Client Finance Director

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom JLL Full time

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Role Summary

The EMEA Client Finance Director is a senior leadership role with oversight of a key client account. This role will have direct responsibility for leading the EMEA finance team, providing strategic financial advice, and ensuring the team is structured to maintain and exceed the client's financial expectations.

Responsibilities

  • Provide clear direction and strategic financial advice to the JLL team working on the client.
  • Liaise and support the client's primary financial managers/units.
  • Ensure the team is structured to maintain and exceed the client's financial expectations.
  • Develop and maintain all relevant policies and procedures with respect to all financial and support services associated with the client.
  • Implement all new processes and procedures as required by JLL finance.

Relationship Management

  • Be proactive in developing and managing client/business unit relationships, ensuring that the expected service levels are achieved across the region.
  • Encourage an environment that supports teamwork, financial transparency, cooperation, and performance excellence across the region.
  • Manage and coach the team to ensure high staff morale, trust, work ethics, clear goals, and performance reviews.
  • Develop IPMP and succession plans for all roles in the JLL client finance team.
  • Manage the relationship with central finance and ensure a good working relationship.

Budgeting and Reporting

  • Support and coordinate the activities of the finance team across EMEA: information report production, financial administration.
  • Ensure that accurate and timely financial information is provided to all members of the management team.
  • Production of annual budgets in conjunction with JLL team and client finance team.
  • Understand the client's accounting structure and system.
  • Develop, maintain, and deliver in a timely manner, the client's approved financial reports across the region.
  • Coordinate and track the cost savings initiatives for the region and globe.

Data Management, Policies, and Procedures, and Audit

  • Ensure data integrity of the systems across the region and audit data from time to time.
  • Ensure that appropriate processes, systems controls, and controls are in place and maintained to guarantee the integrity of all transactions.
  • Ensure that all financial accounting and reporting is audit-worthy and in keeping with recognized quality management processes.
  • Ensure all finance staff are well-trained on the financial systems and are effectively able to extract data.

JLL Reporting

  • Balance sheet and P&L reporting.
  • Own reporting on profitability of the client account.
  • Ensure data integrity of the balance sheet.
  • Ensure accurate and timely cash flow completion.
  • Manage and optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of finance processes. Ensure robust financial controls in place, including cash reconciliations, all balance sheet reconciliations, and compliance with SOX reporting.
  • Production of annual budgets in conjunction with JLL team and client finance team.
  • Ensure data integrity of the balance sheet for both the client and corporate.
  • Ensure accurate and timely cash flow completion.

Invoice Payment and Processing

  • Ensure the management of payment of all operating invoices in a timely manner, in accordance with legal obligations.
  • Develop and maintain all necessary guidelines and manuals associated with the client's payable/receivable process.
  • Ensure the timely processing of the JLL invoices, including monitoring the client's receivable.

Requirements

Candidate must have a customer service orientation, English language essential, qualified accountant, previous EMEA or international experience essential, minimum of five years' experience in a similar position, good experience of accounting and banking systems, demonstrated financial competency at both a strategic and detailed level of operation, decision-maker motivated by objectives-focused, and demonstrated competency in planning and management.

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