Investment Analyst

Job Description

£39,100 - £42,300 (National)+ £5,000 Accountancy Allowance with relevant qualificationThe Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Governments transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of keyGovernment policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio inorder to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.Beyond the bricks and mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices.The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments. Key responsibilitiesfor the role working within the Finance Directorate: the post holder will primarily be responsible for preparing good quality financial analysis for internal use and for third parties. Output will include undertaking analysis for the Economic and FinancialCase sections of the GPA’s business cases for real-estate acquisition/re-location, drafting business case content for the same sections, GPA portfolio valuation, data analysis and reporting.The responsibilities of the Investment Analyst will include:

• Supporting internal and external stakeholders with the development of modelling behind business cases (Financial and Economic Cases).
• The modeller will be responsible for technical modelling by developing / enhancing options analysis models that will evaluate the financial and economic outcomes for various options and reflect the impact of decisions for the business case(s).
• Support decisions by building models that reflect forecast cash flows, NPVs and balance sheet impact from decisions such as leasehold vs freehold.
• Liaise with stakeholders from across GPA to gather and challenge assumptions, improve the accuracy of the models, discover new data sources and get the maximum impact with end users.
• Gain a basic understanding of wider economic and societal benefits and ensure these are correctly reflected in business cases.
• Ensure that models are robust and effective and follow best practice modelling techniques. Highlight modelling risks as appropriate.

Key Skills & Experience

• Qualified accountant: ICAEW, ACCA, CPFA, ICAS, CIMA (desirable)
• Property qualification: MRICS / FRICS (desirable)
• Technical excel skills with knowledge of best practice modelling techniques
• Understanding of project appraisal techniques (e.g. IRR, NPV etc)
• Manage and develop models efficiently, allied with a strong appreciation for the appropriate analytical techniques which can be employed to provide robust analyses at pace.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate complex data challenges in simple language and to produce drafts of the financial case of complex projects.
• Ability to produce outputs that use visualisation techniques and data analytics.
• Experience using excel and modelling to manipulate data and building and maintaining a model suite.
• Understanding of the financial and economic parts of a business case.
• Experience of project work with deadlines in a fast paced changing environment.
• Enthusiastic team player, ability to work in multidisciplinary teams (finance, commercial, capital projects, client solutions etc).
• VBA Knowledge (desirable)

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn/Kerry Gashi at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do.To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we areparticularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Keyskills :
AnalysisAnalystAnalyticalBusiness CaseFinanceFinancial ManagementInvestmentInvestment Management