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About the Role

This leadership role serves as the primary finance partner to the International Division President, providing financial leadership, strategic recommendations, and operational insight to drive growth, profitability, and business performance across multiple clients, regions, and service lines. The Senior Director will build and lead an integrated team of Finance Directors & Managers responsible for FP&A and Client Finance and will provide dotted-line leadership to the Controllership organization. The role will also champion finance process excellence, systems enhancement, and financial technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary strategic finance partner to the International Division President and regional client delivery and service line leadership teams.
Provide financial leadership and drive business strategy, growth initiatives, investments, organizational design, and operational priorities.
Influence strategic decision-making through financial analysis, scenario planning, and risk assessment that drive actionable recommendations.
Serve as a unifying finance leader across a complex and highly matrixed international organization, driving consistency in financial planning, performance management, and decision support.
Lead executive reviews of business performance, including revenue, profitability, utilization, productivity, headcount, and margin trends.
Establish consistent performance metrics, reporting standards, and operating rhythms across EMEA and APAC, navigating varying levels of financial maturity and system capabilities.
Drive adoption of business intelligence, planning platforms, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics solutions within finance.
Foster a culture of financial accountability and ownership throughout the organization.
Own the end-to-end financial planning process for the Global Occupier Services International Division, including long-range plans, annual operating plans, and monthly rolling forecasts.
Consolidate regional financial results and provide executive-level insights regarding performance, risks, and opportunities.
Drive forecasting accuracy, consistency, and accountability across all countries, clients, and service lines.
Ensure finance teams deliver timely, accurate, and actionable financial reporting to support business and client decision-making.
Drive improvements in client profitability, utilization management, revenue realization, and cost management across a fragmented systems landscape.
Partner with the GOS commercial organization, to review and approve financial models for significant new business pursuits, contract renewals, and strategic account investments.
Provide executive oversight for the financial onboarding and transition of new client accounts, partnering with Client Finance, Commercial, Transitions, and Account Leadership teams.
Lead annual merit increase, bonus planning, and incentive compensation processes for supported business areas.
Lead, develop, and mentor Finance Directors and finance leadership teams across APAC and EMEA, building a high-performing finance organization.
Establish clear performance expectations and development plans for finance leaders.
Maintain standardized Client Finance practices, processes, reporting frameworks, and financial controls aligned to global standards.
Foster strong connectivity between Client Finance, FP&A, Controllership, Operations, and Client Delivery teams.
Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal account leaders, serving as an escalation point for complex financial, commercial, and operational matters.
Sponsor corporate and client finance technology transformation initiatives focused on process optimization, automation, scalability, and organizational effectiveness.
Provide dotted-line leadership to regional controllership teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of corporate financial reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
12+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering, and financial management.
Experience supporting international professional services operations across multiple countries and commercial structures.
Experience leading client finance function, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, PO management, contract compliance, and cash management.
Demonstrated success leading finance teams within a real estate, professional services, consulting, technology services, marketing services, or project-based business environment.
Deep understanding of revenue forecasting, client profitability, utilization management, workforce planning, pricing strategy, and operational finance.
Significant experience partnering with executive leadership teams.
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and financial modeling capabilities.
Proven ability to influence outcomes within highly matrixed organizations.
Experience operating in environments with fragmented data, evolving processes, and multiple financial systems.
Exceptional communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience with global planning and reporting platforms such as Workday, OneStream, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Oracle, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, or similar technologies.
Real Estate, Real Estate Services, or Professional Services experience.
Prior responsibility for international finance organizations spanning both APAC and EMEA.
Demonstrated success leading organizational change and finance modernization programs.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Client Finance
Financial Leadership
Strategic Recommendations
Operational Insight
Business Strategy
Growth Initiatives
Investments
Organizational Design
Operational Priorities
Financial Analysis
Scenario Planning
Risk Assessment
Performance Management
Decision Support
Business Intelligence
Planning Platforms
Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Analytics
Financial Accountability
Financial Forecasting
Revenue Forecasting
Client Profitability
Utilization Management
Workforce Planning
Pricing Strategy
Operational Finance
Financial Modeling
Stakeholder Management
Process Optimization
Automation
Scalability
Organizational Effectiveness
Financial Governance
Financial Reporting
Financial Controls
Commercial Finance
Business Partnering
Financial Management
Contract Compliance
Cash Management
Workday
OneStream
Anaplan
Adaptive Planning
Oracle
SAP
Power BI
Tableau

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
12+ years of progressive finance leadership experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.

About the Company

Cushman & Wakefield is a global leader in commercial real estate services, helping clients transform the way people work, shop, and live.
The firm’s 53,000 employees in more than 70 countries provide deep local and global insights that create significant value for occupiers and investors around the world.
Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest commercial real estate services firms with revenues of $10.1 billion across core services of agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, facilities services (branded C&W Services), global occupier services, investment management (branded DTZ Investors), tenant representation, and valuations & advisory.

Equal Opportunity

Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace.
If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.