Finance Business Partner

Investigo; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a mid-senior level finance professional for a full-time role in Real Estate. You will set budgets, analyze financial data, and collaborate with various teams to drive performance. This position offers a hybrid working model based in Central London. Candidates should possess strong financial analysis and communication skills. Experience with Anaplan is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial analysis and budget management.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Set annual net rent budget and other team targets.
• Collaborate with various teams to understand income drivers.
• Prepare Management Information and communicate outputs.
• Responsible for quarterly reforecasting process.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Collaboration

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

This range is provided by Investigo. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Central London - hybrid working available.

Key Responsibilities

• Set annual net rent budget and other Real Estate team targets
• Collaborate with teams including Asset Management, Leasing, Sustainability, Marketing, Insights and Property Management to understand drivers of net rental income over a 5 year period
• Provide challenge to budget assumptions and identify risks and opportunities
• Understand key drivers of performance and identify priorities for the business
• Communicate outputs to the Real Estate team, including Head of Real Estate, Head of Commercial Finance and Asset Management
• Collaborate with FP&A to support understanding of the key drivers of the Campus budget in the context of the overall corporate budget
• Responsible for quarterly reforecasting process for Campus portfolio, identifying key drivers of performance vs budget
• Meet with Asset Management and Leasing teams to understand and update forecast for latest view on leasing activity
• Communicate drivers of over/underperformance with the business
• Prepare Management Information and communicate to key stakeholders
• Performance vs budget, trend analysis, actuals vs prior periods, and other ad hoc analysis
• Prepare ExCo updates on performance vs leasing target and status of leasing priorities
• Responsibility for Campus updates for the Quarterly Performance Review
• Support Real Estate teams in annual asset business plan process
• Agree asset level priorities with Asset Management
• Ensure adequate control exists around Real Estate processes
• Provide financial analysis for proposed leasing deals, highlighting any potential risks
• Ensure internal approval process is appropriately followed and provide support as required
• Assist with internal controls/risk reporting
• Support the joint venture finance team including preparation and co-ordination of annual business plan and budget as well as providing ad-hoc financial analysis
• Support internal, external, and joint venture reporting requirements
• Provide Campus capex reporting; bi-annual additions reporting, capex commitments and tracking vs budget
• Support Financial Reporting team in understanding variances between forecast and quarterly actuals
• Support Financial Reporting team in quarterly board reporting process for joint venture partners
• Ensure Campus content in external announcements is appropriately verified.
• Identify and drive forward value creating initiatives across the team
• Maintenance and development of the Anaplan property forecast model
• Work on ad-hoc projects and analysis as required

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Real Estate and Retail