Financial Analyst - Legal Project Management

Latham & Watkins; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Latham & Watkins is seeking a Financial Analyst in Legal Project Management to join its team in London. This role involves providing financial analytics to support project management, collaborating effectively with various teams to enhance client project performance, while utilizing advanced analytical skills. The successful candidate will possess strong communication abilities and a relevant Bachelor's degree.

Benefits

Health insurance

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• Experience in finance, accounting, or project management.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial and analytically-driven project management support.
• Utilize analytical skills for client fee monitoring and budget tracking.
• Develop recurring reports for management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or related field

Job description

Financial Analyst - Legal Project Management

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About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About The Role

The Finance Analyst role is an integral part of the Legal Project Management team as well as Latham’s broader Global Finance team.. This role will be responsible for providing financial and analytically-driven project and matter management support for the firm and its attorneys, while working in a team environment to complete ad hoc financial analysis, reports, and special projects related to project and matter management. This role will be located in our Londonoffice. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Utilising analytical skills and knowledge of business, economics, and finance to complete complex and routine requests, including client fee monitoring and budget tracking
• Accessing financial systems and business intelligence tools to obtain data, organise the information, and build reports pertaining to client project performance, and creating reports for management and attorneys to review
• Developing recurring reports related to client fee monitoring
• Running ad hoc financial analytics related to client statistics and firm financial metrics
• Accurately interpreting requests for analysis and reporting to facilitate the appropriate support
• Collaborating effectively with internal teams to identify, analyse, and resolve issues
  
  
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Exhibit advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills
• Have strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights
• Possess strong communication skills, including effective interpersonal communications (e.g., active listening)
  
  
  

And have:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, statistics, or another related field
• Related analytical experience with preference in finance, accounting, or project management
• Experience responding to ad hoc requests, developing analysis, and producing reports
• Prior experience managing costs, fees, and budgets, preferably
  
  
  

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!
  
  
  

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

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