Finance Business Partner
Global Law Firm, Central London (Hybrid, 2 days a week in the office)
£75,000 – £90,000 + benefits

The Company

A qualified finance business partner is sought by one of the world’s largest Law firms with an enviable portfolio of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip clients. This organisation offers a broad range of services across 70 international offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ambitious growth plans and continued profitable expansion within all markets and regions has created a new opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join the Financial Planning and Decision Support team. Providing support to the Partners and Functional Heads, you will be responsible for delivering a best-in-class service to key stakeholders. A varied brief includes:

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner

• Proactively working with Office Managing Partners, Practice Group Leaders and their leadership teams and partners to provide financial expertise and support, e.g. attendance/presentations at partner and leadership meetings
• Providing financial mentoring and training to newly promoted partners / laterals / promotion candidates / new firm joiners
• Providing necessary financial support to ensure strategic business development, client retention and increased client profitability within the practice groups
• Provision of annual planning and budgeting, quarterly forecasting and longer term strategic reviews of offices to support profitable growth
• Enabling the practice group to achieve its objectives, make decisions and plan appropriately through the effective understanding and use of financial analysis
• Preparation of monthly finance MI which contains insightful commentary and analysis. Monitoring performance against long-term strategic and short-term operational plans and assisting the partners formulate the necessary actions to be taken to achieve agreed financial targets
• Supporting the practice groups in building business cases for required initiatives, such as lateral hires, practice area and geographic expansion
• Advanced ad-hoc analysis as required to help maximise profitability across the group around realisation, fee earner utilisation and working capital

Skills & Attributes of the Finance Business Partner

• Ideal candidates will qualified accountants ACCA/CIMA/ACA with proven experience of business partnering key stakeholders in a commercial environment
• Experience of a professional services environment is highly advantageous
• Candidates should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and be advanced in MS excel, with exceptional analysis and financial modelling skills
• This role will be ideal for someone who is self-motivated and has the ability to work under pressure whilst remaining calm and focused

As part of a global professional services group, the SLT envisage a long and varied career within the group with opportunities to develop your skills and reputation both in the UK and international offices due to the international scope of this position.

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Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

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