British Land
Finance Business Partner - Development Canada Water
Job Location
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
JOB TITLE: FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER - CANADA WATER DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: FINANCE
LOCATION: MARBLE ARCH. LONDON
REPORTING TO: SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
TYPE OF CONTRACT: PERM
PLACES, PEOPLE, PREFER
Our purpose is to create and manage outstanding places which deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis.
We are a FTSE listed business with a strong balance sheet and £13bn of assets under management. But with just 600 employees you're given the ability to make a big impact and elevate your career quickly.
Our diverse, passionate team of experts works on some of the most ambitious, innovative and sustainable projects in the country - from our high-quality campuses across central London, to some of the top retail schemes in the UK - providing a rewarding career journey where you can shape how you grow.
We believe in shared success and enabling people to be themselves. If you want to feel listened to and understood in an environment where your opinions count and bright ideas are encouraged, you've come to the right place!
In our recent engagement survey 93% of our employees stated they were proud to work for British Land!
THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity to provide business partner support for the Canada Water Development Team, including financial analysis and cost control. Working alongside other members of the Finance Team, the role will oversee, coordinate and challenge the financial activities of the Canada Water Development Team, ensuring it is fully aligned with wider British Land finance activities.
This is a commercial role, with scope to support and influence the strategic direction and performance of the Canada Water Development team. The role gives you the opportunity to work closely with a number of areas across Finance (FP&A, Investor Relations, Treasury, Tax) and operate as a key link between Finance and the Canada Water Development Team with exposure to the Senior Leadership of Canada Water and input into reporting to the Board, Investment Committee and Joint Venture Partners.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about the property industry, with the skills to understand and communicate the financial implications of decisions, enjoys building relationships and has excellent attention to detail.
THE TEAM
British Land's strategy is to create great real estate deploying our skills in asset management, development, asset recycling and financing. Our Finance Team plays a pivotal role in delivering against this strategy.
We work as one finance team, guided by a clear vision and company values. Our joint expertise and experience enables us to help our business achieve more. Our culture is collaborative, open and supportive. We work hard but also have fun - we believe that this is a critical part of being a successful high performing team.
The Development Business Partnering Team is part of the Finance Department and sits within the wider FP&A & Business Partnering Team, which also consists of the Corporate Business Partners and Financial Planning & Analysis.
The FP&A & Business Partnering Team strives to be Insightful, Innovative, Strategic Partners to the business. We are a hard-working team with culture at the heart of how we succeed - we support each other and make sure to have fun along the way.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
ABOUT YOU
OUR SHARED VALUES
our values are what we stand for at British Land, they're not just a label on the door; they connect us every day to our vision, purpose, and strategy. They help us to promote an inclusive, positive, and collaborative culture. You can read more on our corporate website .
Bring your whole self
Listen & Understand
Smarter together
Build for the future
Deliver at pace
A REWARDING PLACE TO BE
Our People - Just ask anyone why they love working here and they will tell you it's the people. They're highly talented, passionate, and collaborative! We thank our people with rewards that feel rewarding; you can review our market leading benefits here .
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS
If you enjoy bringing your whole self to work, share our values and are excited about our purpose we'd love to hear from you! We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive process learn more about our selection process here.
#LI-Hybrid
Please note that we endeavour to get back to all applicants within 28 days. If you haven't heard from us within this period, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Location: London, GB
Posted Date: 11/23/2024
DEPARTMENT: FINANCE
LOCATION: MARBLE ARCH. LONDON
REPORTING TO: SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
TYPE OF CONTRACT: PERM
PLACES, PEOPLE, PREFER
Our purpose is to create and manage outstanding places which deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis.
We are a FTSE listed business with a strong balance sheet and £13bn of assets under management. But with just 600 employees you're given the ability to make a big impact and elevate your career quickly.
Our diverse, passionate team of experts works on some of the most ambitious, innovative and sustainable projects in the country - from our high-quality campuses across central London, to some of the top retail schemes in the UK - providing a rewarding career journey where you can shape how you grow.
We believe in shared success and enabling people to be themselves. If you want to feel listened to and understood in an environment where your opinions count and bright ideas are encouraged, you've come to the right place!
In our recent engagement survey 93% of our employees stated they were proud to work for British Land!
THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity to provide business partner support for the Canada Water Development Team, including financial analysis and cost control. Working alongside other members of the Finance Team, the role will oversee, coordinate and challenge the financial activities of the Canada Water Development Team, ensuring it is fully aligned with wider British Land finance activities.
