Financial Performance & Planning Analyst - Data & Tech

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 we’ve created the UK’s 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 country’s pre-eminent retail platform, and a residential pipeline that will redefine urban life. We’ve 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 in London Victoria, with working from home offered, split approximately 50/50. Flexibility is required and given, based on work activities.

The Team

Performance and Planning are a small but key team within Data and Technology, responsible for financial management, change delivery, resourcing, governance, and effective vendor, risk and audit management. It’s vital that our team have people with the right skills, experience and capability to successfully add value to the Data and Technology team and across the organisation.

The role

• Data & Technology finances; ensuring they are accurately budgeted, proactively managed and all associated processes are delivered within group deadlines
• Tracking expenditure with vendors and contributing to the renewals process
• Identifying and implementing both improvements to processes, and opportunities to reduce our cost base and increase value add
• Close collaboration with Data and Technology budget owners, as well as stakeholders from the finance, procurement and business unit teams
• Salary: Competitive

Principle Accountabilities

• Overheads forecasting and budgeting, in partnership with budget owners and finance, adhering to Group deadlines
• Service charge budgeting and actuals mapping processes, in partnership with budget owners, finance team and key stakeholders, adhering to Group deadlines
• In partnership with finance team and budget owners, analyse actuals, ensure correct alignment and treatment of costs, and implement any resulting actions
• Ensure the Data and Technology finance tracker is proactively managed, improved and updated
• Update and maintain vendor finance trackers
• PO raising and receipting - verify budget code, raise PO, follow up approvals, send to supplier, receipt goods and services when applicable
• Tracking and reporting on cost saving initiatives
• Identify cost reduction and value add opportunities across our cost base
• Actively seek to improve processes and implement new ideas
• Build close working relationships across the organisation
• Respond to / redirect email queries where necessary in a timely manner

Essential Criteria

• Technology organisation budget planning and financial management experience, preferably with showback and/or chargeback models
• Experience of cost and project accounting
• Detail oriented, ensuring accuracy and completeness executed in all tasks
• High level of energy and flexibility to get things done and thrive in a fast-paced, agile, team-oriented environment
• Proactive, with drive and confidence to use various methods of communication with stakeholders to obtain timely resolutions
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, ability to manage conflicting demands and ensure deadlines are met
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities; understanding current state and acting where required to course correct

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits, make sure to visit our My Total Reward page for more information.

• Performance based annual bonus plan
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three-day December festive break on top of your leave and a special ‘My Day’ to take off for whatever you choose.
• Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.
• Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)
• Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build
• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%

And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause.