Financial Analyst- 6 month FTC

Linklaters LLP; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Linklaters as a financial analyst in London, supporting strategic business decisions through detailed analysis and insights. This collaborative role involves regular reporting, KPIs, and engaging with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with strong analytical and communication skills, thriving in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Free in-house fitness centre

Pension and flexible savings options

Income protection and life assurance

Additional holiday/birthday leave

Travel insurance and season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the legal sector or professional services is preferred.
• Highly proficient in Excel; comfortable with PowerPoint.
• Numerate and confident in communicating complex findings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key financial advisor and respond to financial queries.
• Prepare and present monthly KPIs and commentary on profitability.
• Deliver historical trend analyses and variance reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial performance reporting

Data modelling

Communication

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Job description

About us:

Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide.

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

About the role:
You will join the Practice Analysis Team, supporting Linklaters' strategic business decisions through detailed analysis and insights. In this varied role, you will collaborate with teams across London and our global network, taking responsibility for regular reporting, in-depth financial analysis, and significant ad hoc projects.

Your key responsibilities:

• Act as a key financial advisor, providing support and responding to financial queries from our business groups.
• Prepare and present monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and insightful commentary on profitability drivers.
• Deliver historical trend analyses, future performance modelling, and regular variance reporting to support strategic decisions.
• Monitor performance against targets, highlight emerging issues, and propose solutions to improve financial outcomes.
• Engage with Partners, Business Managers, Marketing, HR and other stakeholders to answer data and analysis queries.
• Take part in planning, quarterly reforecasting, and annual budgeting exercises.
• Prepare compelling presentations and data packs for management meetings and practice reviews.
• Build and maintain your commercial awareness of the firm and its practice groups to deliver meaningful, actionable insights.

Ideally we are looking for:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Previous experience in the legal sector or within a professional services firm is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience in financial performance reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and data modelling.
• Highly proficient in Excel and comfortable with PowerPoint. Experience working with Tableau, or a willingness to learn, is important.
• Numerate and confident, with the ability to communicate complex findings to senior management succinctly and clearly.

The Team:
You will be part of a collaborative Practice Analysis Team of 14, consisting of managers and analysts based in London and Warsaw.

This role is based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.

Our benefits:
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

We look forward to hearing from you!

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([e-mail] for legal roles [e-mail] for business team roles).