Senior Investment Analyst
London Legacy Development Corporation
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OPDC is seeking a Senior Investment Analyst to lead financial analysis and investment strategy for the Old Oak regeneration project and other OPDC-led ventures. You will provide market insights, develop robust investment cases, and present complex analyses to senior stakeholders with clarity and impact.
You will collaborate with the Delivery Directorate and external consultants, supporting financing plans, JV opportunities, and funding submissions while helping to manage partner relationships
Qualifications
- Financial modelling expertise for real estate, including building and testing models.
- Ability to translate complex data into concise evidence-based recommendations and business cases.
- Strong understanding of property market dynamics across living, office, retail and other sectors.
- Knowledge of investment metrics (IRR, NPV, equity returns, yield, gearing) and cost of capital.
- Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
Responsibilities
- Prepare analyses and outputs from the Old Oak financial model, manage inputs, run scenarios and check calculations.
- Commission and manage market research to inform robust financial decisions.
- Lead production of financial model outputs, reports and presentations for senior leadership and funders.
- Support strategic financing plans including JV inputs, land disposal, debt investment and grant funding.
- Develop and manage relationships with developers, investors and joint venture partners.
- Track funding opportunities and lead funding proposals with governance approvals.
- Supervise and develop junior team members and quality-check modelling work.
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Job description
Interview date: w/c 7 December 2026 (may be subject to change)
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is a Mayoral Development Corporation with planning, delivery, and compulsory purchase powers and a remit to deliver regeneration in its area. Old Oak is OPDC’s core regeneration project located in an area with a rich, cultural heritage and adjacent to London’s most successful industrial estate, Park Royal. It is one of London’s largest brownfield sites and is catalysed by significant investment in the HS2 Old Oak Common station, making it one of the largest and best-connected regeneration projects in the UK.
OPDC has ambitious plans for Old Oak, enabling the construction of an exemplary mixed-use urban district, incorporating approximately 8,000 homes and up to 200,000sq.m of commercial and community floorspace, alongside significant investment in infrastructure and placemaking.
Old Oak is a priority across government and has already received significant investment from the GLA, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Transport, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
The Old Oak project is at a pivotal stage with the selection of a development partner to deliver the new urban district for west London well underway, OPDC is looking to grow its delivery team with a range of roles to supplement its skills as it prepares to enter the next stage of delivery.
To support in this growth we are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Senior Investment Analyst to lead the financial analysis and investment strategy for the Old Oak project and other OPDC led projects.
You will join the Delivery Directorate who are responsible for driving the physical, economic, and social regeneration of the Old Oak and Park Royal areas. This includes overseeing land assembly, infrastructure development, and the implementation of regeneration strategies.
Now is an exciting time to join the team. The programme of work is fast paced, the team is ambitious, and the scale of the Old Oak project and other OPDC led-projects affords unique opportunities to drive innovation and create change.
Working collaboratively with the wider Delivery team and external consultant teams and supported by a Development Manager, you will provide market insights and financial analysis to inform robust decision making. This role requires strong commercial acumen, market knowledge and experience in financial analysis of long-term, multi-phase development projects. You will be required to present complex financial and investment matters to senior stakeholders in a clear, concise and compelling manner so you will require excellent written and communication skills.
The role offers a rare opportunity to be at the heart of the financials on a significant regeneration project as it enters it next stage of delivery working as part of a strong team driving transformative change for the area.
Your days will be varied as you respond to different stakeholder and organisational requirements. Working closely with a Development Manager, you will have responsibility for the following areas:
- Preparation of analysis and outputs from the Old Oak financial model, including managing sources of inputs, reviewing calculations and checking and managing errors, and running scenarios and sensitivities on a range of factors.
- Commissioning and managing market research and analysis to ensure financial decisions are evidence based, commercially robust and responsive to market trends.
- Leading the production of clear and concise financial model outputs, reports and presentations for internal decision making (senior leadership, investment committee, board), existing funders (MHCLG, GLA), external stakeholders, potential partners / investors, etc.
- Supporting OPDC’s strategic financing plans including the input to support development joint ventures, land disposal, debt investment, infrastructure investment and grant funding as required.
- Developing and managing key financial relationships with developers, investors, joint venture partners and other key commercial stakeholders.
- Maintaining and tracking all relevant funding opportunities that may be relevant for Old Oak and OPDC’s other capital projects. Leading and submitting funding proposals on behalf of OPDC and follow the necessary governance and approvals processes.
