Commercial Finance Analyst – Real Estate

Overview

In this role you will support forecasting, cashflow, valuations and funding for a live development and construction portfolio. You will work closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner and Senior Manager to produce boards, reports and insights that drive funding decisions and governance. The role offers breadth across the development life cycle and a clear progression path toward Finance Business Partner roles. You will shape analysis, improve processes and partner with multiple stakeholders to enable informed, data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support project forecasts: budgets, actuals and forecast costs to complete
• Maintain quarterly development cashflows and assist with reforecasting and planning
• Perform variance analysis against budgets and prior forecasts
• Prepare Development and Construction slides for Board packs
• Assist in valuations inputs and funding analysis
• Support liquidity forecasting and debt/equity funding requirements
• Maintain reconciliations between development models, forecasts and accounting records
• Contribute to system/process improvements (Anaplan, Yardi) and reporting dashboards
• Build strong working relationships with Development Managers, Construction Managers, and FP&A teams
• Provide ad-hoc commercial analysis and stakeholder reporting for boards, JV partners and lenders
• Support governance with development expenditure approvals and budget revisions
• Help ensure data accuracy across systems and reports

Key requirements

• Strong numerical, logical and analytical skills
• Excellent Excel skills with P&L, cashflow and balance sheet forecasting experience
• Solid understanding of accounting principles
• Problem-solving mindset with ability to diagnose non-obvious issues
• Continuous improvement mindset; experience with process improvements a plus
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex datasets
• Excellent relationship-building skills across stakeholders
• Experience building financial models is advantageous
• Experience with Anaplan, Yardi or similar finance systems is advantageous

• Relationship-building across stakeholders
• Analytical mindset
• Attention to detail
• Excel (P&L, cashflow, balance sheet forecasting)
• Financial modeling
• Anaplan

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