Finance Analyst - Property

Heathrow Airport; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international airport in London is seeking a Finance Analyst to support financial strategy and commercial decisions. This role involves managing financial performance, aligning financial planning with operational priorities, and providing insights for investment growth. The ideal candidate will have experience in finance, strong stakeholder management skills, and a commercial mindset. Competitive salary and excellent benefits offered, including hybrid work options.

Benefits

Performance-based annual bonuses

Market-leading pensions

Private health insurance

Generous annual leave allowances

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting investment appraisals and developing robust business cases.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Confidence with large data sets and advanced analytics would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Align financial planning with business strategy and operational priorities.
• Manage financial performance by identifying risks and driving actions.
• Report financial performance and provide management insight.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial mindset

Data analysis

Education

Fully/Part Qualified Accountant or QBE experience

Job description

Overview

As the UK's only hub airport and the best-connected airport in the world, Heathrow connects all of the UK to global growth, enabling world-leading travel and trade connections. Heathrow is also one of the largest commercial landlords in the UK, providing 1.4m sqm of accommodation to over 280 tenants. As a finance analyst, you'll support the financial strategy for this high-performing function - partnering directly with the Property leadership team to shape commercial decisions, drive performance, and unlock growth across the property portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a partner to the Property leadership team and asset managers, aligning financial planning with business strategy and operational priorities
• Managing financial performance by identifying risks and opportunities, and driving actions to maximise value
• Providing insightful advice to support investment decisions, commercial initiatives and growth opportunities
• Reporting financial performance and providing management insight on results and implications for the outlook
• Driving the strategic budgeting and long-term planning process, securing buy in from stakeholders, and ensuring it reflects business realities and future ambition

Qualifications

• Fully/Part Qualified Accountant or QBE experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels and build trusted relationships
• A commercial mindset, with experience in a commercially focused finance role and a track record of driving business performance
• Proven experience supporting investment appraisals and developing robust business cases
• Confidence with large data sets, advanced analytics or data science techniques to enhance strategic decision making would be advantageous

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About Us

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore. It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow's Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

About the Team

Discover a one-of-a-kind career. Our vision at Heathrow is to be an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. In the Finance team we know that generating income is critical to driving our business forward, but it's also vital that we create positive passenger and customer experiences that make every journey better. You'll help us to get the balance right so we can continue investing in our world-class environment. There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Heathrow's size, scale, and reputation for innovation translates to exciting opportunities for everyone. Finance here is about more than numbers. It's about being influential, developing trusted relationships, and showing the world that we're a responsible investment with a bright future; a place that embraces digital innovation and has a sustainable mindset. You'll become part of a team that drives excellence across everything from insurance to investment, treasury to business partnering, as you collaborate widely to deliver projects that directly impact millions of passengers each year.