• Budgeting & Target Setting

  • Set annual net rent budget and define Real Estate team targets.
  • Collaborate with FP&A to align key budget drivers within the overall corporate budget.

• Performance Analysis & Forecasting

  • Lead quarterly reforecasting for the portfolio, identifying performance drivers versus budget.
  • Challenge budget assumptions, highlight risks and opportunities, and communicate findings.
  • Prepare and deliver analysis on performance vs. budget, trend analysis, actuals vs. prior periods, and ad hoc insights.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Asset Management, Leasing, Sustainability, Marketing, Insights, and Property Management to understand net rental income drivers over 1- and 5-year horizons.
  • Meet regularly with Asset Management and Leasing teams to update forecasts based on leasing activity.
  • Support Real Estate teams in the annual asset business plan process, providing asset-level data and agreeing priorities.

• Reporting & Communication

  • Communicate outputs to key stakeholders, including Head of Real Estate, Head of Commercial Finance, and Asset Management.
  • Prepare ExCo updates on leasing performance and priorities.
  • Manage updates for Quarterly Performance Reviews.
  • Support internal, external, and joint venture reporting requirements, including quarterly board reporting for JV partners.
  • Ensure external announcements are appropriately verified.

• Financial Analysis & Controls

  • Provide financial analysis for proposed leasing deals, highlighting risks and ensuring internal approval processes are followed.
  • Assist with internal controls and risk reporting.
  • Ensure adequate controls exist around Real Estate processes.

• Joint Venture Support

  • Support JV finance team with annual business plan and budget preparation.
  • Provide ad hoc financial analysis and assist with variance explanations between forecast and actuals.

• Strategic Initiatives & Tools

  • Identify and drive value-creating initiatives across the team.
  • Maintain and develop the Anaplan property forecast model.
  • Work on ad hoc projects and analysis as required.

The ideal candidate will be a newly qualified finance professioanal (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), with strong commercial exposure and an ability to assist with teams across the business. Real estate or property exposure is desirable, as well as strong analytical skills and systems exposure. A high level of communicative ability will also be necessary to assist with non-finance teams across the business too.

If you are looking for a new role, apply online today!