Finance Analyst

My client is a global law firm with offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Their client base reads like a 'whose who’ - they include public and privately held commercial companies and financial institutions and national governments.

The firm is now looking to hire a Finance Analyst. This role within the Global FP&A team involves performance reporting, budgeting/forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with preparing monthly commentary on financial performance and identifying opportunities to add value to management information.

• Supporting the annual global budget process, working with the FP&A and Revenue teams to develop expense and revenue budgets.

• Supporting the production of annual forecasts for the firm, working with the inventory team to ensure regional section inventory is considered and working with the accounting team to ensure that known large costs are accounted for.

• Preparing monthly, quarterly, and yearly presentations/reports.

• Assisting in the expense analysis process globally, working with local finance managers to ensure costs are posted correctly, and working with the global accounting/operations team to ensure all finance managers are aware of the processes and policies affecting financial reporting.

• Preparing initial profitability reports, e.g., at the client level, and supporting pricing proposals for clients.

• Supporting rate proposals and liaising with the pricing team to ensure the correct production of office rate cards.

• Regularly liaising with finance teams globally as well as shared service centres in Manila and Tampa.

• Analysing large amounts of data and isolating key financial data into structured reports.

Candidate Profile

• Motivated, deadline-driven individual with a can-do attitude
• Background in financial analysis, ideally obtained within a law or professional services firm
• Critical thinker with the ability to assimilate data and provide commercial insight
• Experience working with Profit and Loss statements and understanding the drivers of a profitable business
• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel proficiency, including pivot tables and advanced formulas (VLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, OFFSET, SUMIF, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint

Important Notice

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Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.