Finance Business Partner - Manager

Location

London - One Canada Square, Level 26

Business - Real Estate

Brookfield Real Estate Group is one ofBrookfield's primary operating groups. The Real Estate Group is one of the world's largest investors in real estate, with a global portfolio that includes office, retail, multifamily, logistics, hospitality and alternative real estate assets on five continents. The Group owns and operates approximately $268 billion of assets representing the most iconic properties in the world's most dynamic markets. We seek to generate value by leveraging our operating expertise and focusing on our core real estate capabilities of leasing, financing, development, design and construction as well as property and facilities management. For more information, visit https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/real-estate .

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Brookfield is looking for a Finance Manager to support the team's reporting and FP&A processes, future acquisitions and dispositions, onboarding and business partner our portfolio.

The Finance Manager will serve as a key point of contact to Brookfield's office portfolio companies, ensuring successful delivery of the reporting and FP&A needs of Brookfield. The candidate will manage the relationship with their portfolio companies and be a student of the businesses they are responsible for. They will take end-to-end ownership of business planning, reforecasting, quarterly results and valuations. The individual will ensure deliverables from the portfolio company are of a high standard for various business stakeholders.

Responsibilities for this position include the following:

• Business partnering with Brookfield's real estate portfolio companies.
  • Assess and communicate trends in the quarterly financial reporting relative to historic results, forecasts, business plans and commercial / market events
  • Assist with the creation and on-going assessment of portfolio valuations, ensuring consistency with other Brookfield investments and industry standards
  • Understand commercial business drivers for results and valuations through interaction with the finance teams and portfolio managers
  • Key individual in the annual business planning process, ensuring robust understanding and challenge of assumptions, providing advice on required accounting adjustments
  • Managing funding needs for our Portfolio Companies whilst complying with Brookfield's established processes
  • Establish a strong working relationship with portfolio company finance teams to align with Brookfield processes and requirements

Key Competencies:

• Commercially focused finance individual with excellent stakeholder skills, comfortable communicating to Brookfield and portfolio company finance leadership, legal teams and tax advisers
• Knowledge of accounting to be able to assist in preparation of reporting packs under IFRS, identify issues, and follow guidance, and consult internally
• Experience working through complex transactions (acquisitions, dispositions, or debt financings)
• Experience of FP&A within a matrix organisation
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines and goals, whilst working in a dynamic and fast paced environment
• Competent knowledge of fair value accounting to be able to assist in review of financial results including under IFRS, identify issues, and follow guidance, and consult internally
• Self-starter and independent thinker who acts creatively to problem solve
• Clear and concise communicator - make the complex simple to understand
• Additional European language would be favourable, but not a necessity

Key Requirements

• Achieved 2.1 in any degree discipline
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) or equivalent with 4+ years PQE
• Strong Excel skills and proficient in PowerPoint

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.