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Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with approximately 53,000 employees in 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2019, the firm had revenue of $8.8 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, valuation and other services.

Our history with Cushman & Wakefield
Harcourt Matthews has been proactively involved since January 2014 

Situation & Objective
Harcourt Matthews are a Recruitment Business Partner to their EMEA Finance and Project Management & PMO, delivering a Finance, IT and Business transformation change programme, which HISTORICALLY, included centralising 16 countries into one regional hub and business process outsourcing (BPO) across a series of skills lines and functions designed to reduce the European footprint from 300+ staff at HQ/SSC Finance to 30 or so in London, as well as up-skilling & developing the leadership team, ERP systems and reorganising teams & behaviours from a traditional control, country & hierarchical structure into a flatter matrix managed business partnering structure.

The firm sought to bring onboard three recruitment business partners to lead on recruitment activities and support a business growth and engage in the transformation programme specifically in London HQ for the old & new European business, end-to-end.

Actions:
Sourcing and placing people on an interim and permanent basis in the following skills lines:

  • Finance & Accounting (at different phases: old finance organisation – finance in transition – new organisation including remediation – Business as usual (BAU)

  • ERP Systems – Data migration, Systems Project delivery

  • Finance Systems transformation – disparate older legacy into new ERP, centralised Finance IT

  • Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) old retained service – new 3rdparty BPO SSC in India and Eastern Europe

  • PMO Programme & Project Control

Results & benefits for Cushman & Wakefield using Harcourt Matthews:
As one of two preferred suppliers Harcourt Matthews has worked closely with the HR & Recruitment team and, more importantly, met with and contributed in briefings led by the Skills Line Management teams, consequently everybody has been on message, advice has been sought & given and challenges dealt with, complimenting the recruitment partnership & process which has led to speedy recruitment and Harcourt Matthews delivering results as a preferred supplier

Roles & Salary range we have worked on recently include:
Salaries range fromInterim: £275 – £1,200 per day pay rates andPermanent: £50k – £100k + bens

  • Blackline Implementation Project Accountant
    EMEA Corporate Accounting & (Finance Projects) Manager
    EMEA Financial Analyst – Strategic Initiatives & Projects
    Interim EMEA Reporting Project Lead
    Finance Analyst – EMEA FP&A
    Client Accountant Analyst – PQ
    Interim EMEA Reporting Accountant (Group Finance Manager)
    Interim EMEA Reporting Lead
    GOS FM Cluster Controller – Partner
    UK&I Commercial (FP&A) Finance Analyst
    Finance Analyst – EMEA FP&A
    Assistant-Cluster Controller
    UK Revenue Controller – (UK&I, Asset Services and GOS)
    Financial Accountant – UK&I (Interim)
    Senior Financial Analyst
    Senior Financial Analyst / Financial Analyst (Temp/Interim)
    Financial Analyst
    EMEA Reporting Lead
    Senior Financial Analyst (GOS)
    FP&A Financial Analyst
    Senior Finance Business Partner
    Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) Finance Partner
    Senior Financial Analyst (Italian acquisition integration) Interim
    Finance Engagement Trainer
    Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) Finance Partner Interim
    Reporting Lead
    Finance Change Manager
    Business Analyst
    FP&A P&L Lead
    UK&I Controller (Division Financial Controller)
    EMEA BPO Finance Contract Manager
    French Balance Sheet Accountant
    Senior Financial Planning Analyst / Manager FP&A
    Junior Accountant
    Financial Analyst
    Financial Accountant – EMEA SSC
    Overheads Functions Controller (Senior Management Accountant)
    FP&A / Cash Financial Analyst
    Interim Accountant
    Head of Transactions – EMEA SSC
    EMEA Financial Controller – Shared Service Centre (SSC) – Permanent
    EMEA Financial Controller – Shared Service Centre (SSC) – Interim
    SSC Senior Financial Reporting Manager
    Interim HFM Implementation Accountant
    Interim Group Reporting Accountant
    Finance Manager-Working Capital/Cash Reporting OR Cash Reporting Analyst
    FP&A Analyst
    Group Reporting Accountant
    Financial Accountant – Cash Management & Reporting
    Finance & Administration (Exec Assistant to Head of Finance)
    Finance Manager – Working Capital & Cash MI Reporting
    Interim EMEA Financial Analyst (Operating Division role)
    Project Accountant – Group Reconciliations
    Project Budget Controller / Financial Modeller
    Project Controller
    Project Smile: Entity Workday Data Rationalisations Finance Project
    Interim Finance Manager – DTZ Investors
    Finance Manager – DTZ Investors