Finance Business Partner

Welcome to Places for London, TfL’s property company, where your career can make a meaningful impact on the landscape of a global city. As an integral part of the London community, we are building more than 20,000 new and sustainable homes, 50% of which will be affordable across the capital.

We are one of London’s largest landlords, providing flexible and accessible workspaces for 1,500 customers, over 90 per cent of which are small businesses. Increasingly, Places for London is recognised as a public sector body that the private sector can do business with and that is evidenced by quality of our JV partners. 

Key Information

Job title: Finance Business Partner

Salary: Circa £60,000                                            Grade: 3

Contract type: TfL                                                 Reference: (1711)

Team: Places Finance                                           Directorate: TTL Properties Ltd               

Contract details: 12-month FTC                           Location: Victoria Station House

Application closing date: Sunday 27th July 2025

The role holder will possess excellent stakeholder management skills and be a trusted and influential member of the finance business partner team; providing comprehensive financial support and working with decision makers and budget holders to drive the right financial outcomes for Places for London.

Utilising financial services provided by the Business Services Function to provide management accounting; the role holder will operate with the business area to provide commercial support and insight in an accurate and timely way, being a sounding board to new initiatives, helping to identify risks and opportunities and have the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance people.

Key accountabilities

• Be a key, visible point of contact for the budget holders within the business area and overcome silo working through partnering approach providing an integrated view on financial performance and financial input into decision making.
• Responsible for providing key management reporting and information for the business area to support decision making and achieving business objectives.
• Undertake the collection, collation and challenge of financial and other planning information with supporting risks and opportunities to inform the financial planning process encompassing short- and long-term plans for the business area.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and insight on business performance, including using investment and project appraisal techniques, to support effective decision making and the delivery of objectives.
• Utilise BSF team to ensure that financial transactions are correct and policies adhered to.
• Interfaces with local and central finance teams to ensure an efficient and effective finance service.
• Be an active member of the Finance community, contributing to the continuous improvement and added value of the finance function.

Skills

• Variance and Financial/Budgetary Analysis (Experience)
• Forecasting (Practitioner)
• Systems and Software (Practitioner)
• Cost Accounting (Practitioner)
• Business Case Analysis, Development and Assurance (Experience)
• Risk and control (Practitioner)
• Professional Accounting principles and standards (Practitioner)
• Management reporting and external reporting and ad-hoc communication (Practitioner)
• Commercial acumen (Practitioner)

Knowledge

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Joint Venture Accounting and the implications of varying equity shares (Essential)
• Numerate and experience and understanding of Finance and accounting
• Qualified or part Qualified CCAB (Desirable)
• Experience at building relationships at senior management level
• Working knowledge of investment appraisal tools and methodologies and their application

Experience

• Real Estate/ Construction experience (Essential)
• Experience in managing delivery of key management accounting services to time, budget and quality
• Extensive experience working in a business environment with senior management with demonstrable skills in challenging and collaborating with this type of stakeholder
• Experience of integrated ERP accounting platforms (SAP) able to manage, use and manipulate data and information to enable effective reporting, planning, financial management and control
• Demonstrable experience of driving value through effective analysis and management of financial information

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.  

Benefits  
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below: 
Final salary pension scheme 
Free travel for you on the TfL network 
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) 
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
Discounted Eurostar travel
 

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements. 

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.