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CBRE · 19 hours ago

Director, Finance Systems - Digital Product Solutions

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $180K/yr

10+ years exp

CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, seeking a Financial Systems Director for their Investment Accounting & Reporting Solutions team. The role involves overseeing the global platform team, defining digital product strategies, and ensuring financial systems meet compliance standards while leading a high-performing team.

CommercialFinancial ServicesProperty DevelopmentReal Estate

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define and execute a comprehensive digital product strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of digital solutions, with a significant emphasis on financial systems

Translate organizational objectives and strategic goals into a compelling product vision, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy

Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and gather customer and stakeholder feedback to identify opportunities and inform product decisions

Act as a strategic advisor, providing subject matter expertise and guidance to product teams and partners

Prioritize product initiatives, features, and enhancements based on business value, technical feasibility, and user needs

Lead the development and implementation of automated financial processes and reporting solutions, integrating with various enterprise systems nationally and globally

Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to streamline and automate operations and enterprise workflows

Ensure financial systems meet global compliance standards and support audit and operational decision-making

Lead cross-functional strategy for key upgrades, migrations, and solution design

Communicate product roadmaps, progress, and impact to executive leadership and key stakeholders

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of product owners, technical leads and analysts

Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the product team

Provide guidance and support for the entire product lifecycle management, from definition and design to development, testing, and launch

Supervise appropriate staffing levels and report on utilization and deployment of resources

Qualification

Yardi softwareFinancial systems managementLean Six Sigma certificationProject management certificationAnalytical skillsStrategic planningStakeholder communicationTeam leadershipCollaboration

Required

Extensive, expert-level practical experience working with Yardi software is required

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, MIS or related field and 10+ years of experience in financial systems management is required

5+ years of prior supervisory or management experience is required

Ability to empower employees, top management, and client groups to take desired action

Expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment

Sophisticated knowledge of computer software, hardware and systems integration