Financial Planning Analyst

Halliday Marx; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Halliday Marx has partnered with a premier London law firm to recruit a Qualified Accountant into a newly created FP&A/Finance Business Partnering role. The team is collaborative, with strong mentorship and ongoing training. Location is Central London with a hybrid model (3 days in the office).

The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, KPI analysis and financial reporting across practice groups, with opportunities to automate and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with accounting qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or equivalent.
• Some relevant experience in finance, FP&A, management accounting or commercial finance.
• Team player with a collaborative approach across the business.
• Exposure to BI, budgeting or reporting tools is an advantage.
• Good analytical skills with ability to identify trends or variances.
• Ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
• Effective communicator across the business and finance teams.
• Proactive and improvement-minded, with a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Maintain and update budgeting and forecasting templates.
• Prepare analysis of financial performance against budget and prior year (KPI focus).
• Support ad hoc financial analysis.
• Prepare elements of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.
• Support improvements to financial reports and automation opportunities.
• Support business partnering across practice groups.
• Participate in meetings with stakeholders to review financial performance and variances.
• Assist in preparation of financial presentations and materials.
• Work with colleagues to analyze fee earner utilisation and headcount movements.
• Contribute ideas for improving financial analysis, reporting and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Team player

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Budgeting/Forecasting

Financial analysis

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

BI tools

Budgeting tools

Job description

Halliday Marx have exclusively partnered with an outstanding Top 30 London based London law firm to hire a Qualified Accountant into a newly created FP&A / Finance Business Partnering role.

This role is all about Personality, Attitude and Team Fit.

You’ll join a brilliant team of people, who work hard and collaborate superbly.

You’ll be mentored by the best…. And you’ll be trained up with anything you don’t have.

Location: Central London

Hybrid: 3 days in (You may be in office more if you wish)

THE ROLE:

• Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Maintain and update budgeting and forecasting templates
• Prepare analysis of financial performance against budget and prior year, focusing on KPIs such as revenue growth, utilisation, realisation and profitability.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis
• Prepare elements of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
• Support improvements to financial reports, helping identify opportunities for greater automation.
• Support business partnering activities across practice groups
• Participate in meetings with stakeholders to review financial performance, explain variances and understand commercial drivers.
• Assist in the preparation of financial presentations and materials
• Work with colleagues to support analysis of fee earner utilisation and headcount movements across practice groups, contributing to accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Contribute ideas for improving financial analysis, reporting and stakeholder engagement

YOU NEED TO HAVE / BE:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Some relevant experience in a finance, FP&A, management accounting or commercial finance
• A Team player with great personality willing to help the team at all times
• Exposure to BI, budgeting or reporting tools is an advantage
• Good analytical skills with the ability to identify key trends or variances.
• Ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines
• Great communicator across any business
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Proactive and improvement-minded, with a willingness to learn