FP&A - Reporting Manager

ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the legal sector seeks a Financial Planning and Analysis professional to enhance their Glasgow office. This full-time role involves driving financial insights and collaborative reporting while managing team dynamics and developing strategic deliverables. Candidates must have significant experience in financial analysis and team management with advanced proficiency in financial tools.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Flexible working

Corporate health plans

Global professional development offering

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years in Financial analysis.
• Minimum of 5+ years in Commercial Finance roles.
• Experience in a Global environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive change in systems and processes.
• Produce and deliver meaningful financial analysis and reports.
• Support performance of target setting and forecast outcomes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Team Management

Communication skills

Data-driven decision making

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

TM1

3E

PowerBI

Excel

Job description

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The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team is in the Financial Operations function of Ashurst. The team is responsible for Planning and Forecasting, Budgeting, Data Collection & Verification activities and Performance Monitoring and Analysis.

The team is located in Sydney, Brisbane, London and Glasgow. This role is based in Glasgow and will report through to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis in Sydney.

In this role the successful candidate will:

• Drive proactive change across systems, process and challenge the status quo;
• Focus on producing and delivering meaningful analysis and financial reports - through enhancing relationships with the ASC (Ashurst Service Central - our shared services team), Data Engineering and working extensively with a broad range of stakeholders;
• Partner in the design and development of key metric reporting, focussed on strategic deliverables as defined by the Firm. This will commence with the support of the Partner Financial Report (PFR), with a focus on continuing the service delivery. You will be a key player in the development of the reporting capabilities moving forward;
• Support the Working Capital Program manager in the ongoing performance of target setting and forecast outcomes for working capital;
• Be a team player, promoting the continued development of the Finance Operations community and contributing to the Firm's ongoing success;
• Work on projects as defined by the Finance Operations Executive Director and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, with a focus on continuous improvement, enhancing reporting capabilities and enhancing skills across the stakeholder base.

This is a full time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site

About you:

• Minimum of 5+ years in Financial analysis;
• Minimum of 5+ years in Commercial Finance roles;
• Team Management experience is essential - exposure to working in a Global environment is highly regarded.

Level of Technical Knowledge:

• Advanced proficiency in financial modelling, budgeting, and forecasting techniques;
• Qualified Accountant (preferred);
• Proficiency in TM1, 3E, PowerBI and data extraction, with model building capabilities;
• Advanced Excel skills is essential

Breadth/Depth of Experience and Knowledge:

• Extensive experience in financial analysis, with a passion for simplification and achieving reporting outcomes in an efficient, repeatable way;
• Ability to make decisions utilising a data-driven approach, but willing and capable to utilise judgement in a commercially sensible and structured way;
• Excellent communication skills - both written and spoken;
• Previous experience working within a Law Firm is highly regarded;
• Experience with working with non-finance stakeholders in a collaborative and cohesive way;
• Managing a team with a core focus on developing skillsets and enhancing the capabilities;
• Exposure to process efficiency, service catalogues and stakeholder management principles;
• Experience managing projects from ideation to implementation is highly regarded.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?

We offer you all the things you should expect from an international law firm, some of which include:

• competitive remuneration with the flexibility to reward high performance;
• flexible working;
• corporate health plans;
• a global professional development offering for all employees; and
• an industry-leading programme that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to delivering positive impacts to our communities through our Social Impact programme.

We aim to recruit, retain and promote the best people from the widest possible talent pools. We are committed to offering a safe and welcoming environment for all employees to ensure they are supported to work at their best.

Beyond this, what sets Ashurst apart from others is our global strength, our drive to innovate and collaborate, and our commitment to excellence. It is these values that make Ashurst a unique place to work.

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