About this role
To support the Director FP&A in the budgeting, planning, project accounting, and performance reporting agenda across the Sports asset portfolio, with a strong grounding in construction and development-stage financial management.
The role drives system-led automation and standardization, with a strong focus on SAP and PRISM, ensuring a single version of the truth for TDC, cash flow, funding, and financial performance. The role acts as the financial integrator between Development, PMO, Commercial, Risk, Treasury, Development teams, and IT.
Key Responsibilities
1. Budgeting & Forecasting
Lead annual, multi-year, and rolling budget processes across assets and BUs, covering pre-development, construction and delivery phasesEstablish and maintain TDC baselines, reforecasts, and cash-flow projections, incorporating construction progress and procurement strategiesImplement driver-based budgeting models linking scope, program, procurement, and construction productivity drivers to outcomesOwn budget phasing aligned with construction programs to support funding plans, cash calls, and liquidity managementAlign budgets and forecasts with funding strategies (equity, debt, drawdowns, covenants)
2. Project Accounting & Financial Control
Process and control project accounting transactions in SAP (in coordination with Finance) & PRISM, including budget uploads, budget transfers, commitment creation, accrual postings, and cost allocationsMaintain commitment and actuals tracking at project, package, and contract level, ensuring timely and accurate capture of construction costsMonitor forecast-to-complete (FTC) and update projections based on certified quantities, executed variations and procurement commitmentsTrack and record TDC movements, including approved budget changes, reallocations and cumulative impact of variation orders and claimsRecord and monitor contingency, inflation and risk drawdowns, ensuring approvals are obtained and reflected correctly in systemsPerform monthly reconciliations between budgets, commitments, actuals, and cash flow, investigating and resolving variancesMaintain complete audit trails for all budget changes, approvals and re-baselining actions in line with governance requirementsSupport internal and external audits by providing transaction-level support, reconciliations and documentationEnsure compliance with financial policies, approval matrices and delegations of authority related to construction and development spend
3 . Planning & Decision Support
Support asset feasibility and development-stage business planning, ensuring assumptions on construction cost, revenue, program and lifecycle are realistic and aligned with financial strategyLead option analysis (phasing, packaging, procurement strategy, acceleration/deceleration), quantifying financial trade-offs across development and construction stagesDevelop scenario and stress-testing models to assess impacts of inflation, delays, constructability risks, funding constraints and scope changesSupport stage-gate financial readiness reviews, ensuring affordability, funding, constructability and risk impacts are clearly articulatedPartner with Development, Construction, and PMO teams to translate master programs into financially phased plans
4. Reporting & Insights
Deliver consolidated BU-level financial and non-financial reporting across development and construction, including:TDC baseline vs forecast vs actualConstruction cost and progress variance analysisFunding availed vs requiredCash-flow projectionsCommitments, risks, and opportunitiesDesign and deliver management, ExCo, and Board dashboards with clear construction and development narrativesEmbed early-warning indicators (cost overruns, program slippage, cash pressure)Ensure reporting supports delivery and investment decisions, not just compliance
5. Risk & Governance (Coordination Model)
Coordinate closely with the central Risk team, ensuring:Consistent risk taxonomy and scoringAlignment with ERM frameworksClear ownership between DFA, Risk, Development, PMO, and ConstructionIntegrate construction and development risk impacts into budgets, forecasts, and dashboardsParticipate in joint risk reviews and stage-gate forumsSupport governance committees with quantified financial impacts of construction and delivery risksNote: Risk ownership remains with the Risk function; DFA provides financial quantification and integration.
6. Systems, Data & Transformation
Act as DFA lead for SAP and PRISM across construction budgeting, project accounting, and reportingDrive automation of budget vs forecast vs actual reporting, eliminating spreadsheet-heavy construction cost trackingEnsure seamless integration between:SAP (actuals, commitments, accruals)Construction cost systems (e.g. Unifier or equivalent)PRISM dashboardsDefine and maintain construction-ready data models, master data standards and reporting hierarchies (WBS, CBS, asset, BU)Lead adoption of standard templates, workflows, and system-based controlsPartner with Finance, IT, CDU, DMO, and Construction teams on continuous improvement of DFA systems and analytics capability
Key Systems & Tools
SAP (FI / CO / PS or equivalent project accounting modules)PRISMCost management systems (Primavera Unifier or similar preferred)Power BI or similar BI toolsAdvanced ExcelRequirements
· 10–15+ years’ experience in budgeting, FP&A, or development finance within construction, real estate development, infrastructure or large capital projects
· Strong hands-on experience in construction project accounting, cost control and TDC management
· Demonstrated experience working closely with Development, Construction, PMO and Commercial teams
· Proven track record in finance systems automation, particularly SAP and PRISM in project environments
· Experience operating in matrixed, multi-stakeholder delivery organisations
· Professional qualification preferred (CA / CPA / ACCA / CFA)