Commercial Finance Analyst

ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst in London to support their client life cycle through financial analysis and reporting. The role involves extensive interaction with stakeholders, requiring strong analytical and interpersonal skills, as well as proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI. The position offers a competitive salary with flexible working arrangements, reflecting the firm's dedication to a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Flexible working

Corporate health plans

Global professional development

Diversity and inclusion program

Qualifications

• Analytical and numerate with strong interpersonal skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel knowledge with vlookups and pivot tables.
• Experience with 3e or similar software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Managers with profit and loss analysis and financial reports.
• Assist in pricing matters and provide timely reporting.
• Collaborate with financial teams for annual rate reviews.

Skills

Analytical

Interpersonal

Time management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

IBM TM1

Job description

The Opportunity:

The primary focus of the Commercial Finance Analyst (CFA) is to support the firm's client/matter life cycle, including:

• Matter tracking and monitoring, flagging any deviation from matter budget
• Producing financial reports and analysis
• Matter pricing and resource planning - including reporting to Business Managers around compliance with pricing governance framework
• Quality assurance for matter set up and commercial terms for high value matters and commercial arrangements
• The role requires extensive interaction with stakeholders in the legal and central teams and therefore a professional, confident, enthusiastic and solution based approach is essential.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Business Manager day to day support. This will include first review of monthly profit and loss analysis, review of partner financial reports to assist with discussion with Practice and Division heads, assistance with the annual budgeting process and financial plans and working capital management review
• Supporting Senior Commercial Manager in delivery of projects
• Supporting the pricing of matters and large opportunities, attendance at kick off meetings and overall analysis and presentation of pricing proposals as well as providing matter/client reporting which allows for timely review of issues with partners
• Where possible, assist with ad hoc requests from Practice and Division heads. This is generally additional analysis around monthly numbers or partner performance
• Work with relevant financial teams to drive the annual rate reviews across all jurisdictions (and working with APAC counterpart/s where required for consistency with clients)

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our London office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About you:

The successful candidate will:

• Be analytical and numerate.
• Have excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks that may have tight and competing deadlines.
• Be self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of an organisation both verbally and in a written manner.
• Have intermediate to advanced knowledge of programs in the Microsoft suite including Excel (vlookups and pivot tables), Power BI and a working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.
• Have experience with 3e or similar and IBM TM1 also preferable.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?

We offer you all the things you should expect from an international law firm, some of which include:

• competitive remuneration with the flexibility to reward high performance;
• flexible working;
• corporate health plans;
• a global professional development offering for all employees; and
• an industry-leading programme that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to delivering positive impacts to our communities through our Social Impact programme.

We aim to recruit, retain and promote the best people from the widest possible talent pools. We are committed to offering a safe and welcoming environment for all employees to ensure they are supported to work at their best.

Beyond this, what sets Ashurst apart from others is our global strength, our drive to innovate and collaborate, and our commitment to excellence. It is these values that make Ashurst a unique place to work.

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