needed.
• Complies with all project and time tracking reporting requirements for Financial Analysis.

Benefits

• Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees