The role is responsible for all total rewards related matters for the Accounting & Finance job family globally, along with all shared services, ultimately leading a team of two to three people. The successful candidate will be an innovative thinker who brings industry leading thinking to build solutions that position CBRE as a market-leading employer.

• Ensure all Compensation and Benefits programs align to company values and drive the desired employment experience.
• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Assist with executing operational strategies, ensuring efficient and effective operations.
• Build and maintain regular, high-quality contact and relationships with key internal stakeholders.
• Utilize experience/understanding in responding to compensation & benefits trends and market data points, while tying them to corporate objectives and ensuring legal compliance and sound governance.
• Serve as a consultant to senior leaders on compensation & benefits matters such as salary management, incentive compensation design and administration, employee/manager education and communication, job design and evaluation and interpretation corporate policies/procedures.
• Act as a business partner to put in place initiatives and start process improvements.
• Partner with executive management to develop and implement strategies that optimize operational performance and support the business.
• Direct the business operations activities. Develop partnerships with internal department management.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization’s functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Significantly improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Knowledge and experience of different compensation methodology and funding metrics, profit-share and cash and equity LTIPs.
• Exceptional customer service orientation and sense of urgency.
• Experience in the areas of accounting, finance, shared services, and financial institutions.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple departments results within a function.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.