This is a commercial role, with scope to support and influence the strategic direction and performance of the Canada Water Development team. The role gives you the opportunity to work closely with a number of areas across Finance (FP&A, Investor Relations, Treasury, Tax) and operate as a key link between Finance and the Canada Water Development Team with exposure to the Senior Leadership of Canada Water and input into reporting to the Board, Investment Committee and Joint Venture Partners.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about the property industry, with the skills to understand and communicate the financial implications of decisions, enjoys building relationships and has excellent attention to detail.
THE TEAM
British Land's strategy is to create great real estate deploying our skills in asset management, development, asset recycling and financing. Our Finance Team plays a pivotal role in delivering against this strategy.
We work as one finance team, guided by a clear vision and company values. Our joint expertise and experience enables us to help our business achieve more. Our culture is collaborative, open and supportive. We work hard but also have fun - we believe that this is a critical part of being a successful high performing team.
The Development Business Partnering Team is part of the Finance Department and sits within the wider FP&A & Business Partnering Team, which also consists of the Corporate Business Partners and Financial Planning & Analysis.
The FP&A & Business Partnering Team strives to be Insightful, Innovative, Strategic Partners to the business. We are a hard-working team with culture at the heart of how we succeed - we support each other and make sure to have fun along the way.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Provide insight and financial understanding for the Canada Water Development Team, as well as key development information for the wider business
- Responsible for monitoring of cost and programme timeline across the Canada Water development masterplan
- Ensure a full understanding of the nature of development costs and the assumptions behind them, and facilitate the capex authority, debt and equity funding requests and profit control for all committed and future development spend
- Attend monthly capex meetings with internal and external stakeholders and ensure movements in forecast capex are signed off before approved capex is updated
- Working alongside the Canada Water Development Managers, agree total project spend each reporting period and agree capital and revenue accruals
- Prepare monthly cashflow forecasts of development spend for JV reporting and funding requests
- Feed into the annual Business Plan process, setting out the capex forecast and approvals required by the Board
- Prepare quarterly reporting for the Board and Joint Venture partners
- Manage contingency trackers and reporting to the Head of Canada Water Development
- Maintain the Capex approval tracker and ensure capex movements are reflected in the systems we use
- Liaise with the internal property analyst team with updated costs, areas and programme for each project, which in turn is then supplied to the valuers
- Assist with implementing system improvement projects, with a continuous improvement mindset
- Liaise with the Investor Relations team to provide input for external reports and announcements
- Liaise with Treasury and Tax teams to understand and explain the corporate structures of our development sites
- Assist with ad-hoc transaction work and other ad-hoc projects as necessary
ABOUT YOU
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Qualified Accountant (ICAEW or equivalent) with strong technical skills and proactive approach
- Able to effectively communicate, collaborate, constructively challenge and influence, at all levels both internally and externally
- Confident analysing complex transactions and commercial decisions, understanding financial / strategic implications and summarising key takeaways
- Ability to produce well thought through, clearly laid out schedules and papers
- Excellent IT skills - proficient in Excel and PowerPoint. Competent and efficient at dealing with manipulating data from different sources
- Commercial awareness
- Able to manage a portfolio of responsibilities, prioritise and meet tight deadlines
- Logical approach to problem solving
- Equally effective working with attention to detail and taking a 'big picture' view
- Desire and willingness to learn and improve existing processes
- Experience of using Anaplan software an advantage but not essential
OUR SHARED VALUES
our values are what we stand for at British Land, they're not just a label on the door; they connect us every day to our vision, purpose, and strategy. They help us to promote an inclusive, positive, and collaborative culture. You can read more on our corporate website .
Bring your whole self
Listen & Understand
Smarter together
Build for the future
Deliver at pace
A REWARDING PLACE TO BE
Our People - Just ask anyone why they love working here and they will tell you it's the people. They're highly talented, passionate, and collaborative! We thank our people with rewards that feel rewarding; you can review our market leading benefits here .
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS
If you enjoy bringing your whole self to work, share our values and are excited about our purpose we'd love to hear from you! We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive process learn more about our selection process here.
#LI-Hybrid
Please note that we endeavour to get back to all applicants within 28 days. If you haven't heard from us within this period, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Location: London, GB
Posted Date: 11/23/2024
Contact Information
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