Senior FP&A Analyst Europe in London

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

This role based in the FP&A Finance team will report to the FP&A Manager and will focus on the reporting and analysis of all elements of the P&L across Europe.

• Assist with coordinating the Business Plan process by maintaining the timetable, scheduling all review meetings, updating and consolidating templates, processing changes in Anaplan, and distributing all review materials ahead of meetings.
• Assist with the preparation of review materials and presentation decks for all planning cycles.
• Proactively driving the standardisation and automation of the reporting packs and decks to ensure the planning process is run efficiently.
• Assist with financial modelling as necessary.
• Business partner with functional leads and Finance leads on all elements of Business Plan process; critically review, challenge where necessary the information received and assist with providing comprehensive variance analysis.
• Assisting with preparation of the monthly European Finance Dashboard and all relevant Business Plan materials.
• Assisting with the processing of changes and the maintenance of schedules directly in Anaplan – European Asset Management, European Funds Management, TBDs, Contingency and Upper Management Fees (and others as needed).
• Collaborate on the maintenance of the Risk & Opportunities schedule, and the Key Bets schedule in Anaplan. Assist with the preparation of all related outputs.
• Work closely with Anaplan COE on managing all master data needs of the European business.
• Become Anaplan super user – Subject matter expert for the business on the use of Anaplan.
• Ensure all FP&A Finance files are maintained in an organised manner with correct level of access.
• Work closely with the Data & Analytics department to build out dashboards for key reports.
• Support the FP&A team in ensuring the planning cycles are delivered timely and accurately.
• Deputise for the FP&A Manager when required.

• Good level of general education with strong written and numerical skills.
• Strong business partnering skills.
• Accounting foundation background.
• Strong Excel skills with experience building financial reports.
• Demonstratable PowerPoint experience.
• Fully qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA or equivalent.
• Experience of Anaplan is desirable.
• Experience of Oracle is desirable.
• Good problem solver with intellectual curiosity.

• Experience of working in a similar role within a fast-paced multi-jurisdictional business ideally within the Real Estate sector.
• Experience in using Anaplan (or similar) tools for FP&A.
• Strong presentation of financial information - written and verbal.
• Strong team working and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manipulate and sort large volume of data in excel.
• Strong communicator, with the ability to interpret and complex financial data.
• Positive “can do” attitude with desire to learn, train and develop in the role.
• Good attention to detail, taking pride in work.
• Self-starter with a methodical and organised approach.
• Ability to work to deadlines and multitask, using initiative to prioritise.

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