Description

Halliday Marx has partnered exclusively with an Outstanding London based International law Firm to hire a Finance Business Partner within FP&A.

Permanent

Hybrid: 3 days in office

£70,000 – £85,000

London based

Duties

• Act as the primary finance point of contact for the designated practice group, building strong relationships with partners and senior stakeholders.
• Engage with practice group leaders on regular basis reviewing performance and gather commercial insights.
• Produce and deliver financial presentations to practice groups, including performance updates and guidance
• Be the go-to contact for partner remuneration related queries, providing clear analysis and explanations
• Support international offices in all business partnering activities, helping to embed consistent financial processes and ways of working.
• Partner with other teams to monitor fee earner utilisation and analyse headcount movements
• Support financial decision-making and accurate budgeting and forecasting assumptions.
• Lead the preparation of practice group budgets and forecasts for the designated groups, working closely with group leaders to review, challenge and validate assumptions.
• Assist with the firmwide budget process, including planning, preparation, coordination and review, working with international offices.
• Maintain and enhance budgeting and forecasting templates, ensuring consistency of approach and submissions across the firm.
• Review and analyse practice group financial performance against budget and prior year, with a focus on law firm KPIs including revenue growth, fee earner utilisation, realisation, leverage, and profit margin.
• Financial analysis for investment cases and M&A related activity.
• Gather, validate and consolidate large data sets from multiple sources, producing clear, concise analysis tailored to support commercial decision-making.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for a range of stakeholders
• Drive efficiency improvements through automation and continuous improvement
• Support testing and validation and roll-out of newly developed reports

You Will Be / Have:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a dedicated FP&A or commercial finance role, ideally within legal or wider professional services.
• Confidence to challenge partners and CFO.
• Advanced Excel skills
• BI and reporting tools desirable.
• Confident communicator
• Proven ability to build trust and effective working relationships across the business, including senior leaders and international colleagues.
• Excellent commercial brain