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Senior Commercial Finance Analyst- Law Firm, Newcastle

Arcturus T/A Anthem Consulting
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland NE19 2BG, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A new opportunity has emerged for a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst within a global law firm, offering a hybrid working model.
  • The role requires the candidate to have experience in financial analysis and be working towards an Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
  • Key responsibilities include preparing financial presentations, providing strategic financial leadership, and supporting pricing initiatives.
  • The position emphasizes the importance of strong analytical and presentation skills, with experience in Power BI, Tableau, and SQL being desirable.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, reflecting the expertise and experience required.

Hybrid Working

A new commercial finance opportunity has arisen within a global law firm

The Commercial Finance function plays a crucial role in supporting the Firm's leadership and wider stakeholder groups. The focus of this team is set on improving firm profitability, competitiveness, and value for clients through financial leadership, timely insights, and initiatives designed to enhance commercial confidence and decision-making.

The role:

As a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, you will work closely with the Commercial Finance Team and the broader business to provide budget assurance, performance improvement, and proactive financial support in managing practice groups.

Your main responsibilities will include, however are not limited to:

  • Preparing high-quality financial presentations and providing analysis and recommendations
  • Supporting the resolution of follow-up actions resulting from business engagements
  • Offering strategic financial leadership and proactive financial support
  • Proactively managing the production of routine deliverables required by the Commercial Finance function ensuring accuracy and timeliness, whils also proactively looking into ways to improve the efficiency of data generation
  • Support on strategic pricing initiatives and commercial reviews of client pricing arrangements
  • Working with the Finance, People and Culture and Resource Management teams (both locally and remotely) to ensure integrity and accuracy of data used by the Department, e.g. headcount, fee earner cost rates.
  • Support the Financial Analysis Manager in mentoring, supervising and coordinating the workload of the Commercial Finance Analysts in the team

The candidate should:

  • Be working towards an Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
  • Confident, with a positive can-do attitude
  • Self-motivated, ambitious and driven
  • As part of the role will be client-facing, experience in this area would be advantageous
  • Excel in a customer-centric environment
  • Have experience in financial analysis
  • Possess strong analytical and presentation skills
  • Can provide strategic financial leadership and support
  • Have experience working with Power BI, Tableau and SQL is desirable

If you are ready to take on a new challenge and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and proactive financial leadership!

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