We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Analyst
to join our dynamic Finance Team. You will work closely with the Finance
Business Partners (FBP) to provide crucial analytical support that forms the
foundation of the assistance given to practice groups and sectors. The role
involves delivering high-quality financial information and analysis in a
consistent and interpretable format, aiding in decision-making and supporting
the firm's financial objectives.
This a permanent position, based in our Bristol office with
some travel to our London and Reading offices.
The team
Our Commercial Finance and Pricing team is made of two sub
teams which includes FP&A focused firmwide reporting, planning, budgeting
and the coordination of key BAU activities, and the Finance Business Partnering
team who are focused providing strategic financial support, pricing assistance
and commercial training. We have a new opportunity for an experienced Senior
Finance Analyst to join our FBP team.
What you'll do
The Senior Finance Analyst will assist in producing regular
reporting packs, pricing requests, commercial training and providing ad hoc
analysis to the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with your line manager (FBP) to deliver robust
financial business partnering to UK practice groups and sectors, aiming to
enhance financial performance. This includes preparation work for management
meetings and presentations.
- Provide high-quality analytical support for long-term
business planning, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts for assigned practice
groups and sectors.
- Ensure all month-end close activities are completed on time,
including the monthly management information packs with insightful,
action-based commentary. Identify areas to create efficiencies in monthly
processes and add additional insights where possible.
- Proactively build and maintain relationships with relevant
fee-earning and business services stakeholders to assist in achieving the
firm's strategic objectives.
- Support quarterly sector meetings by ensuring the required
information is provided, including ad hoc analysis and management information
packs for sector leaders.
- Drive the administration of the firm's pricing policy by
providing pricing analysis and support to partners and the Bids team. Ensure
our pricing support tracking system is kept updated.
- Collaborate with the Finance Business Partners to drive
profitability improvement by supporting Client Relationship Partners with
client profitability deep dives.
- Participate in the delivery of commercial awareness training
to fee earners and business services.
- Proactively drive forward firm-wide tactical objectives to
increase productivity and profitability, including supporting lead FBPs by
investigating large data sets and extracting insights and trends.
- Investigate and resolve financial queries from the business
in a timely manner.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis, client reporting, and
project support as needed.
- Act as a role model to other analysts in the team, providing
coaching and guidance.
We are looking for:
- Experience working as a senior analyst within a legal or
professional services background.
- Fully qualified or in the final stages of a professional
accountancy qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA).
- Excellent numeracy and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced Excel skills, including a robust understanding of
formulas and large dataset manipulation.
- Excellent organisational skills with meticulous attention to
detail.
- Proven interpersonal and communication skills, with
experience in engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work effectively within a
team or independently.
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. 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, Dan Jones (Recruitment Manager) on 0117 917 4097 or email dan.jones@osborneclarke.com or Tim Jenkins (Recruitment Advisor) on 0117 917 3666 or email [email protected]
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.