CBRE Group, Inc

Accounting Sr Associate

CBRE Group, Inc$70K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 3+ years of accounting/financial reporting compliance experience
  • Advanced communication skills in writing and presenting
  • Understanding of GAAP and FASB principles
  • Experience with compensation, stock plans, payroll, and benefits

Responsibilities

  • Perform ad-hoc financial requests and complex compensation validations
  • Assist in the monthly close process and troubleshoot reporting challenges
  • Prepare budgets and forecasts while explaining variances to Business Finance
  • Contribute to accounting projects ensuring accuracy and meeting deadlines
  • Assist Benefits and Compensation team with internal and external audit requests
  • Collaborate with various internal teams for financial reporting and compliance issues

Benefits

  • Growth and development opportunities in a large global company
  • Collaboration with senior business and finance leaders
  • Exposure to diverse projects in financial accounting and analysis
  • Opportunity to leverage advanced financial tools and systems
  • A dynamic work environment within a significant corporate framework
Full Job Description
About the Role:

Join our dynamic Corporate Controllership team, as a finance partner for the People (HR) Global Benefits and US Payroll organizations supporting financial accounting, planning, and analysis for a $30Bn revenue company with over 130,000 employees in 60 countries. This role offers growth and development opportunities through collaboration on diverse projects with senior business and finance leaders globally. We are looking for an initiative-taking and detail-oriented individual with strong communication and analytical skills to leverage tools like PeopleSoft, TM1, OneStream, Savant, and PowerBI.
What You'll Do:

  • Perform ad-hoc requests, additional reviews, validations and pre-checks over moderate to complex compensation and benefit areas - including but not limited to: (a) complex accounting entries generated by the Shared Services team; (b) critical account analyses and management reports; (c) new control activities to address emerging business transactions or new lines of business.
  • Assist in the monthly close process, coordinating with Segment Accounting Teams, Business Finance, People Teams, and Shared Services; perform analytical analysis; trouble-shoot reporting challenges (technical & system); improve efficiencies in existing processes.
  • Prepare budgets, forecasts, and key internal financial reports and partner with Business Finance (Financial Planning) to explain variances.
  • Contribute to key accounting projects and deliverables, ensuring reporting accuracy and meeting departmental deadlines. Prepare reports/presentation materials to explain project status, highlighting the effects on accounting activities, as well as key deliverables expected of Controllership team.
  • Assist the Benefits and Compensation team in accounting matters and requests from the organization's internal and external auditors.
  • Collaborate and consult with various groups within the Controllership team, as well as broader Segment Accounting Teams, Business Finance, People Teams, and Shared Services for financial reporting or compliance issue resolution.

What You'll Need:

To perform this job successfully, an individual will need to perform each crucial duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Accounting or Finance
  • CPA or MBA preferred but not required.
  • 3+ years of accounting/financial reporting compliance
  • Experience with compensation, stock plans, payroll, benefits, is a plus.
  • Advanced written, oral, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to convey complex financial issues to nonfinancial users.
  • Ability to provide and effectively communicate efficient, timely, and reliable information with top management, employees, and external auditors.
  • Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Financial Accounting Standards (FASB).
  • Ability to conduct financial/business analysis, prepare forecasts, budgets, and reports.
  • Strong computer skills, including use of Microsoft Office, Savant, Alteryx, and PowerBI.
  • Experience with large financial systems such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, etc.
  • Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and able to work independently.
  • Ability to work with various levels of the organization to collect information and drive resolution.
  • Ability to manage and prioritize critical deadlines.

About CBRE Group, Inc

CBRE is a vertically integrated global commercial real estate services and investment firm. The company was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Size
105,000 employees
Market Cap
$23.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$751.9 million
Founded
1906
5 Year Trend
+9.8%
Revenue
$23.8 billion
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