Junior Finance Analyst (Billing)

Delighted to be supporting a well-established law firm based in Central London in recruiting a Junior Finance Analyst to join their finance department. The ideal candidate will be either an undergraduate looking for their first role, a school leaver with A-levels/BTEC equivalent or up to 1 years’ experience in an entry level/finance administration role.

This is a great opportunity to kick-start your career in legal finance working in a growing team and reporting into someone who is invested in the successful candidate’s development and learning.

The firm offers a supportive culture with study support available, a fantastic benefits package and excellent career development opportunities.

This role arises due to an expansion in the finance team and will be a new role within the commercial finance team. The role sits alongside three other areas in finance supporting the practice areas: revenue control, financial control and finance systems. The role will report directly to the Commercial Finance Business Partner, working closely alongside a variety of people.

Duties will include:

• delivery of all required reporting for the business accurately and on time;
• manage monthly FTE reporting and direct cost reviews for practice areas, supporting the finance team with variance analysis;
• support the development of new profitability reporting to the business;
• work within finance to ensure integrity and accuracy of data used in finance reporting;
• help to develop the reporting capability for other business services functions, including producing client profitability packs as well as other ad hoc analysis;
• ensure all data queries received are dealt with on a timely basis, identifying any common requests that could be better served by standardised reporting;
• utilise new technologies for new dashboards and reporting overtime;
• support on key annual presentations to the firm;
• support on preparation of financial information for the firms partner promotion process;
• help support the annual budgeting and forecasting process;
• calculation, loading and on-going maintenance of the firms cost rates in conjunction with finance systems, usually as part of the annual budgeting process;
• support the implementation of updated charge out rates when agreed through the budget process;
• analysis of profit levers to identify core trends and details; and
• work closely to help support key areas of process improvement across the finance function.

About you:

• good understanding of Excel;
• have meticulous attention to detail, quality, and work with extremely high levels of accuracy;
• self-motivated and proactive with high levels of motivation and deliver orientated focus;
• excellent communication;
• comfortable managing and prioritising your own workload;
• work well on your own or in a team as needed;
• highly organised and able to prioritise multiple tasks and deliver to service levels; and
• able to interact with and develop working relationships internally.

If this sounds like it could be the role for you please don't hesitate to apply.

If you feel this could be a role worth exploring, please apply so we can set up a confidential discussion.

Note - £500 referral incentive available for a successful referral. Referrals can be introduced on LinkedIn or via email (michael.mahon@roxwelltalent.com)