Finance Business Partner

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 role is to provide financial control and support across the corporate business functions. Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, quarterly accounting processes and oversee work of junior members of the team. You will also provide a range of financial analysis to the CFO and Financial Controller to help the business achieve its financial goals. The role provides an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to work alongside senior management and work on a wide variety of tasks and projects. Candidates should be customer orientated with good stakeholder management and take a proactive approach to work tasks.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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 1 and 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 budget in the context of the overall corporate budget
• Responsible for quarterly reforecasting process for the 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
• Prepare and 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 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
• 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 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

ABOUT YOU

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA) with post qualified experience
• Interpersonal and able to build strong working relationships across numerous teams and levels of seniority
• Able to communicate financial concepts and implications to non-finance professionals
• Self sufficient and able to manage a portfolio of responsibilities, prioritise and meet tight deadlines
• Logical approach to problem solving with ability to interpret financial impact of commercial decisions
• Comfortable with getting into the detail and as well as understanding the big picture
• Comfortable dealing with and manipulating data from different sources
• Eagerness to continually improve

DESIRABLE:

• Relevant experience in Business Partnering or Financial Analysis
• Experience working in real estate and knowledge of property specific accounting treatments
• Experience of using Anaplan software

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.

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.

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.