Finance Analyst

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable legal firm in Ipswich is seeking a finance team member to analyze financial data and support pricing strategies. Candidates should be fully qualified accountants with strong numerical skills and familiarity with financial systems. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and numerous benefits including healthcare and annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

33 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Bonus schemes

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with financial systems and data analytics tools.
• Understanding of the legal or professional services industry.
• Ability to analyze profitability drivers and financial evaluation metrics.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial data, fee structures, and profitability.
• Conduct historical performance analysis and evaluate efficiency.
• Provide detailed financial reports and insights to leadership.
• Identify profitability trends and recommend pricing structure improvements.
• Utilise financial modelling tools to assess pricing strategies.

Skills

Financial data analysis

Familiarity with financial systems

Data analytics tools

Excellent communication skills

Strong numerical skills

Education

Fully qualified accountant or equivalent experience

Job description

Your new company
Hays are working in partnership with a highly reputable legal firm with a national presence to recruit a new member of their finance and data team. This company holds themselves to extremely high standards in both the offering they provide to their customers, as well as the highest professional and ethical standards. They have a people focus at the heart of everything they do and want to support the goals of their customers and their employees, prioritising long-term objectives for everyone.

Your new role
You will operate between the finance team and the data team and provide a pivotal role in supporting pricing strategies and evaluating performance to drive profitability and efficiency across the firm. More specifically, your responsibilities will be to:

• Analyse financial data, fee structures and profitability to support commercial pricing decisions.
• Conduct historical performance analysis, evaluating the actual vs projected profitability, cost efficiency and operational efficiency.
• Provide detailed financial reports and contribute insights to senior leadership for future decision-making.
• Identifying profitability trends and recommendations for pricing structure improvements.
• Utilise financial modelling tools to assess profitability and risk associated with pricing strategies.

This role could be done either 4 or 5 days a week and will operate a hybrid working model of 60% in the office.

What you'll need to succeed
You will ideally be a fully qualified accountant or have a strong accountancy background, and have strong familiarity with financial systems and data analytics tools. You will ideally have an understanding of the legal or professional services industry and understand profitability drivers and financial evaluation metrics. Strong numerical skills and data interrogation ability are a must, as well as excellent communication skills.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a competitive salary, 33 days annual leave, private healthcare, team and individual bonus schemes, 4x salary life assurance, enhanced maternity/peternity leave, agile/hybrid working and a range of other benefits.

What you need to do now


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