commercial manager London, England
Job description
Job Details
Our client is an international law firm with 21 offices across the globe and currently has over 1000 staff. The firm has won many awards over the years including International Law Firm of the Year.
They have an excellent benefits package that includes the following: 25 days holiday, subsidised restaurant, generous pension, enhanced maternity & paternity pay and corporate sports club rates.
They are looking for an enthusiastic and dependable senior analyst to join the well-established and growing commercial accounts team providing support to the immediate team, pricing function and the fee earning community across the firm as a business facing member of the accounting department
Responsibilities
- Provide commercial, financial, and analytical support to the practice groups, providing financial analysis for the commercial accounts team and senior management designed to drive the right behaviours that enhance profitability.
- Supporting wider non-finance, commercial accounts, and pricing teams by scrutinizing the financial performance of the practice groups through routine reporting and ad-hoc requests where needed.
- Provide support and advice to MBD by reviewing requests for data, providing relevant reporting and simple analysis of results.
- Support wider projects and initiatives led by the commercial accountant and pricing teams designed to enhance financial performance and improve profitability.
- Be an advocate for wider projects and initiatives led by Commercial Accountants designed to enhance financial performance.
- Provide support for the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Begin the process of forming strong relationships with fee earning community at both associate and partner level.
- Develop an understanding of all aspects of the strategic and financial drivers and performance of your practice group including Pipeline and Working Capital.
- Deliver monthly analysis and commentaries that focus on action and improved performance.
- Ad-hoc analysis and financial modelling that drives improved financial performance and increased profitability.
- Work alongside the financial systems team to develop reporting capability in Power BI.
Candidate Profile
- Team player with excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated and works well under pressure
- Microsoft Office Competent, specifically Excel and PowerPoint
- Started studying towards a formal finance qualification and/or have experience of working within a professional services environment, though this is not essential.
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