Business Analyst

Equifind are partnering with a Student Property Management firm who are hiring for a Business Data Analyst to Student Accommodation team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong analytical capability and ideally has accounting training (ACCA / CIMA / ACA / CA) who enjoys working with large datasets, financial models, and real estate performance metrics. You’ll play a key role in supporting our valuation cycles, portfolio analysis, investment reporting, and data management across a rapidly growing UK portfolio. What you will doing: • Support valuation cycles, project analysis and investment modelling across the student accommodation portfolio. • Manage core data sets, streamline reporting, and build automated dashboards (Excel & Power BI). • Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for multiple funds. • Provide analytical support on acquisitions, due diligence, business plans and performance reviews. • Partner with asset management, finance and senior leadership on portfolio insights and strategic decision-making. About You: We’d love to hear from you if you have: • Strong data analysis skills with advanced Excel (modelling, scenario analysis, data manipulation). • Experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or audit, ideally with a finance qualification. • Exposure to real estate, funds, or investment environments is highly advantageous. • Experience with Power BI, financial reporting or KPI dashboards (nice to have, not essential). Why Join Us? • Work in a high-growth student accommodation investment business. • Blend real estate, analytics, finance, and commercial problem-solving. • Exposure to senior leadership and investment decision-making. • Hands-on involvement in valuations, modelling, acquisitions and portfolio performance. • A genuine opportunity to influence how data is used across the business. If you’re analytical, detail-driven and excited by the intersection of real estate + data + finance, we’d love to hear from you.