Property & Capex Analyst - Retail

Job Description

Purpose of job As a Property and Capex Analyst you will be responsible for supporting the Investment Finance Manager in maximising the performance of the Landsec Retail property portfolio through capital investment appraisals alongside a key role in forecasting and monitoringRetail Capex. Youll use your knowledge, skills and experience to work across teams and sectors and contribute to the overall Strategy Plans, Budgets and Forecasts. Reporting into the Investment Finance Manager - Retail, the role will be focused towards ourReimagine Retail portfolios. Principle accountabilities

• Support the Investment Finance Manager with the pipeline and approval process for Reimagine Retail projects such as master planning and repurposing/ enhancing of assets, ensuring a high level of commercial and financial rigour is applied to decision making
• Investment appraisal modelling for key projects providing a high level of analysis and key metrics (NPV/IRR/benchmarking) to support decision making (Argus Enterprise / Argus Developer / Excel)
• Support Investment Finance Manager with post investment reviews including highlighting key learns for future projects
• Assist Investment Finance Manager with the flow of Retail developments and capex into the Strategy Plan, Budget and Forecasts, liaising with the Development team, Portfolio team and Finance team
• Support maintenance of the investment models feeding into plans and portfolio analysis, updating as required
• Manage, monitor and track Retail Capex linking with the Commercial Finance Managers as required, including JV partner deliverables
• Partnering closely with the Investment, Development and Asset team to ensure pipeline of projects are up to date
• Support Investment Finance Manager with the valuation process, overall analysis of market value including operation business performance metrics
• Support Commercial Finance Managers with leasing / customer appraisal models as required
• Adhoc analysis and project support as required

Key competencies

• Business Acumen, tenacity and drive for results: Constantly and consistently pushing self and others for results -can be counted on to deliver results.
• Strong Customer Focus: Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships - dedicated to meeting their expectations and acting with customers in mind.
• Relationship building: Builds constructive and effective relationships, relating well to all kinds of people - up, down, sideways, inside and outside the organization
• Developing self: Pro-actively strives for upward development and progression - challenging and stretching development plans
• Team work: Works collaboratively with cooperation and trust within own and across teams
• Problem-solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with the most effective, not obvious or easy, solutions.
• Priority setting: Can quickly sense what will help/hinder the accomplishment of a goal -creating focus, eliminating roadblocks and spending time on what is important.
• Decision making: Makes and supports good and accurate decisions that are valued by others when judged over time.
• Perspective: Has a broad ranging awareness and understanding of issues/challenges -can pose future scenarios, think globally and discuss multiple aspects and impact of issues.
• Accountability and ownership: Personally spotting issues or opportunities within the business and taking accountability to ensure they are resolved and/or capitalised on.
• Integrity and trust: Is widely viewed as a direct, truthful and trusted individual, keeping confidences and providing helpful insights.

Knowledge, experience and qualificationsEssential

• Qualified finance professional with +5 years finance experience
• Experience of analysing, manipulating and presenting data and information
• Previous Capex /property experience
• Highly numerate
• Financially astute with good understanding of corporate finance and accounting principles
• Excellent report writing and presentation drafting skills
• Technologically savvy
• Ability to communicate and influence different stakeholder groups, both internal and external

Desirable

• Experience in asset / investment activity
• Experience of working in a dynamic environment
• Knowledge of property management
• Investment Appraisal experience