Development Finance Business Partner

Career Opportunities: Development Finance Business Partner (10925)

Requisition ID10925-Posted -Finance-London

Job Title: Development Finance Business Partner
Department: Finance

LOCATION: Marble Arch, London (Hybrid - 4 days in office)

REPORTING TO: Business Partner Manager - Development

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent

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 £15.2bn 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 latest engagement survey, 81% of colleagues said they are proud to work at British Land!

THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to provide business partner support for the 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 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 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 Development Team with exposure to the Senior Leadership of Developments and input into reporting to the Board, Investment Committee and Joint Venture Partners.

The business partnering team strives to be insightful, innovative, strategic partners to the business. Our culture is collaborative, open and supportive. 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

• You'll provide insight and financial understanding for the Development Team, as well as key development information for the wider business
• Responsible for monitoring cost and programme across the development portfolio
• Maintaining a deep understanding of the nature of development costs and assumptions, and facilitating capex authority, funding and profit control for all committed developments.
• Attend monthly capex meetings with internal and external stakeholders and ensure movements in forecast capex are signed off before approved capex is updated
• You will work alongside the Development Managers, agree total project spend each reporting period and agree capital and revenue accruals
• Prepare quarterly cashflow forecast of development spend for JV reporting and funding requests
• Liaise with external valuers and property analyst team on updated costs, areas and programme for each project
• Responsible for preparing capitalised staff cost analysis
• 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 on items relating to development funding and structures
• Have the opportunity to assist with ad-hoc transaction work and other ad-hoc projects as necessary

ABOUT YOU

• Degree (2:1 or above) 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
• Excellent IT skills - proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability and appetite for problem solving
• Able to manage a portfolio of responsibilities, take ownership, prioritise and meet tight deadlines
• Comfortable working on a "big picture" or highly detailed basis
• Confident analysing complex transactions and distilling into salient features
• Ability to produce well thought through, clearly laid out and expressed schedules and papers

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

Smarter together

Build for the future

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.

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.