Senior Finance Business Manager
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About the Role
A private equity firm seeks a Senior Manager for Business Planning to lead financial feasibility analysis and portfolio-level planning for real estate development. Requires 10+ years experience, strong financial modeling skills, and expertise in real estate investment analysis.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the development, review, and approval of detailed financial feasibility studies for individual real estate development projects
- Work closely with Development, Sales, Budgeting, and other key stakeholders to define, validate, and document all financial, commercial, and market assumptions
- Ensure business plans and feasibility models are fully aligned with Group benchmarks, governance requirements, and best practices
- Consolidate individual project feasibility studies into portfolio level financial models to assess funding requirements, identify financing gaps, and evaluate viable financing structures
- Prepare high quality investment papers, Board submissions, and management presentations
- Support senior management and Investment Committees by presenting analyses and defending assumptions and recommendations
- Work with lenders and financial institutions to deliver bankable financial models, including the modelling of all relevant financial covenants
- Perform ongoing covenant testing and compliance monitoring on a monthly basis using actual results and updated forecasts
- Coordinate with the Budgeting and Forecasting team to ensure alignment between approved business plans, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts
- Lead the implementation and effective use of the Oracle Feasibility Module
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience, with strong exposure to real estate development, investment analysis, or corporate planning
- At least 8 years of hands on experience with financial modelling and feasibility studies
- Proven track record developing complex financial models and feasibility studies for large scale development projects
- Experience preparing and presenting investment cases to senior management and governance committees
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
- Advanced Excel financial modelling skills and strong presentation capability
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The Role
- The private equity firm is seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Business Planning to join its Finance team.
- This is a senior individual contributor and leadership role responsible for driving financial feasibility analysis, portfolio level business planning, and investment decision support across a large scale real estate development portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development, review, and approval of detailed financial feasibility studies for individual real estate development projects.
- Work closely with Development, Sales, Budgeting, and other key stakeholders to define, validate, and document all financial, commercial, and market assumptions.
- Ensure business plans and feasibility models are fully aligned with Group benchmarks, governance requirements, and best practices.
- Consolidate individual project feasibility studies into portfolio level financial models to assess funding requirements, identify financing gaps, and evaluate viable financing structures.
- Prepare high quality investment papers, Board submissions, and management presentations, clearly articulating assumptions, sensitivities, risks, and value drivers.
- Support senior management and Investment Committees by presenting analyses and defending assumptions and recommendations.
- Work with lenders and financial institutions to deliver bankable financial models, including the modelling of all relevant financial covenants.
- Perform ongoing covenant testing and compliance monitoring on a monthly basis using actual results and updated forecasts.
- Coordinate with the Budgeting and Forecasting team to ensure alignment between approved business plans, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts.
- Lead the implementation and effective use of the Oracle Feasibility Module, ensuring data accuracy, standardisation of assumptions, and consistent application across all projects.
- Continuously review and enhance financial modelling methodologies and planning processes to support informed decision making.
Skills & Experience
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience, with strong exposure to real estate development, investment analysis, or corporate planning.
- At least 8 years of hands on experience with financial modelling and feasibility studies.
- Proven track record developing complex financial models and feasibility studies for large scale development projects.
- Experience preparing and presenting investment cases to senior management and governance committees.
- Experience working with lenders and external financial stakeholders is highly desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Professional certifications in financial modelling are preferred; CFA or valuation related qualifications are an advantage.
- Advanced Excel financial modelling skills and strong presentation capability.
- Competencies across financial feasibility and investment analysis, portfolio and capital planning, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
About Senna
- Senna is a careers platform for finance candidates who want better opportunities, stronger recruiter contacts, and more strategic career guidance.
- We help professionals clarify their ambitions, target the right roles, find relevant recruiter contacts, and access expert support tailored to their goals.
- Senna is built to help candidates move with stronger direction, sharper positioning, and greater momentum.
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