Director of Finance

Jan Robert Executive Search is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

We are currently seeking a Director of Finance who will be responsible for overseeing fiscal controls and procedures for a major global client account, developing and monitoring budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, accounting, and reporting, and financial client-facing activities of the account.

• Serve as first point of contact for client on all financial matters related to the account.
• Member of Account Leadership Team.
• Manage global staff of 4 financial professionals, some with direct reports.
• Develop and monitor global budget, forecast, and reporting.
• Oversee fiscal controls and procedures and recommend improvements.
• Oversee vendor and client invoicing and associated payments.
• Responsible for funding justifications and requests to client.
• Oversee creation of weekly and monthly regional financial reports for the client as well as management reports for the Account Manager and Client Finance to include reporting of actuals and associated variance analyses to budget and forecast.
• Maintenance of client’s general ledger as it pertains to the Account, including all journal entries, deposit entries, accruals, and adjustments as needed.
• Provide key insights on strategic initiatives by performing financial modeling to measure impact and profitability.
• Identify and evaluate revenue and cost reduction opportunities.
• Serve as liaison with other departments, units, or locations.
• Participate on cross-functional teams and offer innovative thinking to support implementation of initiatives.
• Develop and implement Best Practices across the finance function.
• Prior experience in a comparable role in the Real Estate industry preferred.
• Analytical and project management skills required.
• Familiarity with international financial reporting and VAT.
• May perform other duties as assigned.
• 25%-30% Travel to client location required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.

Primary Location: Americas-US-NY-New York

Job Type: Standard

Schedule: Full-time

Salary Yearly: $195,000 a year

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.