Regional Finance Director

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Regional Finance Director

Work Dynamics

Frontline finance partner to the client and key stakeholders driving informed business operational and financial decisions across a regional real estate portfolio- across multiple business lines.

Core Responsibilities

• Contract & Commercial Management: Apply contract management expertise to advise on pricing and risk mitigation in partnership with account stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to the JLL finance team ensuring staff are well-trained on finance systems and capable of producing audit-ready data.
• Delivery Accountability: Own delivery of the full range of financial services defined in the client contract while ensuring efficient use of resources to support JLLs revenue and profit targets.
• Forecasting Reporting & Budgeting: Manage forecasting reporting analytics and budget processes in line with contractual requirements.
• Client Relationship & Decision Support: Support the client relationship by translating spend plans client priorities market conditions and strategic business plans into actionable financial guidance.
• Process & Controls: Develop and maintain financial/operational guidelines and manuals; ensure system controls and processes safeguard the integrity of all transactions and comply with internal control standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvement innovation and fact-based decision-making to identify cost efficiencies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Invoice Payments and Billing

Develop and maintain all necessary guidelines and manuals associated with the accounts payable / receivable process

Accountable for the timely coordination of the JLL invoice processing and monitoring the accounts receivable ensuring management of JLL cash flow.

Reporting Forecasting and Planning

Lead management and oversight of all reporting forecasting and planning analyzing operational data across the clients property portfolio and ensuring accurate and timely financial information is provided

Guide the finance team toward completing budget operating reviews and forecast activities in an accurate consistent and timely fashion

Provide monthly quarterly and ad hoc reporting and variance analyses for client and corporate requirements

Provide annual budget and quarterly forecasts for both client and corporate

Data Management Policies Procedures and Audit Planning

Ensure that appropriate process and systems 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

People Management

Provide effective strategic leadership and direction to account finance team by encouraging a culture of open and constructive collaboration and teamwork

Hire attract and retain a team of top talent; provide coaching mentoring and feedback to foster a culture of continuous improvement

Ensure all finance staff are well trained on the financial systems and are effectively able to extract data

As member of the Regional Leadership team provide clear direction and strategic financial advice to the Leadership & extended leadership team.

Act as primary liaison with the Clients Finance teams.

Actively looking for innovations within your area of responsibilities to add value to the client and the JLL business

Client Relationship Management

Proactively develop and manage client / business unit relationships ensuring that the expected services are delivered across regions consistent with the contractual scope of services and within budgets

Working with the client and jointly manage the total cost and driving savings opportunities on the uncovered scope

Actively encourage an environment that supports teamwork functional integration financial transparency co-operation & performance excellence across the region.

Team Management

Manage a team of 13 providing effective strategic leadership and coaching and mentoring the team

Ensure the team is structured to maintain & exceed the clients financial expectations.

Act as manager and coach for the team ensuring high staff morale trust work ethics clear goals and performance reviews.

Develop annual objectives and succession plans for all roles in the regional finance team Process mapping and efficiency analysis.

Promotes a culture of teamwork and collaborates across other functional verticals within the firm in adopting/sharing of best practices

Financial Planning and Analysis (Client and Corporate JLL)

Oversee and coordinate the activities of the team with respect to the annual budget setting and quarterly forecasting cycle

Ensure that accurate and timely financial information is provided to all members of the management team

Maintain a thorough understanding of the Clients accounting structure and associate systems. Translate that knowledge to ensure a smooth and consistent flow of financial data

Develop maintain & deliver in a timely manner the Clients approved financial formats across the region

Coordinate and track the cost savings initiatives benchmarking and implementing best practices

Accountable for consolidating the Jones Lang LaSalle regional annual profitability plan and subsequent forecasts

Review capital plan proposals and ensure activities are aligned to Clients Capex Policies

Invoice Payment & Processing

Ensure the country teams are effectively managing: Processing and payment of all property operating expenditure invoices in accordance with legal obligations

Accountable for the timely coordination of the Jones Lang LaSalle invoice processing and monitoring the accounts receivable

Working with the team / Shared Service Centre and operations team to meet client deliverables

Controls & Compliance; Policies & Procedures & Audit:

Ensure that appropriate process and systems controls are in place and maintained to guarantee the integrity of all transactions

Develop and maintain all relevant policies and procedures with respect to all financial & support services associated with the account. Managing teams with focus on policy and strategy implementation and control;

Ensure data integrity of the systems across the region and audit data from time to time

Ensure that all financial accounting and reporting is audit worthy and in keeping with recognized quality management processes

Business case modelling and solutioning

Identify revenue opportunities by offering value-added services to client

Perform financial evaluation and decision making for new business proposals

Support new contact implementation transition due diligence in validation and justification of contractual baseline obligations

Key Performance Measures

Annual budget delivery

Quarterly forecast accuracy

New contract implementation

Savings generation

JLL profitability

Client satisfaction scores

Audit compliance

Sounds like you to apply you need to have:

Skills

Strong team leader Excellent presentation and communication skills (verbal and written)

Strategic Thinking - Ability to think broadly create a shared vision and embrace change as an opportunity Ability to deliver simple and effective solutions in a complex matrix-based environment

Ability to influence senior management on strategic matters

Organizational Agility - Knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network. Ability to deliver through a geographically dispersed functional team Flexibility around understanding regional/cultural/contextual differences and allow for local expression without compromising regional coherence

Financial competency at both a strategic & detailed level of operation

Client Management - Understanding client needs and setting and managing appropriate client expectations within system project or contract constraints all while providing exceptional and enhanced customer service. Demonstrated strength in client relationship management skills

Self-motivated objectives focused confident and energetic

Demonstrated initiative autonomy and independence

Promotes open constructive and collaborative relations at all levels

Experience

Extensive work experience in the Finance Function including prior multi-country experience

Experience of working across a regional organisation

In-depth understanding of regulatory/statutory requirements and governance principles/SOX

Business partnering and commercial finance experience

Qualifications

MBA Masters or other Finance/Business qualification

Accountancy Qualification

What we can do for you:

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