Finance Business Partner - Retail Costs & Service charge

Land Securities Group PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate company is seeking a Financial Business Partner in London. You will collaborate closely with senior management to manage performance, develop financial plans, and drive commercial success. Candidates must be fully qualified accountants with previous business partnering experience and possess strong budgeting skills. This role offers a hybrid work model, competitive benefits, and a commitment to workplace diversity.

Benefits

Performance-based annual bonus plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable business partnering experience driving improvements in a business.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting within financial settings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key business partner to ExCo members and delivery of financial KPIs.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for the portfolio, ensuring realistic submissions.
• Translate monthly results into actionable plans to improve KPIs and margin trends.

Skills

Fully Qualified Accountant PQE (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Strong commercial acumen

Budgeting and Forecasting experience

Strong relationship building and stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

We are Landsec

We identify and shape places that create opportunity, enhance quality of life, and bring joy to the people connected to them.

This is how we've created the UK's leading portfolio of urban places and one of the largest real estate companies in Europe.

Our £10 billion portfolio is built around premium workplaces, the country's pre‑eminent retail platform, and a residential pipeline that will redefine urban life.

We've honed this ability over 80 years. Spotting the opportunities, building the partnerships, and continually adapting to shape the places that meet the needs of a changing world.

Places where life happens. Where businesses grow. And where cities are defined.

Location

The role is based in London, Victoria. The role offers hybrid working, with majority of the working week in the office. We recommend discussing arrangements with the hiring manager to find the best fit for both you and the role.

The Team

Reporting into the Finance Director – Retail, the role will work closely with the other Finance Business Partners, the Commercial Planning & Performance team and FP&A. Key business partners will be the Head of Consumer, Head of Retail Operations and the relevant Asset Directors.

The role

• Business partner aligned to ExCo members – Head of Consumer, Head of Retail Operations, as well as partnering on specific assets with Asset Directors
• Manage performance and develop financial plans for Retail's cost‑base and commercialisation activities, working across the portfolio to drive performance through analysis and initiatives to drive income

Principle Accountabilities

• Act as a key business partner to ExCo members, business leads, Asset Managers and Directors across cost, service charge and allocated asset portfolios, providing robust challenge and influencing delivery of financial KPIs.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for the portfolio, ensuring submissions are realistic yet challenging, benchmarked against best practice, and supported by scenario planning with clear articulation of risks, opportunities and trade‑offs.
• Work closely with Commercial FP&A to design and deliver forward‑looking executive reports, insightful analysis and exception reporting that enable informed decisions and identify opportunities to enhance portfolio performance.
• Serve as the primary strategic partner to business leads, translating monthly results into actionable plans to improve NRI, margin and KPI trends, and presenting clear options for performance improvement.
• Drive commercial performance across cost, service charge, commercialisation and assets, challenging teams to deliver better outcomes and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide financial analysis to support decision‑making, including lease and investment appraisals and ad‑hoc reviews, ensuring recommendations drive optimal returns.
• Coordinate Post Investment Reviews for key leasing deals and investments, documenting lessons learned and ensuring implementation by action owners.
• Maintain strong compliance and control frameworks, ensuring approval processes are followed and risks mitigated.
• Support external reporting deliverables (including valuations) with accurate data and insightful commentary, and review JV reporting to meet contractual obligations.
• Act as financial lead for leasing, standardising lease approval outputs and challenging assumptions to maximise returns.
• Ensure accuracy of financial and non‑financial data sources, holding business owners accountable for timely updates and corrections.
• Develop the Commercial Performance & Planning team, building commercial acumen, focusing on insight‑driven outputs, and providing constructive feedback to enhance effectiveness.

Your skills, experience and qualifications

Essential Criteria

• Fully Qualified Accountant PQE (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Previous business partnering experience with demonstratable examples of outputs driving improvements & performance in a business
• Strong commercial acumen
• Budgeting and Forecasting experience
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work‑life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits, make sure to visit our My Total Reward page for more information.

• Performance based annual bonus plan
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three‑day December festive break on top of your leave and a special 'My Day' to take off for whatever you choose.
• Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.
• Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)

• Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build
• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%

And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential.

We strive to ensure all our information, and services are accessible to and usable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with our recruitment partners by emailing [e-mail].

To find out more about our approach, visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.