Client Reporting Manager, 12 month fixed term contract

Kennedys; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Chelmsford seeks a Client Reporting Manager to lead the reporting team and ensure high-quality client reporting. Responsibilities include managing report processes, mentoring analysts, and enhancing efficiency. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, Excel proficiency, and excellent communication. Join a forward-thinking firm focused on professional development and diversity.

Qualifications

• Experience in data reporting and analysis.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work with large datasets and derive insights.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the process of creating and delivering client reports.
• Maintain relationships with partners and clients.
• Lead and mentor the reporting team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Job description

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Kennedys is looking for a Client Reporting Manager, to join its Business Intelligence team, located in Chelmsford. The Client Reporting Manager would assume line management responsibility for the client reporting team who reside within the wider Business Intelligence function.

The team is responsible for ensuring Kennedy's client reporting and data outputs are consistently delivered to a high standard, on time and match the client's requirement.

Team

Kennedys Business Intelligence team is responsible for delivering valued business intelligence to key clients and a senior internal audience.

The team is comprised of Reporting Analysts and Specialists, Business Analysts and Insight & Technical Analysts who monitor and report key metrics to demonstrate insights to the business.

Our Business Intelligence team forms part of our wider Finance team and is based in London and Chelmsford.

The Business Intelligence team consists of the three pillars: Client Reporting, Data Insights and Business Intelligence. To which the successful candidate would be responsible of the management, product delivery, growth and success of the latter two pillars.

Key responsibilities

• Overseeing the entire process of creating, delivering, and maintaining client reports, ensuring they are accurate, timely, and meet deadlines
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with partners, internal teams and external clients
• Leading and mentoring a team of analysts, delegating tasks, providing feedback, and ensuring team members are developing their skills to support the Kennedys of today and the future
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes, streamline workflows, and enhance the efficiency of report delivery
• Ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with data governance standards.

Required experience

• Analytical skills, with and an aptitude for developing solutions to complex problems
• Technically efficient within Excel
• Good eye for detail, able to see patterns and trends in data sets
• Inquisitive, enjoy working with large volumes of data and fascinated by solving complex problems and identifying interesting trends and behaviours
• Excellent communication skills and able to speak and write confidently and explain complex issues clearly and simply
• Excellent attention to detail, able to multi-task whilst still delivering quality output
• Provides guidance, training and problem solving assistance to the team
• Self-motivated and can work proactively independently or as part of a team
• Demonstrates creative and critical thinking skills with an appetite to drive innovation.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.

Documents

• JD- Client Reporting Manager- August 2025.pdf (74.02 KB)