FP&A Analyst

Halliday Marx have exclusively partnered with an outstanding Top 30 London based London law firm to hire a Qualified Accountant into a newly created FP&A / Finance Business Partnering role.

This role is all about Personality, Attitude and Team Fit.

You’ll join a brilliant team of people, who work hard and collaborate superbly.

You’ll be mentored by the best…. And you’ll be trained up with anything you don’t have.

Location: Central London

Hybrid: 3 days in (You may be in office more if you wish)

Salary: £65k - £70k

THE ROLE:

• Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Maintain and update budgeting and forecasting templates
• Prepare analysis of financial performance against budget and prior year, focusing on KPIs such as revenue growth, utilisation, realisation and profitability.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis
• Prepare elements of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports
• Support improvements to financial reports, helping identify opportunities for greater automation.
• Support business partnering activities across practice groups
• Participate in meetings with stakeholders to review financial performance, explain variances and understand commercial drivers.
• Assist in the preparation of financial presentations and materials
• Work with colleagues to support analysis of fee earner utilisation and headcount movements across practice groups, contributing to accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Contribute ideas for improving financial analysis, reporting and stakeholder engagement

YOU NEED TO HAVE / BE:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Some relevant experience in a finance, FP&A, management accounting or commercial finance
• Commercial awareness
• A Team player with great personality willing to help the team at all times
• Strong Excel (financial models, templates)
• Exposure to BI, budgeting or reporting tools is an advantage
• Good analytical skills with the ability to identify key trends or variances.
• Ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines
• Great communicator across any business
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Proactive and improvement-minded, with a willingness to learn