Financial Analyst

White & Case LLP; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering global law firm as a Financial Analyst in London, where you'll play a crucial role in driving profitable growth. Collaborate with a dynamic team to prepare insightful financial reports, support budgeting processes, and analyze key financial data. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on high-impact projects within a multicultural environment that values innovation and teamwork. With a strong emphasis on professional development, you'll receive the support needed to excel in your career while enjoying a competitive compensation package and a range of flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Plan with Matched Contribution

Yearly Wellbeing Fund

Income Protection

Holiday Purchase

Life Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Private GP Services

Travel Insurance

Dental Coverage

Qualifications

• Background in financial analysis within a law or professional services firm.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency including pivot tables and formulas.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly commentary on financial performance and identify value opportunities.
• Support the annual global budget process and develop expense/revenue budgets.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Microsoft Excel

Data Analysis

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Finance or Accounting

Professional Accounting Qualification

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Global Finance Team in our London office?

The Global Finance team, led by CFO Steve Wrede, consists of around 280 members worldwide. Aligned with our 2025 strategy for profitable growth, our core functions include billing, statutory accounting, management reporting, vendor payments, and employee reimbursements. We operate seamlessly across our global offices, fostering a multicultural and supportive environment.

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team partners with senior management to drive profitable growth and achieve strategic goals. The Financial Analyst role within the Global FP&A team involves performance reporting, budgeting/forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with preparing monthly commentary on financial performance and identifying opportunities to add value to management information.
• Supporting the annual global budget process, working with the FP&A and Revenue teams to develop expense and revenue budgets.
• Supporting the production of annual forecasts for the firm, working with the inventory team to ensure regional section inventory is considered and working with the accounting team to ensure that known large costs are accounted for.
• Preparing monthly, quarterly, and yearly presentations/reports.
• Assisting in the expense analysis process globally, working with local finance managers to ensure costs are posted correctly, and working with the global accounting/operations team to ensure all finance managers are aware of the processes and policies affecting financial reporting.
• Preparing initial profitability reports, e.g., at the client level, and supporting pricing proposals for clients.
• Supporting rate proposals and liaising with the pricing team to ensure the correct production of office rate cards.
• Regularly liaising with finance teams globally as well as shared service centres in Manila and Tampa.
• Analysing large amounts of data and isolating key financial data into structured reports.

Qualifications and Skills

• Motivated, deadline-driven individual with a can-do attitude
• Background in financial analysis, ideally obtained within a law or professional services firm
• Critical thinker with the ability to assimilate data and provide commercial insight
• Experience working with Profit and Loss statements and understanding the drivers of a profitable business
• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel proficiency, including pivot tables and advanced formulas (VLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, OFFSET, SUMIF, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint
• Ability to clearly explain and communicate findings and analysis
• Maintains a high level of professionalism and discretion when working with confidential data
• Professional accounting qualification is a plus but not essential

What We Offer

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values-to be pioneering, united and human-and we believe that you'll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a Financial Analyst, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation.

About White & Case
We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

This role is based in our London office and reports to the Senior Manager - Financial Reporting & Analysis.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us . We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

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