Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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This position will be a key member of the Global Financial Planning & Analysis team with a focus on maintaining robust financial transparency into our enterprise Functional costs (Shared Services). Located in Cushman & Wakefield's global Chicago headquarters and reporting into the Senior Director of Global FP&A, this role will be responsible for leading the FP&A activities (budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting) for specific Functional organization (i.e., HR) within all geographic regions. In addition, the role is responsible for partnering with the function business leaders on project costing, business case development, and other ad-hoc analysis. Operating under minimal supervision the position has authority for decision making within their defined scope in collaboration with key stakeholders. The global nature of our Functional Business Units requires highly effective communication and collaboration skills. Relying on in-depth disciplinary knowledge this role will be critical in establishing standardization of work processes as well as establishing themselves as a trusted finance adviser for their Functional partners. Key activities for the role include:

• Business partner with functional leaders providing analysis and financial guidance driving strategic decision making
• Lead, with limited oversight, the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and monthly forecast process for all function spend, using various planning tools (HFM Planning, Adaptive Planning, Essbase, Workday, etc)
• Provide in-depth monthly reporting & analysis on a timely basis; including risks and opportunities associated with current operating activities
• Monitor functional spend and assist leaders with insights, cost tracking, issue resolutions and variance analysis for budgets and forecasts
• Work closely with various regional accounting teams to support the month end close process
• Partner with local and Global Finance teams on monthly financial submissions, system data validation, and issue resolution
• Design and build dynamic financial models to facilitate the understanding between drivers and results
• Identify opportunities for and implement process improvements for recurring processes as well as strategic initiatives
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analyses resolving issues that are complex and unclearly defined

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