FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Aldgate, London

Description

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.

We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all our stakeholders.

Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.

What you'll be doing Financial Strategy

• Be fully versed on the site profile, including:
  • Understanding the overall site strategy and key drivers
  • Comprehensive awareness of the various legal agreements (s106, purchase, RSL) and an understanding of the key triggers and clauses therein
  • Understanding the planning constraints on the site and their impact on the site opportunities and financials
  • Understanding the build programme and the resulting site sequencing, with a full grasp on the areas of flex within the programme
  • Understanding the costings of the development and how they benchmark against other schemes / phases
  • Ability to help communicate the above to the wider business as required.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the site financials, being able to concisely explain variances and exceptions in ad hoc meetings and evidence understanding through an in depth quarterly finance review
• Provide ad hoc scenario analysis for a variety of audiences to illustrate clearly the impact of any number of potential strategic decisions and to ensure the business plan is fully optimised to drive returns and financial metrics

Forecasting

• Maintain an up to date and accurate business cash and profit forecast
• Ensure site provisions are fully up to date and accurate
• Maintain a fully flexible working business forecast financial model (profit and cashflow) for reporting and scenario analysis
• Ensure the site financials are accurately reflected on the accounting / forecasting software
• Comprehensive understanding of the impact of site finance changes on the central forecast position

Financial Reporting

• Coordination and review of management information reporting packs and Board Packs
• Have a detailed understanding of, and driving the business to hit, a range of project and corporate forecasts and targets
• Prepare and present a comprehensive quarterly review of the 10 year business plan covering all financial, risk and opportunity areas for our developments
• Assist the central finance function as necessary at half year and year end with reporting requirements and site related support
• Responsible for assisting with ad hoc group requests
• Ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data to ensure reports are correct first time

What you'll bring Management & Leadership

• Ability to stay positive and be a team player despite pressure and stressful situations
• Share knowledge and experience to inform the project team on financial matters
• Influencing team members and peers, turning around objections and resistance
• Effectively utilise team resources
• Build great collaboration between team members and peers
• Development of finance team members with a structured approach
• Nurturing or implementing new ideas and working practices
• Ensure quality delivery is right first time
• Gathering information and involving team members to make effective and safe decisions
• Motivated with a positive 'can do' attitude.
• Excellent organisation skills and time management
• Conduct yourself in a respectable manner
• Professional approach and high level of discretion
• Ability to work on own initiative and generate solutions

Technical Knowledge

• Excellent technical grasp of Excel functions and solid level of modelling expertise
• Fully working and up to date accounting knowledge
• Working knowledge of latest tax and financial guidance
• Awareness of key legal, planning & technical guidelines which might impact on the development

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard default full time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.

Internal applicants: If you're an internal applicant, please ensure you've informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.