Portfolio Analyst

Are you an analytical thinker, with a keen eye for detail and looking for an exciting new role within an organisation committed to improving lives? Are you looking to enhance your career within portfolio management? If so, our brand-new Portfolio Analyst role could be the perfect job for you…

Longhurst Group is a leading housing Group across the Midlands & East of England, committed to enhancing communities and improving the lives of both our colleagues and customers. With a mission to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that build great foundations for our customers, our Asset Investment team are critical to ensuring we have high quality homes for our customers.

As a Portfolio Analyst at Longhurst Group, you will play a pivotal role in monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on the performance of our residential real estate portfolio. Your insights and recommendations will be instrumental in optimising the performance and value of our assets, ensuring the best outcomes for our stakeholders. Further key responsibilities are listed below:

• Produce Asset Appraisals by collating data from across the business and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Liaise closely with key stakeholders throughout the Asset Appraisal process to collect qualitative as well as quantitative data.
• Provide insightful analysis of property performance and make recommendations for optimising outcomes.
• Analyse the performance of our assets and explore opportunities for improvement.
• Analyse cost trends per unit and benchmark to understand their impact on delivery expectations and long-term investment plans.
• Support the Head of Environment & Sustainability in producing timely management information, portfolio performance reports, KPIs, delivery plans, cost monitoring, forecasted spend, and volume completions.
• Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of data in our team's systems.
• Lead any required systems/data changes.
• Support the team with larger Scheme Appraisals aimed at regeneration to provide better homes for our customers.

Our Portfolio Analyst opportunity is a hybrid position, contracted to 36.25 hours per week. To us, this means some time working from home with an expectation of some presence in either our Rushden, Peterborough or Boston office on a weekly basis (we are open to discussion around how this is built into working weeks). A large portion of our Asset Investment team are hybrid workers across our geography too.

In order to be successful in application for our Portfolio Analyst role, you’ll need to be detail orientated with a level of accuracy in data analysis and reporting, so having previous experience in Excel would be helpful. Being an analytical thinker, with the ability to analyse complex data and draw out key points is crucial. It would be helpful to have transferable experience in data analysis, investment research, asset management or project management role, although if you are eager to develop your skills & knowledge, we offer a supportive and inclusive working environment that values your contributions, along with access to ongoing professional development opportunities, ensuring your skills remain at the cutting edge of the industry.

This is a hugely exiting time to join Longhurst Group – not only are we continuously striving to achieve better results for our customers, but the Social Housing sector is at a crucial point with new measures, legislations and standards coming into effect imminently. Our Portfolio Analyst opportunity will help to ensure our customers have the opportunity to live in warm, safe and quality homes. Working across the Group, you will play a key role in the continued success of our Growth, Development & Assets division.

What you receive from us

• A competitive 28-day annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays 
• Pension Scheme with contributions matched by us up to 8.5%
• Life Cover of three times your annual salary (as part of pension scheme membership)
• Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme and DoctorLine
• Access to a range of discounts, including Blue Light and B&Q Tradepoint Cards
• Free access to financial education service, supporting with personalised financial information on a range of topics such as mortgages, retirement planning, pensions, saving and investments, insurance and will writing
• Free Eye Tests
• Free flu vaccinations
• Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
• Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role, paid for by us
• Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
• Long Service Awards
• Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers
   

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day.

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.