Location
The Crown Estate, London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Make an impact where it matters by joining our Group Partners finance team as a Senior Finance Analyst. This key role provides high-quality financial and commercial support, enabling stakeholders to manage budgets effectively, understand performance, and make well-informed decisions. You will act as a trusted business partner, combining strong technical expertise with commercial insight to deliver robust reporting, forecasting, and analysis while driving continuous improvement in how financial information is produced and used across the organisation.

Commercial & Financial Business Partnering
Partner closely with Group Partner teams to provide financial oversight, insight, and support. Support budget holders in managing costs, planning future activity, and navigating planning cycles. Provide reliable, decision-useful analysis to support regular performance reviews. Offer constructive challenge to ensure effective decision-making and strong cost discipline. Build a deep understanding of operational activity and its financial implications.

Reporting, Forecasting & Insight
Prepare monthly cost reports, forecasts, annual budgets, and dashboards to a consistently high standard. Analyse variances against budget and forecast, providing clear, concise, and insightful commentary. Support the preparation of consolidated Group Partner results for Board and Committee reporting, enabling senior stakeholders to understand key drivers, cost movements, and business performance. Identify trends, emerging risks, cost pressures, and opportunities within operational spend. Produce visually impactful analytics and dashboards tailored to the audience, supporting effective decision-making. Champion the use of Anaplan to enhance financial planning and forecasting activities. Undertake ad hoc analysis and project work in support of the wider FP&A team.

Compliance & Process Improvement
Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial data across ERP systems and reporting tools. Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reporting quality. Ensure adherence to financial policies, supporting strong governance and audit readiness.

Experience
Qualified accountant or equivalent professional finance experience. Proven ability to manage and interpret complex data sets, translating them into meaningful business insights. Experience creating clear, visually impactful analytics that support decision-making. Advanced Excel skills, with experience using BI tools (Power BI preferred) and working across ERP systems.

About you
Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and curiosity to understand cost drivers and operational trends. Strong communication skills, able to explain financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders. Highly numerate and comfortable working in data-rich, complex environments. A positive, adaptable, and collaborative team player with excellent ability to build effective partnerships across functions. Confident in engaging, influencing, and constructively challenging stakeholders. Able to simplify complexity and communicate insights clearly and effectively.

Qualifications
Qualified accountant or equivalent professional finance experience.