Senior Finance Business Partner - Investment & Development

Senior Finance Business Partner – Investment & Development

This is a key role supporting the commercial aspects of the Investment and Development (I&D) team to deliver commercial, environmental, and social value for the shareholders of Grosvenor Property UK.

The role is responsible for producing high-quality management and financial information on the performance of the team and the portfolio, with a particular focus on the direct development activity and regional office portfolio. This provides the senior leadership and Executive teams with the insight and understanding to inform decision-making and enhance business performance.

With great access to senior individuals in the business, this role offers the opportunity to influence business outcomes through accurate and relevant analysis of past and future performance. The timely identification, interpretation, and communication of key themes and drivers of business performance will be a critical success factor.

The role plays a key part in understanding the drivers of growth and profitability for the I&D business whose objectives are to grow their contribution to Grosvenor Property UK’s recurring income targets. This is an excellent opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in a large, multi-sector property investment and development business.

Key Responsibilities

• Being a critical and highly valued partner, helping the I&D team to understand, communicate and enhance their performance and the risks and opportunities in achieving it; this should include coaching, training and, most importantly, challenging the team where appropriate.
• Drive new levels of insight and commercial challenge to the team on their performance, with particular focus on cost, value and risk management. In part, this will be achieved by monitoring and controlling key data for the Regional Office portfolio and Development projects, providing actionable recommendations to optimise portfolio performance.
• Assist with appraisals of new capital decisions on the portfolio, challenging assumptions, analysing financial models, undertaking due diligence and ensuring Group Research have been appropriately engaged.
• Support the annual budget and strategic plan, providing insight and challenging the direction for the team over the short, medium and long term. Ensure business stakeholders understand and own their numbers in order to facilitate high-quality discussions, at team and executive level. In addition, this will include reporting to our external JV partners.
• Accountable for the quarterly forecasting and periodic KPI processes for the Development and Regional Office components of the team.
• Responsible for helping manage risk in the portfolio, in particular at a project level (be that undertaking due diligence of our partners, tenants and suppliers, or monitoring contingency).
• Work with our centralised finance centre to support the production of all statutory and management reporting, building technical knowledge where appropriate to enhance outcomes.
• Actively identify and implement ways to continuously improve processes, particularly in line with Grosvenor Property UK’s environmental and sustainability goals.

Key Requirements

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or overseas equivalent).
• Significant experience of business partnering – demonstrating an ability to challenge performance, recommend improvements and think strategically.
• Experience of working in a large private or listed business. Property sector experience is advantageous.
• Highly commercial with a strong appreciation of value and quality.
• Strong experience in simplifying, designing and delivering business reports to a range of internal and external stakeholders including excellent written communication.
• Professional excellence in commercial finance, financial reporting and risk management, particularly in a development context.

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