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.

• 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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