Finance Business Partner Workplace Investments

WE ARE LANDSEC

We identify and shape places that create opportunity enhance quality of life and bring joy to the people connected to them. This is how weve created the UKs leading portfolio of urban places and one of the largest real estate companies in Europe. Our 10 billion portfolio is built around premium workplaces the countrys pre-eminent retail platform and a residential pipeline that will redefine urban life.

Weve honed this ability over 80 years. Spotting the opportunities building the partnerships and continually adapting to shape the places that meet the needs of a changing world. Places where life happens. Where businesses grow. And where cities are defined.

Location

This role is based at Victoria London and offers hybrid working (Minimum 3 days in the office).

The Team

You will join the Workplace Finance team within the broader Commercial Finance function working in close collaboration with the Workplace Business Unitparticularly the Investment teamand Group Finance. The team acts as a highly proactive and commercially astute business partner playing a central role in driving performance and maximising value creation across both earnings and property valuations.

The team culture is collaborative supportive and focused on continuous improvement. You will work alongside experienced finance professionals who value clear communication teamwork strong analytical skills and a proactive mindset that embraces accountability and delivers positive change.

The role

• A key role within Commercial Finance reporting to the Finance Director of Workplace this position leads strategic business partnering for the ExCo Member Head of Investments. The role is integral to Landsecs investment activity with a primary focus on acquisitions and disposals and plays a pivotal part in delivering the Groups capital recycling strategy.

• Acting as the finance business partner to the Head of Investments the role is responsible for managing performance and shaping financial plans for Workplace Investments working across the portfolio to enhance performance through a disciplined capital allocation lens.

• Salary:
  Competitive

Principle Accountabilities

• Provide strategic planning and decision support to the Head of Investments delivering financial insights to guide long term goals and strategies focusing on investments (including referencing to external benchmarking) whilst providing robust challenge and influencing the delivery of their financial KPIs.

• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes for Workplaces operational capex valuations and acquisitions & disposals ensuring that submissions reflect challenging but realistic forecasts with key assumptions benchmarked against internal/external best practice and supplemented with what if scenarios and potential risks opportunities and trade-offs clearly defined and communicated.

• Work in partnership with the Commercial Performance & Planning (CP&P team) & Group FP&A team introducing and developing forward looking executive reports applicable to Workplaces Investments (capex / valuations / acquisitions & disposals) with insightful analysis metrics and exception reports which support the Exco in making informed decisions and identify opportunities to drive improved financial performance and maximise value.

• Lead the bi-annual valuation process / external reporting for the Workplace business unit ensuring timelines deliverables and targets are clear as well as working with the other FBPs CP&P team to undertake analysis on the valuations to identify opportunities for further growth.

• Act as the primary strategic partner to the business leads developing action plans on monthly results to drive improved financial performance and introducing clear and concise options for the business on capex valuations acquisitions & disposals and EPRA earnings.

• Clear focus on driving commercial performance for investments across the portfolio proactively challenging the team to deliver improved results with a relentless drive for continuous improvement both for the business and personal performance.

• Drive standardisation of the investment appraisals and outputs presented for approval.

• Ensure compliance and…