Director - Global SOX Projects Lead (U.S. Remote)

Director - Global SOX Projects Lead (U.S. Remote)

Job ID

60197

Posted

27-Apr-2022

Service line

Corporate Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting / Finance

Location(s)

Remote - US - Remote - US - United States of America

• COMPANY BACKGROUND / OPPORTUNITY

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE : CBRE), a Fortune 200 and S&P 500 company, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment management business. The company completes more than $330 billion dollars’ worth of transactions a year, manages more than $100 billion of invested assets and 5 ½ billion square feet of property. The company has revenues of $25 billion and a market cap of ~$32 billion, has more than 80,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors, and occupiers through more than 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide.

Through CBRE’s three global business segments, Advisory Services, Global Workplace Solutions and Real Estate Investments, CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate portfolio outsourcing services; property, facilities, and project management; mortgage banking and services; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting.

Reporting to the VP, Global Head of SOX, the Director – Projects Lead will provide critical enterprise-wide leadership for internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) activities related to projects, such as M&A, system implementation, control enhancements. S / he will lead projects in close cooperation with IT Leaders, Technical Accounting, Controllership, Business Finance and major assurance stakeholders. Furthermore, this individual will be responsible for reporting to internal and external stakeholders as to the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting related to said ongoing projects. S / he should have an understanding of ICFR including mapping out end to end processes with risks and control points embedded, Information Technology General Controls (ITGC) concepts including system development lifecycle (SDLC) considerations for data WRICEF identification, user acceptance testing, data conversion, and hypercare controls, and IT dependency identification and test planning including benchmarking / baselining strategies and methodologies related to key reports and automated controls. Additional skills related to technical accounting and financial reporting are a plus.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Specific experience and qualifications will include, but not be limited to the following :

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration / Management, Computer Science, Finance, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems.

A minimum of one of the following (or an equivalent) Professional certification is required : Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC).

CBRE is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer with a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

_NOTE : _ _An additional requirement for this role is the ability to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including COVID-19 vaccination proof and / or rigorous testing._

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women / Minorities / Persons with Disabilities / US Veterans)