Advert Close date: 31st July 2026

Senior Manager – Valuation and Performance Analytics at The Crown Estate

Purpose of Role

The Crown Estate exists to create lasting and shared value for the nation. As Senior Manager – Valuation and Performance Analytics, you will play a key role in helping the organisation understand, measure and communicate portfolio performance across a diverse property portfolio.

Working collaboratively across the business, you will translate complex valuation and performance data into clear, actionable insights that support informed decision-making, strong governance and long-term value creation. You will also help drive continuous improvement through enhanced reporting, data transparency and the responsible use of technology and automation.

Context of Opportunity / Main Accountabilities

Reporting to the Head of Performance Measurement, this role sits within Group Finance and is responsible for providing expert leadership and insight across valuation, performance analysis and reporting.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the governance and oversight of independent valuation activity across a significant and diverse real estate portfolio.

• Acting as a trusted subject matter expert on valuation, portfolio performance and market insight.

• Providing constructive challenge and expert guidance to external valuation partners and senior stakeholders, ensuring robust, well-governed valuation outcomes.

• Managing valuation processes, benchmarking relationships and performance measurement frameworks that enable clear assessment of returns, risks and value creation.

• Producing high-quality reporting and performance insights for senior leadership, Boards and Committees.

• Identifying market trends, emerging risks and opportunities to support strategic decision-making.

• Supporting investment, development and asset management activities through valuation expertise and commercial insight.

• Championing continuous improvement across systems, processes and reporting, including the use of Power BI and responsible AI-enabled automation.

• Ensuring compliance with relevant valuation, accounting and governance standards while maintaining high-quality data and reporting integrity.

Most Important Skills Based Requirements

We are looking for a valuation and analytics professional who combines technical excellence with commercial awareness and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

You will bring:

• Extensive experience as a RICS-qualified valuation professional gained within a commercial real estate environment.

• Strong expertise in real estate valuation methodologies, including discounted cash flow modelling and Argus Enterprise.

• Advanced analytical capabilities, including Excel, portfolio analysis and performance measurement.

• Experience producing meaningful management information and performance reporting for senior stakeholders.

• A thorough understanding of the UK real estate market and key market drivers.

• Demonstrated success leading process improvement, transformation initiatives and workflow automation.

• The ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights clearly to a wide range of audiences.

• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and with external partners.

• A proactive, adaptable and inclusive approach, with a commitment to supporting colleagues and contributing to a positive team culture.

Join The Crown Estate and help shape how one of the UK’s most diverse property portfolios measures performance, creates value and delivers lasting positive impact for people, places and nature.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at careers@thecrownestate.co.uk

Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.