Analyst - Legal Finance

Lennox India Technology Centre (LITC); Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lennox India Technology Centre (LITC) in Chennai seeks a CA Inter with 3-6 years of FP&A experience to manage legal vendors, process invoices, and oversee month-end accruals. The role involves forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting to stakeholders to ensure compliance with billing guidelines.

You will leverage MS Excel, SAP, Hyperion, Qlik, and Power BI to create reports, support audits, and drive continuous process improvements, including internal controls and workflow management for

Qualifications

• CA Inter with 3-6 years of FP&A experience and strong analytical skills.
• Experience in Invoice Processing, Invoice Workflow Management, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Month-end close accruals.
• Experience in Legal operations, Legal Spend Management, and interpretation of Legal Contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal vendors, onboarding, system setup and liaison to ensure policy adherence.
• Handle end-to-end legal invoice processing and matter management.
• Prepare monthly legal forecasts and perform variance analysis vs actual spending.
• Develop and distribute monthly legal spend reports for stakeholders and leadership.
• Create ad hoc reports to support Legal and Finance requirements.
• Manage legal accruals for timely accounting and close activities.
• Prepare and maintain legal hold reports with Legal teams for compliance.
• Support workflow management for timely approvals and reporting accuracy.
• Provide ad hoc assistance related to legal and financial documentation, audits and internal requests.
• Review Internal controls and processes for continuous improvement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Journal entries

Invoice processing

Invoice workflow management

Financial planning & analysis

Month-end close accrual

US counterpart handling

Education

CA Inter

Tools

MS Excel

SAP

Hyperion

Qlik

Power BI

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Manage legal vendors, including onboarding, system setup, and ongoing liaison to ensure adherence to company policies and billing guidelines.
• Handle end to end legal invoice processing and matter management through CSC.
• Prepare monthly legal forecasts and perform detailed variance analysis against actual spending.
• Develop and distribute monthly legal spend reports for stakeholders and leadership review.
• Create ad hoc and customized reports to support Legal and Finance business requirements.
• Manage legal accruals to ensure timely, accurate accounting and financial close activities.
• Prepare and maintain legal hold reports in coordination with Legal teams to support compliance and litigation readiness.
• Support workflow management to ensure timely approvals, reporting accuracy, and process adherence.
• Provide ad hoc assistance related to legal and financial documentation, audits, and internal requests.
• Review Internal controls and Processes and look for continuous improvement.

Preferred candidate profile

• CA Inter with 3 - 6 years of experience in FP&A, Strong Analytical skills
• Experience in Invoice Processing, Invoice Workflow Management, Financial Planning & Analysis, Month close accrual process etc.,
• Experience /Domain Knowledge of Legal operations, Legal Spend Management, Interpretation of Legal Contracts etc.,
• Experience in processing journal entries
• Extensive knowledge of MS Excel
• Working knowledge in SAP and Hyperion
• Experience in working with analytical tools like Qlik, Power BI
• Experience in Handling US counterparts is an added advantage