Accounting Supervisor

Company: CBRE
Location: Milwaukee
Posted on: April 6, 2025

Job Description:

Accounting Supervisor

Job ID

213926

Posted

04-Apr-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Accounting/Finance

Location(s)

Milwaukee - Wisconsin - United States of America

About the Role:

As CBRE Accounting Supervisor, you will be responsible for providing oversight of a team that maintains a client's financial statements.

This job is part of the General Accounting job function. They are responsible for the development and day-to-day maintenance of accounting processes and procedures.

What You'll Do:

• Provide supervision, performance reviews, and mentorship to team members.
• Examine and check the subordinate's work product for accuracy and completeness. Identify training needs of subordinate staff and provides technical guidance.
• Review incoming cash transactions, making sure it aligns with financial records. Oversee the billing, investigation, and resolution of payment issues.
• Review reports for income, balance sheet statements, and financial schedules.
• Verify accounting records are correct and categorized. Assist with in month-end procedures.
• Answer and troubleshoot difficult internal client requests and questions.
• Review the team's billing and invoicing entries in accounting databases for accuracy. Research and resolve complex accounts receivable issues.
• Prepare and review accounting data to discover how it can affect financial situations. Collaborate with team and customers to help achieve goals and timelines.
• Participate in special projects and companywide initiatives.
• Resolve complex problems and identify appropriate approaches to existing solutions to accomplish team objectives.
• May establish new techniques to ensure the team is able to meet its objectives.
• Has a direct impact on the team objectives as well as the objectives of related teams.
• Ensure personal and team outcomes have a positive impact on customer objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Guide team through the application of basic knowledge of practices and procedures. Work to build consensus.
  
  What You'll Need:
  
  High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years of job-related experience. Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred. Throughout understanding of accounting fundamentals, required.
  
  In-depth understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function and basic knowledge of related job functions required.
  
  Requires the ability to explain complex concepts or sensitive information.
  
  Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
  
  Excellent organizational skills with a master-level inquisitive approach.
  
  Exceptional math skills. Ability to calculate sophisticated figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.
  
  Why CBRE?
  
  At CBRE, we admire creativity, innovation, and partnership, and we offer endless opportunities for growth. We are a direct hire company that provides everything from competitive pay, Health, Dental, Vision, Pet Insurance, and 401k Match programs.
  
  Disclaimers
  
  Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has 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.
  
  Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company's success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).
  
  CBRE GWS
  
  CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.
  
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