EMEA Financial Accountant (Associate Accounting & Control)

EMEA Financial Accountant (Associate Accounting & Control)

Job ID

225146

Posted

01-Jul-2025

Service line

REI Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting/Finance, Investment Banking, Investment Management

Location(s)

London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The EMEA Financial Accountant (Associate Accounting & Control) oversees the year-end statutory reporting across the EMEA region within CBRE Investment Management. This individual is responsible for managing financial statements filing and overseeing month end reporting process. Coordinating with the Shared Service Centre (BSO) and oversight of the outsourced serviced providers operating within the EMEA region, reporting directly to the EMEA Financial Reporting Manager based in London. The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge of local GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP, a subject matter expert in financial and tax reporting across the EMEA region and be flexible and dynamic.

Your responsibilities
• Preparation of the annual financial statements for various companies based in Europe (Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Poland) under local GAAP ensuring these are filed on time.
• Ownership of the annual audit process, preparation of audit work paper and final Trial Balance, ensuring audit queries are addressed timely.
• Provide oversight of month-end, quarter-end and year-end close, reporting processes and deliverables including liaising with outsourced accounting teams.
• Strengthening internal controls on financial reporting process by preparing and reviewing reconciliations, establishing and implementing controls for financial reporting.
• Liaising with tax advisors for submission of annual tax computations & returns timely.
• Coordinating with the Shared Service Centre (BSO) and oversight of the outsourced serviced providers operating within the EMEA region, reviewing of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with the Global finance team to resolve any financial accounting activities and questions on a timely basis, providing accounting data input to requests from Management and FP&A.

Key Skills/Experience
• Qualified ACA or ACCA accountant with ideally 5 years post qualification experience (PQE) i.e. 8 years of total professional experience
• Strong technical experience with local GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP
• Subject matter expert in financial, regulatory and tax reporting
• Positive mindset with a drive to continually improve and challenge existing processes
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, project management, and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, effective prioritisation, adaptable and flexible
• Self-starter, able to resolve issues with own initiative
• Keen and positive attitude and team player
• Strong Excel skills, experience with PeopleSoft, OneStream and Trintech Cadency is desirable.

We are an inclusive employer and consider diversity to be critical to innovation. People are our greatest resource, and we encourage applicants who partially fit the above criteria to apply if they feel the posting has not captured their relevant strengths. #CBREIM

Investment Management

CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm operating in over 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, users, people and communities thrive.

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