- Supervising and developing junior members of the team, allocating and quality-assuring their modelling, analysis and reporting work.
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
- Relevant financial modelling expertise in the real estate sector including developing, interrogating and quality assuring the functionality of financial models and, undertaking scenario analysis and risk sensitivities to support investment appraisal, decision-making and value for money assessments.
- Ability to analyse complex information and translate findings into clear, concise evidence-based recommendations and business cases in a compelling manner, including investment appraisals and assessments of risk, return and value.
- Strong understanding of property market dynamics and supply and demand characteristics across a range of sectors including living sectors, commercial, retail, industrial and alternative assets. In particular, how this translates to underlying land values, development viability and returns.
- Strong understanding of investment metrics and financial concepts including IRR, NPV, equity returns, development profit, yield, gearing, cost of capital and risk-adjusted returns, and the ability to explain their relevance and limitations in an investment context.
- Experience working across multi-disciplinary teams and managing relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
… is developing rapport and working effectively with a diverse range of people, sharing knowledge and skills to deliver shared goals.
- Actively engages partners and encourages others to build relationships that support OPDC objectives
- Understands and recognises the contributions that staff at all levels make to delivering priorities
- Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict
- Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect
- Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership
… is presenting information and arguments clearly and convincingly so that others see us as credible and articulate, and engage with us.
- Articulates self with credibility and conviction, encouraging buy-in to corporate position
- Influences the thinking of other organisations, encouraging them to deliver in line with the OPDC
- Ensures that the organisation communicates inclusively with staff and external stakeholders
- Acts as a credible and convincing spokesperson and negotiator for the OPDC
- Instils a corporate commitment to accessible communication
…is forming sound, evidence-based judgements, making choices, assessing risks to delivery, and taking accountability for results.
- Makes sound decisions quickly on behalf of the OPDC when a situation requires intervention
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- Makes sound decisions quickly on behalf of the OPDC when a situation requires intervention
- Takes responsibility for team decisions, providing rationale when those decisions are questioned
- Involves senior stakeholders early in decisions that impact them
- Analyses organisational risks associated with decisions, including those with long term impacts, before committing to action
- Encourages others in the team to make decisions in their own area of expertise, take appropriate risks and learn from experience
- Uses understanding of differences between the OPDC and its partners to improve working relationships
- Helps others understand the OPDC and the complex environment in which it operates
- Translates changing political agendas into tangible actions
- Considers the diverse needs of Londoners in formulating OPDC objectives
- Helps others understand how the media and external perceptions of the OPDC influence work
- Seeks multiple perspectives to understand the breadth and depth of complex issues
- Produces strategies to solve organisation-wide problems, considering the practical and political concerns associated with the implementation of solutions
- Enables the OPDC to continuously improve and innovate in the long term
- Problem solves jointly with others to stimulate innovation
- Turns ambiguous or difficult situations into opportunities
- Takes accountability for monitoring delivery of the OPDC’S commitments
- Uses quality assurance processes across the organisation as a feedback mechanism to improve performance
- Takes responsibility for ensuring tools and techniques are available for the effective management of programmes
- Realigns OPDC objectives to respond to changing external & internal agendas
- Uses feedback from all sectors as a performance measure for OPDC work
- Translates OPDC vision and strategy into practical and tangible plans for own team or delivery partners
- Consistently takes account of the wider implications of team’s actions for the OPDC
- Encourages self and others to think about organisation’s long-term potential
- Informs strategy development by identifying gaps in current delivery or evidence
- Takes account of a wide range of public and partner needs to inform team’s work
…is understanding and being sensitive to organisational dynamics, culture and politics across and beyond the OPDC and shaping our approach accordingly.
… is analysing and interpreting situations from a variety of viewpoints and finding creative, workable and timely solutions.
… is thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risk, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard.
…is using an understanding of the bigger picture to uncover potential challenges and opportunities for the long term and turning these into a compelling vision for action.
OPDC follows the GLA Competency Framework Guidelines. Further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA Competency Framework
Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.
If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to an interview/assessment.
The interview/assessment date is: w/c 7 December 2026 (may be subject to change)
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some
interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.
We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.
OPDC staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.
In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme with the option to add to build up pension benefits with a separate provider alongside your LGPS pension via additional voluntary contributions.
At OPDC we are dedicated to empowering team members through ongoing learning opportunities and professional development initiatives.Our commitment to learning and development means that wewill provide you with the resources and support to expand your skills and grow your career.
Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening.
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