Global EA Commercial Finance Director

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. 

Job Description

Job Purpose

The Global Enterprise Accounts (EA) Finance Director leads the financial and commercial agenda for the Enterprise Account Project Management business at T&T. This role carries significant influence in shaping financial outcomes and in guiding the long-term commercial success of the global enterprise portfolio. The director serves as a trusted partner to the EA executive team, regional leadership teams, global senior leaders, and the wider finance community across Turner & Townsend and CBRE.

While the role reports through the North American region, it maintains a strong and active connection to the global T&T finance organization. The director leads a team of Finance Business Partners and Finance Analysts, creating clarity through strategic finance business partnering, high quality forecasting, and meaningful performance insight. The role provides commercially focused decision support that strengthens delivery, builds confidence, and equips leaders to make decisions that improve financial performance and long-term value.

Responsibilities will comprise of supporting across multiple areas, including but not limited to:

Business partnering and commercial support

• Own the commercial financial performance of the business, working in partnership with the EA executive team, Regional Managing Directors and Regional Finance Directors around the world, Global FP&A, Global CAO, and Global CFO to support consistent financial insight, stronger performance oversight, and unified commercial outcomes.
• Lead the development and delivery of commercial budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Build a strong partnership with CBRE to ensure shared, consistent, and reliable financial analysis.
• Ensure executive decision-making is guided by high-quality analysis, scenario modelling, and forward-looking insight from Commercial Finance and FP&A teams.
• Act as a senior point of advice for commercial decision-making across the business.
• Collaborate with operations teams to review contractual requirements pre-bid, to elevate pricing quality on new opportunities, and to ensure we secure the full value embedded in our existing portfolio.
• Drive global and local initiatives to improve profitability, efficiency, pricing discipline, and cash performance.
• Support and challenge business leaders through clear, actionable financial insight, ensuring alignment between commercial priorities and financial strategy.

Team leadership

• Lead and manage the regional Finance Business Partner teams (FBP) and partner with the regional and global FP&A team.
• Represent the Enterprise business in global and regional level finance discussions, ensuring local perspectives are reflected.
• Act as the escalation point for significant financial or contractual issues in the business.
• Develop and mentor FBP team members, building leadership capability across the finance organization.
• Promote collaboration and best practice sharing across regional finance leaders.

Qualifications

Key Requirements

• Strong strategic finance leadership experience, with significant exposure to commercial decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to provide clarity and direction in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and shape organizational strategy.
• Proven experience of delivering high-quality executive reporting so the business is visible, understood, and well managed.
• Exceptional leadership skills, with experience managing high‑performing teams across multiple layers.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills, translating financial information into compelling insight for senior leadership.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence both operational and strategic decisions.
• CPA optional, MBA or strong business background preferred. Experience in professional services project-based business or complex contracting preferred.

Company Values & Behavioral Framework
We endeavor to create a work environment that reflects the culture of the company and brings our purpose and values to life. We encourage every individual to embrace our commitment to:

• Love a challenge - We love a challenge, and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. We are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.
• Be Stronger Together - we’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.
• Bring out the best in everyone - We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application. 

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.  

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