Finance Business Manager
Kennedys Law
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Business partner to Senior Leadership and the Business Team Leads across the UK Commercial and Healthcare Divisions, providing financial guidance and insights to maximize profitability. It is essential to build credibility as a trusted advisor and that requires strong communication skills. To become the go to Finance person for the Commercial and Healthcare Divisions
- Responsible for leading Annual Planning Process and Forecasting cycles for the UK Teams and Clients. Liaise with Global Financial Reporting Team on the Operating Expense budget process and with HR for headcount planning
- Responsible for production and analysis of key commercial reporting. Insights on monthly performance including working capital analysis. This includes preparation of Finance Board Reports, client level profitability analysis, case matter level analysis and headcount reports
- Business partner with the UK Divisional leads for BD and HR for strategic and commercial decision making, including resourcing and service delivery.
- Qualified accountant (preferably Big 4), ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or MBA
- Previous experience as a Business Partner Finance Lead in an international law firm (possibly professional services) firm
- Strong finance knowledge including understanding of maximising profitability and working capital practices
- Commercial acumen and excellent communications skills a must
- Advanced skills in Excel, Powerpoint and Word
- Experience in finance systems, preferably Elite 3E
- Beneficial to have experience in PowerBi or Tableau
- Beneficial to have experience in Workday, Hyperion or equivalent
- Previous experience in multi-currency environment.