Senior Finance Analyst

Osborne Clarke LLP; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Clarke LLP in Bristol seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to join our FP&A team, collaborating with the CFO on board-level reporting, budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning. You will help optimise our new PMS and deliver insightful financial analysis across the business.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, finance systems experience, and a proactive, detail-oriented approach. Based in our central Bristol office with some homeworking options, you’ll play a key part in

Qualifications

• Experience as a Finance Analyst.
• Experience in a professional services environment.
• Experience of preparing financial analysis for internal stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with ability to work in a team and on own initiative.
• Excellent numeracy and problem-solving skills.
• Excel data modelling and data manipulation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior FP&A Manager with board-level reporting and CFO support.
• Contribute to budget, planning and forecast process and month end close.
• Assist in financial year-end preparation, including collation of presentations and data for management meetings.
• Support the monitoring and analysis of firm performance against our strategic objectives.
• Manage the production of regular reporting with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Preparing financials for annual surveys, involving collaboration with other business services teams such as HR, Risk & Compliance, IT etc.
• Testing and support on next phase of development of our new budgeting system.
• Liaising with the International Finance teams and sharing best practice with regards to standardised reporting and processes.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and support, client reporting and project involvement as required.

Skills

Finance analyst

Professional services

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Excel modelling

Numeracy

Organisation

Problem solving

Presentation

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW

Tools

Excel

Job description

Step into a pivotal role at the heart of our Finance function as a Senior Finance Analyst in our high‑performing Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. You will work closely with the CFO, shaping insight‑driven, board‑level reporting and playing a key role in budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning. Joining us at a transformative moment, you’ll help unlock the full potential of our new practice management system (PMS) and drive meaningful change across the business.

The role is highly collaborative, requiring regular interaction with stakeholders at varying seniority levels and across multiple business functions. This role is based out of our award-winning central Bristol office in Finzels Reach with the option for some homeworking too.

Key responsibilities

This is an exceptional opportunity that offers a diverse range of responsibilities and scope for professional growth. The key responsibilities will be as follows:

• Supporting the Senior FP&A Manager with board-level reporting and support to the CFO
• Contributing to budget, planning and forecast process and month end close
• Assistance in financial year-end preparation, including collation of presentations and data for management meetings.
• Support the monitoring and analysis of firm performance against our strategic objectives.
• Manage the production of regular reporting with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Preparing financials for annual surveys, involving collaboration with other business services teams such as HR, Risk & Compliance, IT etc.
• Testing and support on next phase of development of our new budgeting system.
• Liaising with the International Finance teams and sharing best practice with regards to standardised reporting and processes.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and support, client reporting and project involvement as required.

Who we are looking for

• Experience as a Finance Analyst.
• Demonstrates an understanding of working in a professional services environment.
• Experience of preparing financial analysis for internal stakeholders e.g. profitability analysis, budget variance analysis and what-if scenario analysis/modelling.
• Self‑motivated and able to work within a team and on own initiative.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience communicating to senior stakeholders.
• An eye for design and understanding of presenting finance information to non-finance professionals.
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent numeracy and problem‑solving skills.
• Excel data modelling and data manipulation skills.
• Professional accountancy qualification, or currently studying towards the qualification (CIMA, ICAEW or ACCA).

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generousbenefits.We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

If you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Elliott Pentland-Middleton (Recruitment Manager) on 020 7105 7131 or email [e-mail] or Tim Jenkins (Recruitment Advisor) on 0117 917 3666 or email [e-mail].

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

AtOsborne Clarkewe value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks- not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.