Finance Business Partner, GLA Land & Property

Do you want to be part of making London the best city in the world?

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is the centre of government for London, serving both the Mayor and the London Assembly. The Mayor of London sets the budget and is responsible for making London a better place for everyone and the Assembly holds the Mayor and Mayoral advisers to account. The GLA itself plays a key role in delivering projects across Greater London over areas including Housing, Transport, Environment, Culture, Economy and Regeneration.

One of the Mayor’s highest priorities is the delivery of affordable homes, to ensure this is delivered the GLA has set up, and will continue to set up, limited companies to enable the Mayor to take a commercial role (for example, joint ventures, equity investments) in supporting a range of housing developments.

Of these companies, the largest is GLA Land and Property Limited (GLAP) which was set up in April 2012, and inherited 635 hectares of land. All of the land inherited has now either been developed, is in the course of development, is contractually committed for development or is subject to a procurement process. This is with the aim of encouraging investment, creating jobs and helping meet London’s housing needs, particularly the provision of affordable housing.

The developments include a site on the Greenwich Peninsula that is seeking to deliver over 17,000 new homes, as well significant development sites in the Royal Docks in East London.

The Finance Business Partner will act as a trusted finance advisor to senior stakeholders across Development, Estates, Investment and Corporate functions, providing financial insight, challenge and support to inform decision-making on major regeneration schemes, property investments, land development projects and commercial activities. There will be a focus on ensuring commercial viability and value for money. The role will lead the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance monitoring processes across the GLAP asset portfolio including maintaining the 30 year business plan model including stress testing and scenario modelling.  The role will also  support statutory reporting, audit delivery and governance requirements.

To be suitable for the role you need to be a qualified accountant with proven experience of influencing and challenging senior stakeholders, ideally in a property, house building or large capital development setting. Strong financial modelling experience and a commercial mindset is also essential.

GLA offers a hybrid working environment.

To find out more about the role please contact Will Ryan at Ivy Rock Partners on 07909030965 or willryan@ivyrockpartners.com

Application is via CV and supporting statement. The supporting statement should be no more than 2 pages and should cover why you are interested in the role and use the STAR method to highlight your relevant experience.

The closing date is Monday 2nd November.